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Blood of the Sardaukar - interesting, but the majority was already covered in one of the prequel novels. It was nice to see Jopati Kolona again though. - 3/5

A Whisper of Caladan Seas - my God, this is one of the saddest stories I think I’ve read in the Dune universe so far. All these men, young and old, dragged to a sand planet by their duke, light years away from home, only to die sealed in a cave with no way of escape, telling stories about back home as their oxygen and light slowly diminishes. - 4/5

It’s actually hilarious how stupid and incompetent Egan Saar is. If there was like an assassin review site in the Dune universe, Feyd Rautha should leave a scathing 0 stars of 10 review for this guy.

I’m starting to feel bad for Feyd due to his constant bad luck. He should go back to Lankiveil, find his real parents and like settle down or something.

Leo Valdez and the Quest for Buford (a mechanical magic table) - 3.5/5

The Sphinx without a Secret - 2.5/5

The Model Millionaire - 3.5/5

The Happy Prince - Omg this is one of the saddest, most beautiful things I’ve read in some time. - 5/5

It’s great. I love it. But it’s taking me foreveeeeer to finish.

Omg, Tanya, Grisha and Dolly have just made this one of my favourite chapters in the book 🥲. It’s so wholesome.

Dolly - country house in Ergushovo, where Oblonsky sold the forest earlier on - “…, hooks were put into the wardrobes, which no longer opened at their own sweet will; an ironing board covered with coarse cloth lay across the arm of a chair and a chest of drawers in the maid’s room, and the smell of hot irons soon pervaded the room.”

Anna
She passed her paper-knife over the windowpane, then pressed its cold smooth surface against her cheek and almost laughed aloud, suddenly overcome with unreasoning joy. She felt that her nerves were being stretched like strings drawn tighter and tighter round pegs. She felt her eyes opening wider, her fingers and toes nervously moving, and something inside her stopping her breath…

Levin
‘No, you will not escape us and will not be different, but will remain such as you have been: full of doubts; full of dissatisfaction with yourself, and of vain attempts at improvement followed by failures, and continual hopes of the happiness which has escaped you and is impossible for you.’

“If we give money to poor people, they won’t be poor anymore.” is an insane thing to say. Esme Squalor is unhinged.

Lord Arthur Saville’s Crime - 3.5/5 - Spoilers ahead -


Started off funny and intriguing, but I didn’t get the second half. Did Arthur find out from the palm-reader that he would only be happy in marriage if he committed murder?