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the embarrassment is too painful 😭 I can't read any more of this tonight

This book is one long, extreme case of second hand embarrassment for the reader

Climbing out of a window to escape social interaction is craaaazy

I'm sure this has been said a hundred times by other people by now, but it really *is* giving me Howl's Moving Castle vibes which I'm very happy about

More YA feeling than the previous book

WAIT THEY'RE KINDA CUTE

I'm thoroughly enjoying this so far, but I could see the tone and main character being super polarizing

I don't understand how that riot broke out, surely Iktan wouldn't jump in and cause violence for no reason?! Either it was written clunky or Iktan is a BETRAYER

this is taking me ages to get through

i can't say i'm liking our MMC -- he sees ANY pretty girl and his mind immediately turns off and he has to smooch them.... perhaps bachelor concepts aren't for me

SO WHIMSICAL

I would like to challenge King not to describe a woman's breasts every chapter

much more psychological than supernatural so far

the first 20% were excellent but since then, it's felt a little amateur and overly simplistic for my tastes

those are NOT equivalent murders. If [redacted] is forgiven for this, I will burn this book

IS THIS NOT JUST BRAN AND NED???? This exchange is saying the exact same as a Bran and Ned conversation on page 13 of Game of Thrones, except it's not nearly as succinct and powerful here. GRRM stays on top

"THOUGHT-CAGE" ?

Samantha Shannon, I think you may not be for me 😞

who relies on a four year old child to shut the outside gate to prevent an infant from running into the road

:(

very interesting integration of fantastical elements into real world events

This feels very early 2010s in a comforting, nostalgic way

"Elinor agreed to it all, for she did not think he deserved the compliment of rational opposition." How I've grown to love you Elinor 🫶

I think I prefer Austen when she's less satirical and more romantic

I thorough enjoyed the visceral, claustrophobic description of spelunking

Yes, I am reading three books right now (kind of), but I simply can't bring myself to pick up the other two. I'm soft dnfing them for now and switching to this one. Save me medieval fever dream debauched religious fervor book

why is this actually stressing me out

there are a distracting amount of italics on every page

I'm really enjoying all of the textual snippets at the start of each chapter and the focus on linguistic differences between languages