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I'm mad at myself for tapping out where I did last year. Apparently I was so close to when things really pick up.

I'm enjoying this so much more the second time around. I think it's because I've since learned that with PFH's books, you need to gauge when to set them aside and give yourself a break for a day or two.

Really good so far. Although it is making me regret a little reading this book way out of chronological order with the series lol

Ope, now I'm hooked again.

I feel like the first 300 pages of this book were super interesting to me, but it's kinda fallen off at this point. Find my eyes glazing over as I read more and more.

I still really have absolutely no idea what is going on in this book. I don't know what the main bad entities are supposed to be. I know it is kinda PFH's thing, but is really feels like there is too much going on in this book.

I can't believe I forgot this book came out last year. This is just what I needed to break my SciFi slump. Alastair Reynolds always delivers. ❤️

Conceptually, this book is super interesting. However, reading it is a bit of a slog. It bounces around a lot, and nothing happens long enough for me to care about it. Very close to DNF'ing, which is incredibly frustrating to me because I really want to like these Culture books. But they just aren't grabbing me.

The writing in this book is absolutely beautiful. The descriptions of people and places are very vividly written, and the insight into traditional Japanese folklore and religion is so interesting.