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"I accord them all their faith out of courtesy! [...] I nod along with my fellows no matter what mystical claptrap they proclaim. I wish them well on their mortal journey! There's boys all types of strange that find woodsy refuge! And seems to me that ought to include one very large and very ugly skooch!"

"But it seemed an affront to my new maidenly status to just squat in the open--for hadn't I made myself available for courting? Even if none had yet courted me? […], so I went to the crapper, which, once inside, I reminded myself to call a "comfort station" for a more ladylike effec--even if only in my mind. For the process of changing oneself, I've heard said, begins with self-talk."

The Chaser: 4/5. Expected a different (or more to) the ending from the title, but it still made sense with the ending we got. Both the MC and Robbie are teenagers and act believably, even if it's frustrating from a reader's perspective.

2/4 stories involving feeding pigs and I'm not sure if it's coincidence.

Infect Your Friends and Loved Ones: 3.5/5. The novella length doesn't do the story here any service; I would've liked more of this one with the world and history that was set up. Great ending though.

Having a lot of mixed feelings with this one, I think I'm just a little too old for it (especially since I'm almost 20 years older than one of the MCs)

"I'm not trying to get canceled right as we really sync up"

I haven't heard canceled used in this context and I'm not sure it's correct

You've gotta be kidding me

Yeah I wasn't holding out much hope for the plot twist I thought might come

Still holding onto a plot twist prediction

The random side character chapters are serving the occasional purpose but it's still hard to care that much about them, and even when they serve as set up for a later scene with Rufus and Mateo they still disrupt the flow because they're written in third-person while the rest is in first-person.

Some of these POV switches feel pointless, even though (or especially because) they only last a few pages and so far haven't really served the plot

It feels a little early to be predicting a plot twist that may or may not happen

77/208

Getting into the epic proper now. It's annoying when books have introductions and other "prefaces" that have separate page numbers (usually in roman numerals).

(Introduction)

"Small wonder, then, that mankind could be wayward. Uta-napishti tells his wife in Tablet XI, 'Man is deceitful, he will deceive you', and Gilgamesh duly confirms this unpalatable aspect of human nature by lying to him."

We're gonna see how long I remember to add the introduction parts to my page count once I get past them.

Well this just went from 4.5 to 5

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Oh she's going to end up accidentally copying Rebecca isn't she, set up by Mrs. Danvers 🫠