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I have a whole rant on Chapter 3 itself... not only is it poorly edited, but it is so weakly argued (perhaps because the duplication of passages make it so meandering). I'll write more in my review, but not only did it not convince me that precolonial Tagalogs were literate, but I became more convinced by those arguing against this thesis, whose arguments Woods was trying to (and failing) to combat.

Whoa... this is the worst edited book I've ever read. Entire paragraphs are repeated verbatim across different essays in the book (chapters 2 & 3). Entire passages are repeated even in the same chapter (chapter 3). It's riddled with typos and spelling errors. One of the few books on precolonial Filipino history to have come out in the last decade, and they couldn't have spent more budget on an editor?

I can see why Queen's Thief fans like this

Really enjoying this so far. I'm bracing myself, because I tend to like the author's premises, but end up not liking some part of the execution partway through. I'm hoping this would be different.

Oh dear, I was looking forward to this book, but I'm finding that I don't... like the main character. She's supposed to be a good investigator, but she has not once done any investigating on page. She was given 6 months for this assignment, the book begins 1 week before its deadline, and all she thinks about is a boy from 15 years ago. Not a good look so far.

I have high hopes for this. I wish it's as wholesome as The Goblin Emperor, because the good Lord knows I need wholesome right now.

The beginning has set up a pretty high bar for the rest of the book. I'm excited but scared at the same time.

OMG it's here!!! I've waited over a year for this!!

My hold from the library came in earlier than expected, and as a principle of courtesy, I always prioritize library borrows before my own purchased books. Sorry LoTR! You'll have to wait a bit again.

This novel is so strangely paced...

This isn't as engaging as Sabriel, not gonna lie. The few times I felt really excited was when we got on-screen appearances by Sabriel and Touchstone. I feel like I'm reading for their sakes.

This is starting to read like a thriller. Any time the authors propose a solution, the next section would be like, "Wait, there's this other very specific scenario in which this algorithm totally and miserably fails!!" Chapter 9 has been section after section of exactly that.