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Loving the Dervish's frequent reminders to himself that Edmund is so not his type as he is clearly falling head over heels for him 👌

Large Francis Building is my favourite character ever and if anything bad ever happens to him I will never forgive the author 🥺😭

(Kingfisher really knows how to make you feel affection for the strangest creatures!)

I'm enjoying Fisk and Michael working together but against each other at the same time. Five books in is a good time to refresh the dynamic a bit!

It's only been minor in the background for the last couple books but I can tell something is up with Markham and I need to know what it is!

Also the dry humourous tone isn't really doing it for me here. But that's more of a personal preference than a quality issue I think.

I've been listening to this audiobook for a week or so and it's so far been interesting but I automatically deduct points from any historical nonfiction that uncritically uses "the dark ages" to refer to medieval Europe. I had profs in undergrad in 2010 telling me why that term is no longer used by credible historians. Why is it in books published in 2017 (and later!)???

A lot of reviews have said that it's hard to remember who all the characters are and they are CORRECT.

I am really enjoying this though. But I can't remember all the nuances of how everyone is connected or anything 😭

Reread (audiobook listen) to prepare for the sequel finally coming out later this year!

This is interesting but, as is common in microhistories focusing on one thing used across vast times and spaces, I find myself disagreeing with how this is organized!

The 3 main options for organizing a book like this are generally chronological, geographical, or thematic. This book went for thematic, and I understand why, but I would love it if this were more chronological instead.

The first part on stone tools is making me remember my undergrad prehistoric archaeology course and that prof's utter passion for the wonder that is the acheulean handaxe.

This is fun!