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I feel like this is low-key a slow and hot and steamy romance but I'm honestly all for it; the setting, characters, language, and mystery are good. I love the setting, makes me want to swim.

Best ways to study: Retrieval - bring back information to your head, repeat often - & Spacing - space out learning, allow reinforcing memories.
Works better than rereading & highlighting & underlining (what I do lol)
1) Illusion of transparency - we think others read our minds better than they do
2) Spotlight effect - we think others notice us more than they do
1) tied to general soc anxiety 2) social evaluation

Stray thought, not exactly unique to this book: Im tired of scifi books acting like religion is an ok alternative theory to reality; it's really not, & Id like to think that to a humanity progressive enough for any meaningful space travel, any humanity thousands of years in the future, all religions would seem more obv what they are: fairy tales that are a waste of time in regards to discussion alongside the real

I like the part where I'm 70% through this book and literally nothing has happened.

The prose of this book is brilliant, the paragraphs and descriptions unique yet perfect. Kudos to both author and translator.

The book feels very uneven and I'm not yet sure why. I think there are a lot of writing choices - what parts of conversations and interactions are shown or not shown, which years are shown - that feel jarring and poorly applied. There are parts that seem written just to make you annoyed.

This book is awesome so far, idk why I passed it over a decade ago. Love the premise and the characters are interesting. Some characters are infuriating though - finding this similar feeling throughout Hill's work. Maybe I'm just a cold bastard, but I find the benefit of the doubt some characters give each other is insane and stupid.
Really interested in the fireman himself, John. What a cool char

This book is awesome in so many ways but goddamn the characters annoy me. I feel like some parts are too long too. But the parts that are cool are really fucking cool.

My most anticipated read, but so far the main character is such an unbelievably giant pussy that it's really hard to enjoy it, and the writing itself leaves a ton to be desired. Really hoping this changes.

Really good so far; I like the writing a lot, I like the fact that the author/character isn't apologetic about white supremacy, history, and religion. It's No Bullshit, it's not corny, the writing is good, and the crime is really fucked up.