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Rereading this book.

And right away its just so clear how good martin is at writing. His prose puts all the other books ive read recently to shame.

It's such a massive injustice that martin deprives his audience if his storytelling. Hes just so bloody good at it.

The author has a serious case of twitter brain.And it has seeped into the pages of the book. In my opinion that it degrades the quality of the book drastically.

Ugh. Author is moralizing about enslaved people again.

I can feel my future review dropping stars rapidly.

A bit disappointing. The plot stays in a level of silliness. The book feels rushed since the characters aren't consistent & they are parodies. There is a real sense of pre-teen goofiness for lack of better wording.

The character called the librarian is inconsistent. Each chapter ike a different character

The author made me cringe, implying she thinks that America was the only country who owned slaves in history.

I know i've read a few books in a row where the pros is exceptional. Because I can tell this book is written a little more frivolously, or a little more quickly. It's not necessarily a bad thing.It's just simpler.

Oh cool. I always thought that if I wrote a book, it would be with this premise.

Books as portals. Love the idea so i'm excited to see where this goes.

This book is written so well. I must check out more from this author.

I predict this book is going to be blowing up soon.

Another note something that's become clear to me on this reread.Is that this book contains a lot of introspection and reflection on old perceived abuse. That content does not match with this book's title. The title hints at a fun romp, filled with magic. What the book is seriously lacking and whimsy or fun.

This book checks so many boxes for me that I want to reread it. And glancing back over my notes from the first read, i'm starting to get a sense of why it didn't click

The story is told in a very passive voice. A lot of exposition without any stakes whatsoever. It's a shame because there are plot points and fair pacing.But the way it's written is lacluster

Whoah. That last murder was so unexpected! Lol

Very enjoyable. Author is great at telling a mystery story

Wow! Not very often that an author kills off a main character around half way through the book. Cool

Definitely se disturbing scenes and thoughts. But they harken to the title of the boook.

The twist is pretty good. Didn't suspect that character.

I see, I think this is what they mean when they say slow burn, right?

I just now realized its in 1st person. I didn't even notice even though 1st person is rarely enjoyable to me.

I just now realized its in 1st person. I didn't even notice even though 1st person is rarely enjoyable to me.

Interesting concept. But it seems the worse thing that can happen when a book is destroyed is that the individual recalls the memories they locked away. Doesn't seem eath shattering or anything.

Interestingly I read this book during the beginning of covid lock downs. So its no surprise that I don't remember these details... too much other stuff happening...

It's a sleepy prose, 1st person... but it seems to be done well anyway.

Dull and lackluster.

I think audio format lessens this style too, but still there's no amount of ink that can make me interested in this book.

Nope. dnf. The trigger warning ing the prologue is absolutely ridiculous. That was the first red flag. I'm not the audience for books which feel the need to warn readers about words as if theyre real life terrors and not a piece of fiction.

Then the book continues into overly gay, overly inauthentic... hmmm weirdness. Pretty sure this aint an author for me.

Oh FFS. this book loterally has a content warning about ableism. You guys apparently, a character gets made fun of.

How fucking sensitive have we become?This is ridiculous.

Big DNF. Author wants us to believe this kid who grew up so affluent, wealthy, all opportunities, great schooling, etc. is a person who is troubled just because they are black & Trans. Well, all aboard the train to the trauma Olympics where everyone tries to out-trauma another person. Meanwhile ppl with legit abuse issues just live their life listening to these assholes drone on abt when teachers didn't like a poem!

Trans book too.

Disjointed and not a traditional plot. However, the small vignette set come into focus.Do remain intriguing and well written. There is absolutely a sense of poetry.

My enjoyment of this book increased greatly after I looked up.What the author's trying to say... the fact that many people's gay lives have been erased through society and history.

I can see why they made a movie. The writing style is very exciting, every page the stakes rise

There's a severe level of naivete in this story.

2 lone women travel to Egypt alone, and go to confront some thieves solely based on the fact they have the righteousness on their side. As if thieves will just be all "oh ya got me my bad."

Plus 2 women traveling Egypt airport alone 🤣 right. Let alone the city... and the taxi driver didn't even try to scam them.

Suck chicklit. A big scene is a fashion event at met gala. And then a bunch of moths got released and or apparently causes a huge panic and people screaming and yelling.

It's such a weird event that only makes sense in a cchicklit book.