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I was worried this would be the last Murderbot book, and I guess it could be, but based on what I’m reading right now, I highly doubt it. It feels very episodic, which is nice because I never want this series to end.

Whether this book will work or not for me is going to be entirely dependent on how much depth and nuance the author is going to bring into this story.

The first and second halves have very different vibes and content. I'm still really enjoying the book, but I will admit I preferred the first half. The first chapters are basically short stories all set within the same context in which to point is to make you understand what the general situation is through concrete examples instead of grand worldbuilding.

I don’t think you could adapt this book to screen satisfyingly. It’s too abstract.

The way this is told is simply brilliant. Last chapter, there were 200 people in the Antimemetics division. Now there are 140.

In another book this could be a continuity error. In this book though? Something happened. And probably no one even knows it did.

I love how I can trust absolutely no information that is given to me. Everything is suspicious. It’s chilling and mesmerizing.

This is a mix of terrifying, fascinating and exhilarating. Did I mention terrifying? Because it’s terrifying.

I already know this book is going to give me so many trust issues.

“… we sell our souls in public and buy them back in private, among our friends.”

I genuinely hate every character in this book so far but it’s Orwell dropping lines like this that makes it worthwhile.

“He had no prejudice against Orientals; indeed, he was deeply fond of them. Provided they were given no freedom he thought them the most charming people alive.”

Orwell isn’t pulling any punches.

So far I’m learning new kinds of racism I didn’t even know were a thing. (Orwell is critical of it.)

Been in the mood for a historical romance novel for some reason.
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Do you know how hard it is to find one that is NOT enemies to lovers rich man/poor woman??

“I can fix him” final boss

This is the first time in my life (and likely the last) that I’ve ever contemplated a male character‘s misogyny and thought, “Yeah, that’s valid.”

Holy shit.

This just became even darker than anything I’d anticipated.

I take back what I said, there is content in this that would never be shown in any cdrama. I did not read the warnings before starting (and I still haven’t), but I would strongly suggest a sensitive reader to do so.

This genuinely feels like a (good) cdrama in book form so far, and I’m here for it.