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The high GR rating and popularity are so undeserved. Dull and clunky wording, not sure if bad translation but read that some jp readers found the original pretty bad too so eh. Aiming to finish for Orilium's sake but this is definitely dnf material

so many full circles/call backs, the revision undoubtedly done so particularly is so impressive

The impact of friends of 1 short summer... sebastian coming to see her after all these years after his brother passed and despite covid.. god it is both a reassuring thought and emotionally charged

Chilling

"You think the thing that hurt you is going to hurt you forever, but it doesn't."

The power of this to just make you want to cry and nearly do.. where was laras guidance..

Lit crying at Nell talking abt brian

Do have to say referencing the stealing victorias bf after so long as her current situation being similar where she is in victorias shoes was p good.. and i know she prob speaks for most ppl with her type of upbringing and her personality but the excuse i was young back then/didnt know better kinda gets just a fraction old.. but its ok bc the book is still so good

He is dead...

Ok the spike reveal as his solution is brilliant bc its been associated with abhorrent people all this time aaa i love it

About to continue but man i really love when meanings behind names or char reveals happen in books bc it instantly makes it extra rereadable too if done well even tho its funny to me how uncreative this talented and experienced director and gifted actress was with regards to baby names - still realistic.

honestly mb this series is going downhill bc it strayed too much from scifi inspi by crucifixion and a sort of origin of godhood story and went too much into mormonism im ngl like it's become too vague.... i want more concrete descriptions and stuff that's shown with suspense littering the pages instead of stuff here and there.. the shifting povs DO help with attention span tho vs the prev books and steris IS better

is shown to have gone to the southern continent ever despite prob being able to tag along with her bf 2/2

i think i just miss a lot of worldbuilding in this, not re: magic system, but re: exploring beyond elendel, bilming and the roughs like cmon. dropping planets as a thing and not going? this is why kelsier's short story felt cool i suppose... it feels too small as just a setup for ghostbloods to do more of the interplanetary travel or whatever.. but maybe it will still come even if for 1 scene idk. not even marasi 1/2

you know, i would love Autonomy to have been shown to be attracted to Earth because Harmony learned to foster it in his subjects, trying to not interfere too much and doubting his beginnings aka whether he spoiled them too much at the start... and thus desiring more Autonomy and letting individualism thrive more and more maybe. I know this is prob not gonna be the case and it's just going to be more of a gods' battle

Joe!!!! Im screaming

True dysthymia... i dont know if ive ever read it conveyed so effectively as in this passage combined with La(u)ra's note that Emily's partner has some resemblance to Duke.

How does she capture that feeling of chronic internal misery so well... like Emily is convinced she will never be happy and that her moments of happiness are fleeting despite the objectively good people and things in her life.. that she just will never be happy while in her mind and in her opinions.. that she doesn't fit and is miserable being herself despite her objective skills and personality.. she feels so real.

I was warming to twinsoul and liking his powers and it felt like a good showcase of them with the golemesque transformation sequence BUT "Coriander Court".... really????? He has indian beta readers apparently but ?? Blah idk might just be me but that is just odd and had to make a note of it bc it bothered me -_- anyway as a side note, ghostbloods are seeming like they might be a better cast than wax wayne saga.

The duke palace(sp?) banter

"The girls referred to The Little House on The Prairie books as the stories of their lives."

Like i kinda miss VenDell joining the party lol.. if sanderson insists on having it be an all serious chars + lq serious char wayne configuration. Gonna expect moonlight/kim to become more fun to read tho bc of the kelsier tie.

Kim is a bit dull as a cast addition while undercover so far but a Wayne pov clocking her helps. Wax's open distaste for anything to do with Jak makes me laugh. Marasi/wax power duo still feels forced.. although less so than previous books I guess. Wayne's humility insecurity and low self-esteem while being painted as highly competent feels like a specific real person done well and emphasised by waxrasi's mothering.

Alright here we go glowing reviews and praised meryl streep narration

In the first trilogy the spikes felt not as much like hinting at Jesus' story but in this book especially with the widespread awful and unorganised-feeling use of it it really does lol. It is fine but took me out of story immersion a bit as the author's magic system inspiration for the spikes felt very on the nose then but again it is fine ofc since it existed since lit book 1 already

It's like CSI where when you reach a certain timestamp, the true killer always gets revealed and, while uninspiring, it is still nice in that nostalgic sense. I wish more of the novel was about the mystery rather than the relationships etc. Esp since most were unlikeable.
I do really like that the killer was my 1st guess but the writer made sure to provide that 'alibi' early so a reader would likely rule him out.

OK so far I have truly enjoyed myself?? This sequel series is not ending with being a bit of a forceful slenter through just to pick up pieces of world lore? Nothing has wowed me yet BUT just enjoying myself and not checking what is left every page is already just fun and a relief.

The self-harm ew

Liking what you see: a documentary
Liked the format and the different voices/povs. The final solution proffered of a part-time use of calli(agnosia) reminded me of severance a lot. Both works are not new thoughts but both have brought entertaining explorations of them.Scientifically i find this short story unsatisfying but eh its scifi so its fine. Conclusion is the story was just fine.
Omg the Nature pub tho v cool

Sure apparently chiang had said that it was a response to deficiences he found in a book of the bible or something but still like.. hes just an atheist interested in writing stories inspired by theology and u cant critique him like he is part of the religion bc in reality his belief is in the absence of divine beings.. it felt like an emotional stretch leading to him hyperfocusing on that inst of the other things