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“They seemed to be conversing with him amicably, as if nothing had happened. That sank her surge of hopeful trust a bit. To be sure, they were courtiers. It wasn’t their business to quarrel, or to judge and disapprove. And he was a wizard, and their host’s wizard. Still, she thought, they needn’t have walked and talked with him quite so comfortably.”

“…she would not give the child to them. They were all men aboard the ship.”

Chapter 9: Misogyny

Chapter 8: Ged leaves.

another surprise visitor

“Mage of Re Albi sends for you.” “He sent you?” Goha inquired’

author says the vine prefers the tomato plant and calls it a choice.

is it memory or is it a threshold?

author phrases evolution as if it’s intentional. or a one-generation process.

Author taking a hard turn into mysticism.

Nice writing. But author is missing or omitted some context info.

Cob just leaves.

Rune of Ending. Random

Hm. All that to end at Bram Stokers Dracula.

RIP Orm Embar. That description by Le Guinn was good.

Orm Embar random appearance with a dire message.

interesting but this is just two characters taking a tour of different islands and having different experiences with the locals, like Gulliver Travels.

the wive getting “wet” when her husband retells their meet-cute story has to be satire, right?

what does this mean? Gnashing? — “…with teeth, hard in my mouth…”

Hanging out with the mayor’s wife? Fancy!

take it easy. — “…sinister children…”

so…sloppy? Illegible? — “Blue ink. The handwriting of a man.”

The ending is a little bloody for a kids book

Not as interesting without the magical Castle

hand-waving magic.

Nice pacing! I think this would be a good read for a Percy Jackson-type reader except this book is a little quicker and the writing is for the slightly younger. 5th graders, maybe?

Can’t believe we’re still doing vagina dentata

I’ve actually bought Venus fly traps before and they’re not this dramatic. — “The little sundew became a graveyard of winged bodies and sent up taller and taller…”

insane. — “Here I go,” the boy said, and Jackie bit her lip as he pressed into the place…”

As a survivor, there’s a special kind of anger when an author gets the details wrong while they use cancer for their sermon.