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And then we had our next stock character, The Provincial Who Comes To The Big City And Never Complains About Anything Because He's Too Gobsmacked By The Wonders All Around Him.

I'm pretty sure I'm going to end up loving this a lot.

Oh boy, this book is going to be filled with protagonists who are Very Special Boys, isn't it?

Oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck

Well well well. At one point I thought I had figured out who killed who and why, and I didn't mind that I had figured it out, it was satisfying. Then more information killed that theory, but that was OK too. Now some stuff has come out a little out of left field and I'm kind of annoyed, to be honest. Whether or not it's a red herring, I feel like there should have been more about it sooner.

As much as I like how the secrets were hinted at, I now see that what was hinted at as being very bad when revealed tends to feel a bit disappointingly tame. But that same kind of gradual reveal that feels natural works well for other information that's not labeled as significant but may well be. Again, really enjoying the multiple narrators of the audiobook.

I've seen reviews complaining how unpleasant most of the characters are, but I don't entirely agree, or at least they're not unpleasant enough that I'm turned off. The red herrings are obvious but fleshed out enough to make them fit easily into the story. The multiple narrators of the audiobook work well and I like the way secrets are drawn out, adding small details here and there.