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* Nog steeds geen Arthur of Merlin, maar we are off to the races. And grimmig begint het, met een vrij constante stroom aan foreshadowing dat het verschrikkelijk eindigt.

* Genius move to have the primary characters missing from the action. Uther, Morgan and importantly Merlin and Arthur are missing. Which is why we pay attention to the bumbeling of our Narrator, the centrality of Mordred and Nimue.
*Druids be crazy, they do know stuff, Merlin never trows anything away.

I am at the 70% mark and all I have to show for is a google search into the meaning of the word "toll" which on the one hand denotes a tax or levy, and the on the other: a clashing of bells(also meaning death//"For whom the bell tolls"). As the theme appears to be the interwinement of love and death, but so for. -mostly due to its structing. Its either the old english: drag the hounds, OR levy the hounds. w

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* The writing is some times funny, but some times also a bit cluncky.
* I love the wordbuilding. The Golems, the clacksmen system and the Postal service. A mystery with some noirish elements.
*Moist von Lipwig is a great character as smart swindler whose interaction with Mr. Pump is the heart opf the book so far> The dictator who appears to be force for good. I like how elements of the Genre are being subverted.
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