Ari > Recent Status Updates

I'm like fifteen pages into the actual story and IT'S SO FUCKING GOOD. y'all. this writing is amazing. impeccable protagonist. q: is the nemesis going to develop dimension in her character other than "black and sneering"? the WORLD??? the PLOT??? delicious, delightful, give it to me.

been too burnt out to listen, but I'm very much enjoying the plot twists and Manizeh's brutality.

There are certain things I'm just not invested in, but overall I'm having a fun time -- more than the 2nd book fs

I still think Dara is ... ehh. Plot is slowing down a wee bit.

Everything thus far is so, so much better than the previous one. No warmup to the plot, just hitting the ground running! Excellent.

Tbh the only characters I dislike are Dara and Nahri (and my dislike of them is fading). I adore/hate everyone else with wonderful enthusiasm.

Nahri developed a backbone! Thank goodness. Far more in line with her character. Her initial character. But goddamn if she's dumb sometimes. Good read of people huh? HAH that's funny.
Ali is still the most interesting POV and I'm following this for him.

why am I not as ... *enchanted* as I was with the first one?

note: started listening (again, but started over from the beginning) June 13

- Nahri's getting better, but I still miss her character from the first chapter of the first book
- Ali is fantastic
- Dahra is ... Annoying as ever
- Ali's family??? So good.
- I'm very much not fond of this book's audiobook narrator (she doesn't help enforce Nahri's strength), I think I need to read this book, not listen to it.

good lord I want to strangle the characters

bruh I wish I could engage with audiobooks more, this seems so fun

I will return to this series soon ;; I need to read a good series again

wHat is the POINT of ANY of this???

can someone please kill Q. now, instead of later.

"he had a jaw so straight it made men question if they were." fantastic line

"We are not here to serve nature" true

"nature is here to serve us" NO

Survival is always first; but we are not born into life to serve. That is a false traditionalist idea.

Went to Europe, couldn't pack such a big book :(

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more Kaladinnnnnnnnnn

Kaladin, whyyyyyyyyy

two hundred pages in a day XD

HECK YEAH OMG OMG OMG

so gooooooooood. I even like Shallan.

The interludes have come, but ahh I love everything too much to care.

So. Much. Fun. Shallan is far more proactive and far more interesting. Everything is connecting and it has improved the narrative immensely. Plus, there are no interludes (so far)! Yay!

RIP Jasnah.

*screams incoherently*