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Yeah this book isn't going to last the week. I'm having a fantastic time with it so far

Btw not abandoned. Just the absolute densest fantasty I've ever read. Extremely slow start but nothing bad at all to say. Let's see how the ending is!

Christ I've slowed to a crawl this month

Yes I've been reading this since June. It's that bad
The current chapter has me thinking the author is an insufferable idiot

Wow. I knew Andrew Tate was bad but fuck me....

Now this is excellent sci fi. Do recommend already

This book has accidentally identified how the Far right is more effective at recruitment than left wing ones God Damn. Read chapter 3 in the context of "year of the rat" and it makes insane sense

Jesus fucking Christ I think this is the saddest book I've ever come into contact with

This book is fabulous. I will absolutely be reading the sequels

Certified banger of a political text

Halfway through my reading goal! Cutting back from fantasy to get caught up on my backlog!

Fuck me this book is mad

For the first time this year I'm 2 books behind on my reading goal. The cat and the city took it out of me. Come on Raymond Feist, get me back into the game!

I don't think my page number matches my edition. This book had me hooked immediately. The style is fantastic. Currently the book of the year for me

Some my lovely brother got me some beefy fantasy books for Christmas. I've just cleared out a tonne of my reads from last year, I'm looking forward to getting into another monster book!

Fair warning: the first 40% of the book isn't chaptered. Very pratchett esque in structure

Holy fucking shit I think repeatedly picking novels that are the size of war and peace was not my finest move. But fuck me is this book good, dare I say my favourite Brando book

Honestly if you're ever going to use and abuse the Spotify audiobooks highly recommend doing the stormlight books. The tandem audio/read is amazing

Happy new year! Current finishing line for 2024. Onwards to 2025. Loftier goals ahoy

Started at midnight. What a book holy crap
There's a very real chance I finish the book by the weekend

Productive day. Data layer is a bit of a spinner but super interesting

Given my skillset I'm shocked the react section has fried me. I'm going to rewrite in Vite and use hooks for this section. If the author does release a new version I hope we get this section in hooks

Halfway through. Honestly the first half has been fantastic and shown massive character growth for characters!

Very efficient first day. Fantastic book so far!

Honestly the strongest opener the series has had so far. Maas had the intrigue dialed up to 11 by the end of chapter 2.