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Thoroughly enjoying this, my first foray into classic lit as an adult.

This book feels like a well kept secret of the 2010s YA Publishing world. Ritter’s literary quality is superb. His narrative flair is beautiful. And the characters and world are so vibrant.

What a fun book! Since this is pitched as Doctor Who meets Sherlock, I’m totally picturing Matt Smith as Jackaby and Jenna Coleman as Abigail. And it honestly as such Young Sherlock vibes. Loving it! Already ordered the rest of the series!

AMAZE

Rocky!

There’s soooo much science babble that I don’t entirely understand, but it’s fun to listen to the character’s voice. He’s got such a personality 🤣

Always here for the spooky gothic vibes

I remembered I had audible so I’m reading two books at a time—this on audio and a Jaime Jo Wright in paperback lol

While I’ve had some issues with author choices, this book is admittedly a nice and fast paced read. A lot going on. Shorter chapters. Much easier to absorb. High stakes. Lots of action and various battles happening at once, which is exciting. Hopefully this Sanderlanche is just as worthwhile as all those that have gone before!

The story itself is fast-paced and enjoyable.

Sanderson’s choice to pander to social agendas all of the sudden by introducing a gay couple and a transgender character is disappointing. As well as his choice to suddenly include real-world profanity after four books of clean reading….

What I appreciate thus far about this book is Wolfe’s logical approach especially to contrasting that which is natural to man (community, culture, etc…) and may have existed regardless of the Fall of Man versus that which is unnatural to man. This is the basis for his argument that a pre-Fall civilization could have been “Christian Nationalist.” Though I may disagree with some of his further conclusions.

I’ve long felt that “Christian nationalist” was not the slur our society has made it to be. Turns out, my instincts were correct since it was used as a largely positive term well back into the 19th century. So much of what I’ve already read in this book resonates as true within my spirit.

I think I should be able to finish it tonight! 😁