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Book 4 and someone has finally told the narrator that "Benoit" is not pronounced "beh-noyt". :D

An interesting set up - dragons, alternative England, alternative WW2 - but I still don't feel the book has found itself.

Between the bad at school and comic sans font in his email I am 99% sure Lyle had dyslexia. Sure something was wrong with the word "Christmas" scrawled on the floor but unless Christopher's last name is 'Tomas' I'm not sure what it is yet.

A cozy and unchallenging read but well constructed within that frame.

An excellent structure and well done. Add to that a compelling and well paced plot and it is

I am a sucker for good meta context 😊

Parts 4 and 5 significantly better to a modern reader, though the purple prose is not to my taste.

Story Four: daughter cursed with aging backward and her friends are, among other things, jealous of her youth.
Sigh. I had forgotten that presumption that women had to be catty and jealous.

Part 3: charming in structure but eyes rolling

Part Two and Three: This reminds me of when they banned smoking in restaurants.

I feel like I can feel the story structure poking through the tale like springs on an understuffed couch.

Possibly the most horrifying antagonist I have ever read.

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Wonderful turns of phrase, but Miranda's self absorbed delusions nearly had me DNF'ing. I have hopes she will move past this.