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the red wedding still makes me sob so hard

i just don’t care. i don’t care about the grass or the cow or the tree leaves or the gathering and the hunting. oh my god i could not care less.

soooooo much better than a clash of kings

damn this is slow af

Already feeling so much kinship with Fernando Pessoa that I googled his natal chart - turns out we both have a leo moon at 8 degrees in the 10th house, and a libra mars in the 12th house. Which does explain a lot.

Some of these paragraphs are really strong and then some are So Bad that they remind me of a 13 year old girl’s writing 💀

Even for a debut novel, this is a bit rough.

“The cat is out of the bag, as they say. The cat, in fact, bounds hysterically off between the clouds and out across the country, where the warm unplanted fields wait for thunder.”

So many great sentences I’d like to underline (which I never actually do, it feels too much like studying).

GRRM really has a thing for small breasts, huh.

Bored. 😔

Strong start. I’m surprised at how many great books I have already read this year. I think I’ve improved my ability to discern which themes and topics actually suit my taste instead of blindly reading the latest and shiniest novels, and expecting to love it like everyone else. Ngl I do miss being a hater.

This is so good but at the same time it makes me so impatient that I’m halfway through and still have 500 pages to go

Realizing a little late that this is probably not great for someone like me who’s prone to depression 🫡

Jeez, I was not prepared for exactly how bleak and horrifying this is. I’m already nauseous.

Going through this beast much faster than expected

Can’t believe I’m crying over a fictional wolf… 🥲

This is so repetitive and boring. I have hope that books 4 and 5 will be better but part of me wants to dnf this.

This is fun. My pet passed away on saturday and this is exactly the right type of story to escape into.

Idk I feel I have read too many dystopias as a teenager to enjoy this… I just can’t seem to care for the genre anymore 😐

This is kinda boring….

Some of these chapters are such a hit and others are so incredibly academic, vague and hard to follow

Meh. I’m kind of over this. In fact, I’ve already written a review in my notes app.

A flying car, magical chess and a fireplace through which people can travel. Well well well. Makes you wonder whether a certain British children’s author took inspiration from this.

It’s reminding me a lottt of The Rachel Incident (which I didn’t really care for)

I’m not trying to be a hater but the ultra short chapters (there are 88 chapters in a book that’s not even 300 pages long) remind me of the tiktokification of literature and reading

Still not finding this gripping at all. 😐 I know it will really pick up shortly but so far this has been pretty disappointing.

I don’t remember the sequel being so incredibly slow. 😐 It’s a lot infodumping and Paige trying to make up her mind. I get why it’s necessary but feel it could’ve been handled a lot better.

I can’t think of a book I’ve read that was more intense and unsettling… I’ve got an ache in my stomach and chest, but at the same time it’s very hard to put this away.

I can't believe it's been 12 years since I first read The Bone Season. I loved it and thought the sequel was even better, but somehow bought but never started the third one. I do want to know where the story goes and since I can only remember vibes and no characters or plot lines, I guess I'll just start at the beginning again! Bit scared I won't love it as much this time around though ....