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"Sweet, sweet child. There is only one ending."
Could it hurry up, please?

That was disturbing! Not in a horror-way, in a this-child-was mental-way!
Surely a 7 year old doesn't react like that when their friend broke his leg and is screaming in pain?

This feels so disjointed. Can't say I'm enjoying it so far, but it was a book club pick, so I'll persevere 😅

I want to keep reading, but I'm also too afraid to read on 🫣

I'm scared! 🫣

This is so stressful!!! 😖

How many of the remaining books will I be able (and willing) to finish before going to see Christopher Ruocchio in Nottingham on 25th September? TBC

"I didn't want to think about anything, remember anything. The events of this night were so precious that I was afraid to even touch them with my memories."

This book is making me so wistful about what a good government and good leadership could be.

"I was looking forward to reading those reports."
"You're sick, man."
😆

"If you happen across the Princess of Xiputl, do not on any account try to persuade her to tenderness.” 😂

🫣🫣🫣 I feel so stressed and worried!

"It is by taking stands in small matters that we change the world. Sometimes in small ways. Sometimes in much larger ones."

"We were needing the same thing, you and I, a temple in which to tuck away and disappear from the earth, to mourn at the altar of our desolation"
🥺🥺🥺

"I had him for so much less time than I've lived without him, and yet his presence is enormous, though I keep it to myself. It is as if I've swallowed a hot air balloon but try not to let on."
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Guess who thought book club was Wed 26th, not 19th? 😆 And after I suggested this as our pick - would have been funny for me to miss the meeting or not finish the book!

“I suppose we always hope that those closest to us can see into our hearts—but unless we invite them, or show them in words or deeds, how can they?" 🥹

"His Radiancy has never had longer than an hour to himself." 🥺

🤣 The bear scene was hilarious!

They don't deserve you, Stephen! 🥹

I love them already 🥹

"Vigga was bored out of her mind."
Same, Vigga. Same!

I wish I could enjoy this more. I like the characters and the humour, but I'm finding the plot so dull. Practically non-existant, which is not great with a 550 page book!

I'm dying. The fairies of a fantasy land are having watermelon gazpacho 🤣 Couldn't you call it cold watermelon soup, at least?
It's my own fault for picking this up, but in my defence, I thought it was YA (it's listed as such), not a children's book. Stubbornly refusing to DNF.

So Artemis never sleeps? She's always on duty, day and night?

"She hadn’t seen all her subjects in one place since the day she arrived."
What? So they all fit in the throne room? What exactly is the population of the realm???

I don't know if it's just that I haven't read YA in ages, or that this genuinely reads far too young for YA!

I have had enough of nahute! I can't believe in all those years they didn't develop any technology to disable them!

"No one has given more to this fight than me."
Sure, Hadrian. Liking him less and less in this book.

Surely, this isn't the time for this conversation!