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Got to read this before I even THINK about the movie. It’s been on my tbr since before the movie was greenlit so you can see how good I am with deadlines
Liking so far

RLS jumps us straight into the setting and does not waste time getting into the mystery of it all. This one’s a speedy pace but still controlled. The story is somewhat known to me through cultural osmosis but I’ll be interested to see what adaptations have bungled. I was already mildly surprised by Hyde not being some kind of disfigured ghoul ala visual portrayals

Going to start this for real this time!

Translated works always seem to have a different tone in them that I can’t quite point to. Not a bad thing at all but I do take notice of it and it puts me in a more…analytical yet meditative frame of mind?

I think this is one of those childrens books that is more well known in the US so I never read it, but I do think I wouldve quite enjoyed it as a kid

It’s in the same vein of literary nonsense as Alice in Wonderland but where Alice is mad as all hell, Milo is a bit more go with the flow on the whole thing & there’s more of a moral behind it. All that said it’s quite charming even if Milo’s a bit bland lol

Are we about to walk into an evil twin scenario here?!

It's only the third book and Nancy's been in two boats in two stories and both times things have gone wrong - I think perhaps she should avoid boats or at least check the weather forecasts beforehand.

When it was mentioned that magicians are drawn to the rivenwood my radar started pinging like crazy and now? It’s just be long note baby