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“He understood people’s fears and their need to blame others for their failures. He discovered that if he said something often enough, no matter how untrue, people would believe it. Small lies were for the timid. The key to telling a big lie was to do it with conviction.”

Sounds worryingly familiar.

“If any sort of enemy came anywhere near us, the crazy chicken went absolutely apesh*t. He screamed and snapped and tried to kill himself in an attempt to get to the creature. He was like a goddamned psychotic wolverine hopped up on bath salts.”

“<spoiler> …The back of his tank was dark with sweat. He’d just come back from the gym. Hadn’t even showered, judging by the stink of him. The Obexity heightened Emmett’s sense of smell. He didn’t mind; a little salt would bring out the flavor of the meat. </spoiler>”

Might want to avoid reading chapter 50 over lunch. Not the best section to enjoy with a bite to eat!

“…you must understand that this is a tale about people who are both what they seem and not what they seem. Simultaneously. A story of contradictions. In other words, it is a story about human beings.”

When a book is so absent of hope it becomes a bit of a slog.

The first book of the trilogy and first third of the second set up some truly fascinating mysteries, but it's hard reading feeling uneasy for a couple of thousand of pages! I guess it's the sign of a good series, that you've got to find out how everything unfurls?

“And so, Rook Thomas, it appears that the man was strangled to death by his own beard.” “ By or with? ” asked Myfanwy, frowning.
"By."
"Well, that definitely sounds worthy of some attention,” she said, jotting down a note to get her hair cut.

Finally - here’s Myfanwy! I really hope we get to read her POV in this book.
The first book was all from her perspective and I haven’t felt like the sequel has really and truly gotten started without hearing from/about her.

I called that twist though, so maybe I’ve regained a little kudos?

Well I’m a little embarrassed I didn’t guess Ellie’s twist myself in hindsight!

"In the moments of his dying, my father asked us a simple question, and from the papers that follow, it is clear he did not ask the question of himself. “Who ever got what they deserved?”"