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"...If it's not an answer, if it's not the piece you've been looking for, don't let ir break you."
"It's okay, Mom," said Tory. She deftly extricated her wrist, bending to press a kiss against her mother's temple before she said, "I'm already broken."

I rolled my eyes so fucking hard lmao

I can't believe this book opened with a vicious mermaid attack and yet I'm bored out of my mind. I don't think the reader needs to see every moment leading up to getting on the boat. It should've opened on the boat and anything important from before could've been mention in other ways. This is a weird instance where telling is better than showing imo.

Methinks Pathka is a bit of an asshole

If anything happens to Griss I will kill everyone in this room and then myself

I love finding out more about the quigutls!! And seeing Seraphina through someone else's eyes is especially interesting. To humans she comes off more like a saar but to dragons she's more human and that makes perfect sense. How does Rachel Hartman write fantasy exposition that doesn't make me want to claw my eyes out? Tess is so unlike any female YA protag I've read before I love her

I am CRYING because people have sex. Please stop

I wasn't sure how I felt about the beginning but I think Mr. Robin is cooking

"I can't remember the last time we had a spontaneous fuck."

I AM IN THE WRONG BUILDING I NEED TO LEAVE. GOODBYE.

Oh Marisa Kashino hates white people

"No homeless people hassling you when all you want to do is get inside your own building. (Or is it unhoused now? Or people experiencing homelessness?..."

I can't tell if this is meant to make me dislike the main character Margo or if the author Marisa might be obnoxious and I should put the book down.

Hang on... Margo... Marisa...

It can't be that fucking obvious can it?

THIS IS THE TENTH TIME KAWAHARA HAS RESTATED WHAT THE PLOT IS. NEARLY 200 PAGES INTO THE BOOK. AS IF I DONT KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. I MADE A SOUND LIKE A DYING ANIMAL. HE MIGHT THINK HIS READERS ARE STUPID BUT I KNOW THE TRUTH. ITS HIM. HE IS THE STUPID ONE.

How do you mispell Asuna as "ASUNE." AND no more than ten pages ago "to" was left out of a sentence. "But thanks the presence of heavy clouds, it was much darker than a full moon night in Alfheim." (pg. 184) Is Stephen Paul on drugs?

I REALLY DONT WANT TO DNF BUT KAWAHARA JUST DESCRIBED A HORSE TO ME AS IF I'VE NEVER HEARD OF ONE BEFORE AND I'M LOSING MY MIND A LITTLE

I have been dragging my feet on this because Kawahara keeps explaining and re-explaining things I already know. It's like he's suddenly and completely lost all confidence in himself and his readers' ability to draw their own conclusions and remember details from the very story they're reading. I'm praying this is a phase he'll grow out of because if the rest of SAO is like this IDK if I can continue it's so obnoxious

Omg if I have to read "phosphorescent stones" ever again it'll be too soon. Also Ash better tell Madoc about Seneca here or I'll lose my goddamn mind

WHY IS LITERALLY EVERYONE BLAMING ASH FOR PETROS KILLING PEOPLE. HE LITERALLY HAD SENECA TAKE CASSIA'S GEOEIA AWAY!! WHY ISNT SHE TELLING ANYONE THIS? AAUARRGGHH!!!!!!!!! I HATE THIS BOOK I HATE THIS BOOK I HATE THIS BOOK

Maybe I'm stupid but why hasn't Geoxus immediately killed Ash. I mean she knows the truth and he and Pesto Pasta over here have covered up murders before? Boo hoo is it gonna start another war? Geoxus has been doing nothing but starting wars. There is literally no concievable reason why he didnt squish Ash like a hydraulic press. I hate this book so much

"And who had Petros been talking to? There was on else there that Ash could see. Just the stones--"

I wonder if Petros could be talking to the god who can see and move through stone. Can the authors stop spoon feeding me answers like I'm a baby in a high chair? Will I ever be free of this cursed chair? Im 23 years old LET ME OUT.

"Petros was behind this. All of this."
giRL ARE YOU SERIOUS? OBVIOUSLY!!!!!! IT WAS PAINFULLY OBVIOUS IT WAS HIM LIKE 100 PAGES AGO. YOU'RE JUST NOW REALIZING??? EVEN AFTER WE HAD A GROUP MEETING AND LAID OUT THE CLUES. Oh Petros knows Madoc has soul magic let's just ignore that can't be too important. HOW SURVIVE THE EARTH SO LONG.

Thank god I'm more than halfway through

Oh. My. God. I do not need Madoc's internal dialogue and description shoved inbetween every line of dialogue. Especially when Madoc's thoughts add nothing and the more the scenery is described the less I know what it looks like. Holy shit how did this get published.

"Voice like gravel shaking in a jar???????" What the fuck does that even mean??? I can't dnf two books in a row I can't dnf two books in a row I can't dnf two books in a row. But I want to.

Ignitus was just spelled "Ignatus." This is not the first typo lol I understand a word or two BUT A MAJOR CHATACTER'S NAME? WAS THIS PROOF READ

After reading some spoilers I cannot bring myself to waste any more time or energy on this than I already have

This started out promising but I feel like Graudin is revealing too much too early? Like giving Luka a POV is fine, but Felix? Yeah yeah dramatic irony and all but its really falling flat for me I think it'd be more exciting if I didn't know his true motives. And now we're doing ANOTHER flashback of Aaron-Klaus's death? Why? Was the first time not good enough? I'm getting worried.

I can't believe this might be a 5 star for me

Is this really the same guy who wrote Hell Follows With Us?? I'm honestly so impressed slay Andrew Joseph White slay

OH MY GOD OH MY GOD YES!!! TWO HANDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!