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Ok but why does it feel like nearly all the MENA/Islamic inspired fantasies I've read have the main character be the only secret survivor of an assassinated royal family? Because this is definitely the exact same setup as This Woven Kingdom and The City of Brass...

I'm really loving this so far, but I made the mistake of looking at reviews of this and why are basically all 1 star reviews along the lines of: why doesn't the author explain (this thing the author very clearly explained in the first few chapters)? I know there's been a lot of talk about illiteracy and the lack of reading comprehension nowadays, but still...

Putting on hold for now. I love what I've read so far but I got really caught up in reading Way of Kings and now I'm shifting my focus to my Ramadan tbr.

DNF at 35%
I might. come back to this at a later time, but this is my second unsuccessful attempt reading it this year

So far I don't exactly disagree with what she's trying to say but I definitely disagree with how she's saying it. The cognitive dissonance with this one 😑 how can you say how horrible universal basic income would be because only lazy, horrible people aren't going out to earn a wage and then spend the rest of the chapter saying how valuable homemakers and stay at home moms are

Listening to the audiobook narrated by Andy Serkis

I want to give this 5 stars so bad because I love the story and the writing overall but there are these little mistakes throughout that an editor should've caught and they're so distracting 🥲