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Chapter Nine: Quirks

How Else My Brain Is Different

Chapter Eight: Meltdowns

How I Reach a Tipping Point

I love this quote!!

"I think the most important thing in that situation, more important than actually making friends, is holding on to the hope that things will get better."

The Implications of God's Nature

The last chapter, which centered around stimming, is my favorite so far. It was very insightful and fascinating. I recognized my son (who was diagnosed when he was four,) and I in a lot of the described traits.

Buddy reads with two of my besties. It's really great so far.

Chapter Five: Stimming

"Science is catching up with Scripture. Jastrow, who was not a Christian, famously remarked, "For the scientist who has lived by his faith in the power of reason, the story ends like a bad dream. He has scaled the mountains of ignorance; he is about to conquer the highest peak; as he pulls himself over the final rock, he is greeted by a band of theologians who have been sitting there for centuries." '

This is very good. Better than I remember it being, in fact. 🙂🤩

Book II: This Endless Night, chapter I: Injustice

Dreaming Disciples?

Resurrection News Flash!

Made in God's Image

Chapter Nine: Sweetest and Darkest

My GOSH, that was just brutal, strange, and almost fascinating at the same time and in the best way! Seriously, though, not for the faint-hearted.

She said, "If I'm going to tell you, it has to be now. I don't have much time. I'm becoming."

"Becoming?"

"I feel it. I don't know who I'll be in a month from now, or six months. Someone I won't like to be. Someone who terrifies me."

"I don't understand."

‘War doesn’t teach you to be a killer,’ he told me once. ‘It’s just a key that opens our door. There’s a beast in all men’s blood, Gabriel. You can starve him. Cage him. Curse him. But in the end, you pay the beast his due, or he takes his due from you.’

Part One: The Death of Days

Chapter One: Of Apples and Trees

Typically wordy, yet I can't deny Koontz's way with words, as well as his imagination. Christopher Snow's character development, in particular, is impressive so far, and well-thought-out.

Setting this one aside for the time being...

"I remember when there were Immortal all across Sarddon. I once saw a Fae transform into a wolf when I was a child," the spymaster said, the corners of his eyes crinkling.

Part Two: The Evening

Chapter Four

I am not psychic. I do not see signs and portents in the sky. To my eye, the lines in my palm reveal nothing about my future, and I don't have a Gypsy's ability to discern the patterns of fatw in wet tea leaves.

Rereading this Koontz classic before I ship it off to the donate pile. I'm really curious to see if it holds up in my mind. I gave it five stars the first time, so we will see.

"Magic isn't evil, but it's been used by enough bad people that it's a threat. The Immortal Kings killed the previous Malik and his family and tried to kill His Majesty after the two countries had been allies for years "

"Killing thousands justifies the death of a few?"