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NOOOO and lila is one of those "not like the other girls" who goes on about how she's so glad she isn't one of "the ladies" ew.

i would have liked this book when i was 16, i should have read it then. or maybe i wouldn't, i think i grew out of thinking being "not like the other girls" was cool when i was 14.

i hope lila gets a character arc because... this is way too puerile and shitty-YA for me

a sorcerer/magician who is one of the last of his kind?

a handsome rakish prince who loves to fuck but is really nice, really?

a female thief who gets embroiled in schemes and situations far beyond what she was anticipating?

Enjoying this so far, it’s really scratching the itch left by The Scum Villain’s Self Saving System - I want more “Protag is trapped in a game/game-like environment” books! Let me know if you can recommend any more!

"my large breasts, which do not require a bra"

i hope this is an indication of our narrator being unreliable and a bullshitter (possible, i think!) because otherwise... rachel please, it's bad enough when men write this, let alone women too

(she says "are they real? does it matter?" afterwards as a sort of "i know what you're thinking..." thing, but women with implants need to wear a bra for comfort too!!!!)

Delighted to say that I'm enjoying this a LOT more than the other Ishiguro book I read (Klara). It's still early days, but this seems very promising.

The only book I've read by Ishiguro is Klara and the Sun, which I didn't like at all.

I didn't plan on picking up another book by Ishiguro tbh, but I've just joined a book club and this is the pick of the month. I hope I'll enjoy this one! But I've heard it has "dark academia" vibes, and as someone who's been out of uni for years now, I'm not sure that appeals to me much anymore.

But we'll see!

Classic KA Merikan book so far. It's steamy, the characters are good but not great - there's more to them than meets the eye, but in a cliche way? - and the writing is also not great but somehow maddeningly addictive.

This started off extremely strong, but is now starting to drag. I imagine it will pick up again in the last third, but I do hate it when books are a slog in the middle. I'm still enjoying it a lot. There's a lot of scope for it to be 5 stars, some scope for it to be 3 or below, and 4 is probably the most likely. We'll see.

you can tell the author's never actually been in poverty becayse wdym the character is down to her last 20 dollars and "needs" to buy generic brand orange juice?? just drink tap water like the rest of us povvos

this title is so goofy ngl

I knew this was going to be difficult to get into, but... yeah. Still not giving up on it yet, but really not feeling it so far.

I knew this was going to be difficult to get into, but... yeah. Still not giving up on it yet, but really not feeling it so far.

Definitely trying too hard to be quirky with the "witty" robot banter, but I'll try to stop being so grumpy and just enjoy the ride.

I'm genuinely enjoying this... it's best taken in small doses, and I disagree with lots of it, but I actually do like it!

I picked this up thinking I would hate it, but wanting to read it regardless; and I am pleasantly surprised. (Obviously there is many flaws, but I do enjoy reading it!) Oh God, I'm going to get my leftist card revoked now aren't I...

look don't judge me, i saw this for like £1 on ebay and my curiosity overtook me. don't look at me like that.

I thought Empire of Black and Gold and City of Last Chances were both very dull, but the Children of Time trilogy is one of my favourites. The ones I didn't like were both fantasy, and Children of Time and this one are both sci-fi, so I hope I just don't like Tchaikovsky's fantasy and all his sci-fi works are awesome...

I hate reading books out of order, but they seem to be standalone? I hope so, anyway!