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Off to a great start so far!

My only real critique that I have is why did she have to end up with an old man? I suppose I get it. She's been without sex for a while and he is a safe person, but that age gap is uncomfortable. It's still a good book, but oh that age gap-

To see Lauren begin to talk about Earth Seed to others is interesting. She is finally allowed to express her thoughts to others with little to no judgement.

The writing so far is really good. I like how it doesn't just go "this is dystopia", but instead has some sense of normal with subtle hints that things are off. Gradually, it becomes clear that something has gone wrong but it's not completely spelled out and I like it.

I love how the book normalizes neo pronouns so much. Also the moth landing on the candle feels so foreboding and I love it.

I like how the beginning is building up the setting of the book. It really sets that eerie feeling.

Forgot to add, but it's lowkey funny that a character died of blue balls.

Other than a few characters, I like that we slowly begin to see some of the walkers fade out a bit. You get to the point of "Who was that again?" Which is probably similar to what was happening with Garraty who slowly stopped caring about who got their ticket.

So far, I have come to the conclusion that Ray is a horndog. In all seriousness, it's interesting seeing him go from being super prideful about all the people cheering him on to being embarrassed by it.