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"It is a waste of manpower. If I come to power, I will use the army for the construction of roads" ~mk

Put that in a manifesto!!

"I realised that Mustufa and my family had drawn me into their world and dhut all the windows"

Long time coming, girl

Just realised that the footer graphics relate to each story!

This is when I realise how complicated foreign policy is

"I camouflaged my bruises and buried my humiliation....[Mother] believed ruthlessly in keeping one's private life locked away... She advised me, 'If a husband behaves in a strange on unreasonable manner, you should treat him like a sick human being, like someone who needs medical care and treatment. Deal with him like a psychiatrist.'

A continuation spin off so soon?

How can a psychopath be a writer - and a good writer too, at that?


(Is it because they're intelligent at understanding emotions or.. the emotion are just thrill and danger and survival stuff?)

Omg I LOVED the unexpected mini bio on Bhutto!!

Incredible - esp the tribal histories (and atrocities)!

Ok, addictive it is. Can't blame the king

(and also horny but oh well. the author warned us :p and rich in proverbs like she said!)

Strange ending of that one

Reading this in dim light is giving it quite thr effect

I was gonna say this is "dark" but it just got deliciously more so

This was some heavy food for thought. Totally entranced towards the end

It doesnt give answers for the subject matter (which is fine, I guess, and realistic) but just the old fashioned tying up like some of the previous stories.

Someone really did hurt our boy Oscar, huh

I quite like his tying up stories with humour though. He makes fun of the arts while being an artist himself – but also, implies that without art we're just dumb as dorks 🤷🏽‍♀️😬 so which is better? He seems to say

Noice

I think somebody must've hurt Oscar

He seems to write quite a bit about narcissists 🥲

'the King gave orders that the Page's salary was to be doubled. As he received no salary at all this was not of much use to him–'

I'm 😭

'–but it was considered a great honour, and was duly published in the Court Gazette'

Back in Oscar Wilde-land!

My first laugh-out-loud laugh at pg 2. Excited for more

Oh now I have to agree with the reviewer, sorry

About the neat ties 🤦🏽‍♀️

Finally getting unhinged

this whole conversation is diamond - facts, but the answers creepy and fascist

I just realised this and I love that the author has kept this little inside joke between the reader and her until Frances realises this / about <spoiler>Lars</spoiler>

I love how (most) everyone seems to have rhyming or alliteration nicknames for others


This one's hilarious.

Also, someone LITERALLY threw a book across the room. Damn

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The story has now successfully transferred some of the fear into the reader

Glad it finally reads like a thriller now, the pages *almost* flying..

Glad but sad the way a character comes up. The dynamic among all the characters (so far) is interesting, and the house creepy but not too much yet, which is of course just beginning so makes sense..

I hope there's some scandal soon. Also, I miss old [insert character name because the it'd be sort of a spoiler to say so!]

I dont quite like the Sherlock/ American detective / GenZ typa thing going on here that feels like it's going on the hacking route

not sure it is, though. but still