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now that I’m out of the first chapter, I’m enjoying this a bit more. he’s referencing, he’s sourcing, he’s not just talking out his ass (though there’s plenty of that too).

my waitress blessed me cuz I stifled a laugh at this book and she thought I’d sneezed. it was just Markale calling water in a tale reminiscent of amniotic fluid, that crossing the river is a kind of second birth. sure bud.

OH MY GOD BRANDON PICK AN INTRO. we’ve had four introductory chapters and STILL no main character to follow. exhausting.

I like the bones of it — the magic system especially — but the execution is annoying lol. also, weird to read about fantasy race relations and slavery from a white dude.

fucking weird. reads like quack uncle rambling. it’s easier when I think of it as one big opinion piece, as opposed to scholarly work. I’ve read that the author isn’t respected in the academic field and I get why. also, typo on the back cover? was this book even edited?

“Roma is amor backwards. really makes you think!” reminds me of that “the lifekind. perchance” meme lol

probably will not finish

this really feels like that one video that goes “the isle of Arrrerrrrorrr” with the really drawn out r-rolling. so many proper nouns. this guy just made all this up.

fun stuff

I’m invested

…I have thoughts and feelings about Po but I’m keeping my mouth shut bc of spoilers.

I have Suspicions.

it’s getting pretty good! yay

I’m enjoying the concept so far! love a stubborn and unfeminine female protagonist. some of the writing/editing decisions are a little strange, like the sentence structure takes me out of it for a bit. but that’s not a huge issue. I’m very interested in learning more abt this Greening guy. I’m always instantly obsessed with any svelte mysterious rogue-type boy. ugh

the country names being compass directions with “Middluns” in the middle is extremely funny. I like the premise, but the writing is a liiiittle juvenile. curious where it’ll go.

speed running psychosis by reading 100+ pages in a single evening. this book never really gives you a resolution, just a vague sense of deja vu and injustice. the grim satisfaction of some characters’ fates is always overpowered by inevitable disgust. it’s a rough one. still, it’s fucking incredible. the imagery is so so vivid, like a fever dream. there is no other book like this.

I can’t tell if there’s less awful and strange things happening, or if I’ve become desensitized to how many awful and strange things happen to this damn family.

left off on chapter 12

fucking hell it just never stops. no one in this family is happy. they’re fucking cursed.

left off on chapter 10

jesus it just never stops 😭 it’s so brutalllll

I forgot how uncomfortable and disturbing a lot of these storylines are. but woof! it’s so good!

ugh so good. it feels like chain smoking poetry, it just keeps going.

I love reading Middle English /gen