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damn. DAMN! ~100 pages in and i am IN LOVE with this book!!

in some crazy change of pace … i’m absolutely loving this book so far?????

okay i’m a little sick of Dmity. I’m definitely still loving the book overall, but dear god he is insufferable. I’m looking forward to going back to Aleksey and Ivan.

now over, OVER 50% of the way through and the blurb event still hasn’t happened 👀👀 like i’m not mad at it, i’m enjoying it despite this, but still!!!

okay i get it. i genuinely get it. this book is an absolute masterclass in writing. absolutely captivating. am i 400+ pages in and the event on the back page has not yet occurred? is the plot glacial? yes. do i care anymore: not really.

also: i did not expect to be absolutely ✨ENTHRALLED✨ by ~40+ pages of Ivan monologuing on society and religion! how??
HOW!!! did that manage to be as captivating as it was??????

so i’m 100% still loving this … but … why am i 300 pages in … and the main absolutely MAJOR event from the back blurb still hasn’t happened?????

okay! i’ve started again and reread everything - i genuinely forgot how funny this book is. this time i wont put it down for months and forget everything 👌

I tried. I promised myself if i made it to over 50% through and i still didn't care about the characters i would just DNF it. This one just wasn't for me at all.

If you’re interested in 7th century Britain, this will probably be for you. But seeing as this was for a Fantasy/Sci-Fi book club and … it wasn’t a fantasy book … it wasn’t what i wanted or was expecting at all.

no i am saying it now. as detailed and comprehensive that the setting and time relevant details are: im so so very bored. i don’t really care about anyone, don’t care what happens with their manipulating, and don’t care what happens to Hild.

Also: im feeling beyond ripped off that this was a book for a fantasy/sci-fi book club. WHERES THE SCI-FI OR FANTASY?????

i’m not saying i’m bored … but for all the world building and character establishment i’m still waiting for the fantasy element. i’m vaguely intrigued with Hild, but at the same time … can we get a move on into the plot

i will finish this. i will finish this. i will finish this.

it’s interesting, i’m definitely a character driven reader, but in this case it’s really the plot that’s driving me. there’s some seriously immaculate species driven writing that’s happening. i’m so so so interested in where this story is going

oh damn! okay okay okay here we go

dear god this book is fantastic

I’m definitely interested but not sure if i’m captivated. I seem to like and dislike it with equal measure at the moment

… unfortunately really not loving this

i’m obsessed. this book is so damn captivating! i don’t want to put it down