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saladwithalmonds
is 22% done
this part really annoys me. The extent to which all the people know each other despite being from very different social circles seems very implausible. Like the oligarchs are connected with the working class people almost directly and then also there are three(!) different ways the main character is connected to them. Plus the politicians and the conservatives increasingly seem like simplistic caricatures. Meh.
— Mar 18, 2025 02:24PM
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saladwithalmonds
is 22% done
Back in it again, the plot seems increasingly promising. Curious what comes next.
— Apr 16, 2025 04:02PM
saladwithalmonds
is 20% done
It’s slowly drawing me in. I like the pace. Chapters with different perspectives. There’s trouble ahead. Nothing outrageous or intense. But the characters become more palpable. Lots of dialogue. It’s an audiobook and the narrator is doing a good job switching between cockney, Scottish, RP with appropriate emotions. Feels very real. Curios where this is heading! Interesting plot line with a troubling tenant.
— Mar 02, 2025 01:46PM
saladwithalmonds
is 10% done
“Liberals are always interested in money, they care about it, and they care about what it brings, but they reserve the right to disdain that impulse in other people.” Curious where this is heading politically, some things seemed iffy but setting is lively- dirty money, journalists, messy family relationships, working class, subculture, London. Vivid characters. Didn’t get the protagonist yet. Very contemporary.
— Feb 22, 2025 05:13AM
