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I like that the story is expanding beyond just the original cast. I don't remember Dain from the first book, but i like hearing his story.

It all seems a little convenient that the main characters have all still survived inconvenient ways.

ok now as we get further along, interacting with the kids more i'm starting to be able to differentiate them. but it took 60% into the book to do so.

that said, the rest of the story and reveals have been good and entertaining. i just wish there was more. more explanation. more time in each story. it seems hes trying to keep them short.

The addition of so many new people at once and new types of parahumans at the same time has me confused who's who. I don't like it. This series is usually easier to follow.

this is an interesting change of pace from the normal issues. now we have annoying young adult issues. i hope they all get put in their place b/c these gen z kids drive me crazy

Ok this book is very confusing. I read the first book but I'm so lost. I went back and read my review for the first book and it basically says this story is confusing, It's not well explained, and it isn't very exciting. Well same with this one. I think I'm gonna put it down. I have no clue what's happening.

I'm really enjoying this book. It is definitely inspired by Lord of the rings but it is not a copy. Honestly I think I'm enjoying it more than LOTR. I feel LOTR does have some times lag and go slow. This one keeps a good pace.

Really enjoying this. I mean they are thrown into it unceremoniously. The best heros are those through trauma. It's interesting to keep seeing where it goes next. Feels very LOTR

Enjoying this. 25% in and still waiting for the magic.

i'm so confused. time travel? shape shifting? aliens? i feel like i missed something earlier in the book that would have hinted towards all of this but i'm pretty sure it didn't. so much of this feels like it comes out of no where. for such a long book i would expect some kind of foreshadowing.

If I had a dollar for every time he said "inclined his head"

This book has a lot of twists. And most are not expected. I'm enjoying it. Its not so many that it feels like cheap writing. That said suddenly someone can teleport which has NEVER been mentioned as a thing so that's umm....what??

This is an interesting plot twist. I think I have figured out the elders true motives but they haven't been explicit so I could be wrong. If I am could be another interesting plot twist if I'm not I'm curious to see how it plays out. And who is wyrs father

i like it so far. its a typical coming of age journey story while learning about and dealing with inequality. lets see how it grows

I'm looking forward to finishing this book bc it's terrible and I want to be done with it. But it's so short so it's pointless to put it on DNF.

This far in I might as well finish but it's not good. Its all dialogue. They don't describe the world. You sometimes get mentions of weather or the type of location they are in but that's it. A manor. A castle. Woods. That's the description. Its a cliche and stereotypical.

this is very short and seems to move along quickly. i do hope they get more into the lore and how/when vampires were created/made. not just appeared b/c of a comet.

I'm really enjoying this book and I wish I had book 2 right away but I have to wait till next month 😭

This is a very entertaining book. Its one fault is that it does get a little detailed on the engineering like all of its readers are engineers and know the terms without explaining them. Some of them you can get from context but not all. Otherwise it's great

Interesting so far. True problems with the whole chryo situation. And what a shitty apocalypse to come back to. I'd tell them to just deactivate me. Nope. Not doing it. And I can see why they go crazy. You shut them down and don't give them any ability to exist and have thoughts like a human. When they are human based. Humans need stimulation it's why solitary is torture, not a kindness.

we finally see Robyn coming out - or at least Kody telling us about Robyn. Christine wasnt putting her in her place, she wasnt controlling. she was telling. The family isnt going to let Robyn decide what it does or change everything so Robyn can have a say. the traditions stay and Robyn can join. thats it. she/kody took it as controlling b/c they wanted robyn to be in control. you can infer that from her reactions.

This story is so sad to hear. To find out the behind the marriage. How her marriage at least was never a marriage for love. But a marriage for what was supposed to happen with a polygamy life style. She loved him...but had not loved her. He didn't lie when he said on the show he never loved her. Which is so sad that they went through so much for a religious belief.

At 80% into the book finally something interesting happens.

Still struggling with the fact that there is no real plot. It makes it very slow and a little mundain. But I've read character focused books before and loved them. And this isn't bad. But it's not riviting either.

my library borrow ran out and i was actually annoyed b/c i wanted to keep reading. so i guess thats a good way to determine if you actually want to finish a book or not. have it taken away. back at it now. it is getting better, but i think some of that is b/c i have recognized the story for what it is. a long drawn out character origin story w/o a through plot.

This feels like a prequel. Like we're already supposed to know who he is and this is his origin story. Also his hero is Spock. This is definitely a character driven story. Not plot driven. No goal or through line other than him. Parts have no meaning to the rest other than to say it happened to him. It made him who he was. Even if it does not add to any bigger plot. I'm getting more used to it.

Have you ever read a book that isn't bad, but your main thought is "when will it get good?". Like it's so mediocre that you're waiting for the other shoe to drop and it have its moment that makes the rest acceptable. Normally DNF is bc I can't stand it. But this one is a grey area. I'm trying to decide how long I'll give it or maybe I'll just finish it and rate it as meh.

this is VERY slow. i'm waiting for something interesting to happen. its not boring per say but 15% (4 hours of reading) and its still not hooked me to care about the character or the world or what is going to happen. its got 5% longer to do so or i'm moving on.

This feels like the guy is HEAVILY influenced by Dune. A space odyssey where the author flourishes his words and over explains everything ("the location where people go to have their teeth examined". Say the dentist!) I still have no idea where this book is going but so far it hasn't hooked me. I'll give it a little more but I zone out a lot with this book so far.

i think the genre listing of this book is incorrect. This is not fantasy and is more fictional romance with maybe a hint of magic. i'll give it a little longer to see if i'm wrong, but this is not the kind of book i enjoy. It referenced Jane Eyre and yeah - its trying to be a modern twist on that. I didn't like Jane Eyre.