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The savagry of man to hares.

Life among the people. The melancholy of Judith, fuck puppet of Frankenstein's Monster.

As a novel this is pretty shambolic. But it is really the connnntinuing story of the Price family and their adventures, primarily against their adversaries, all the asshats of this world, the Convenant being the primary foes, as that organization is what they broke away from.

Dream like books can really struggle at length without something concrete to anchor them. Also, I'm convinced this is some sort of hell that Q and Raya have fallen into. A possible baddie is saying that too now, which means the author is aware -- but is possibly going to argue against. This might be a book were the villian is right, not the author.

I've been going slow because of health stuff, but it has also been a bit of a slog so far, a lot of squabbling and infighting and mucking around. But the psychological realism of people struggling under hard circumstances really pays off when we get into the action scenes and then it hits really well. A death and the reaction to it feels real and hard hitting.

Do think the treatment of blindness urks me. It makes an effort to say NOT ALL blind people feel that their condition is a terrible burden and curse, BUT in the case of Q. this is exactly the case. Have cake, eat it too, maybe not.

Not convinced that the Elsewhere Express isn't an existential hell where people are condemned to forget, yet still fundamentally carry their hurt and worries in bodies. Hellish heaven.

Was worried at first whether it was going to be quirk/smaltz overload -- a bad Wes Anderson flic, but the aggressive dreamlike quality is winning me over a bit now.

So is to be actual relationship hetro-ish between Tremaine and Ilius? okay.

Lol Tremaine to marry Ilius!

Hmmm book is much more 'realistic' about how exposed and observed celebrities are today versus the tv show. Pics of Kip and Scott out on internet immdiately after a date at the Met.

The problem with this being a very compact story over two episodes is that it feels very long as a 400 page novel.

Ikios is awake and probably more trouble than he is worth. But can Tremaine make him cough up a spell to grow a body for R. Silvie?

Having a hot salt water bath on the Ravenna.

Very familiar story, but well told.

The ferry man's show-down with the girls. Uncanny and disrespectful from his pov. Oldest wading when he tries a power play. Rich vs poor. Male vs female. Generational. Also the ferryman believes he had a angel passenger once and should be respected for it - certain amount of magical thinving coming into play in the 1700s, as there is all too often today.

Florian - flighty artist and/or ruthless killer, raised by a master criminal and an opium addicted socerer, also honorable and funny and dry as fuck.

Like just how scary the unseen, maybe dead father of Tremaine is and just how complex and intelligent she is.

Love how intelligent the characters are. Not geniuses but trying to work things out and the novel showing that.

Super knarly violent and disturbing zombie fiction. But also perhaps from a view point that I can get behind...

Liking the interplay between the fantasy dudes and the plucky WWI chick with self-harm issues... Tremaine. And the barbarian dudes G & I...

So, yay, Thomas. And yeah, Naga has been royally fucking Alice over all this time, using the Jorhlac to fuck up her brain to do it. I guess we shall have to lean on mind-fuckery to not just think that Alice is super stupid. The whole harvesting her pneuma membrane is the final connection of WHY Naga was doing this, but it was so achingly obvious in how McGuire told it as it went along. So OBVIOUS it was annoying...

You know, from the mutiple hints and hortents and warnings and memory fuckery I'm starting to think Naga might not be trust-worthy, though it is hard to tell what with McGuire jumping up and down and yelling HINT HINT HINT HUH?!!! Also Alce better be brain mangled after 50 years of snake man slavery cause her plan is insane.

A very long loving end...

Whoops. Pregnancy scare. Didn't think that would be possible.

Ridged for her pleasure (I guarrante) This flawless blue skinned rescue stud only wants to give Georgie mindblowing pleasure, and the readers too.

The love love love of Jeremy and Rafe. PRINCE Rafe and KNIGHT Jeremy (Red Knight) book taken is Rafe's memories. To leave only Jeremy could rember their time and Rafe could only find their way back. And Jeremy couldn't lie so separated from Rafe. Very much romantic male relationship by female author. I love it but femine telling and conception.

Into the other world into the Kingdom of Shannondoa ruled by Queen Skya (formerly Shannon Tate - Emily's sister). Unicorns, Bright Boys and Valkareis., Very much a 13 year old girl's vision of a fantasy kingdom and AWESOME because of it.

Enjoying the interaction between Emily & Jeremy & Rafe. Mysterious, queen is prob Shannon? Much shipping going on in my head. Bad reader! Portal fantasy awaits! Emily's neurodivergence is handled fine. Others might find is too cutesy. A difficult balance for a characer we are supposed to like but is alone because of not being the norm. Like how she deals with Rafe's beauty. Wonder if the romance is between J and R.

First pregnancy mentioned in letter from Ferrelyn Zellaby to fiance Alan Huuhes. Love the detached clinical observation of everything. Making it more real and more chilling. Relentlessly material.