soph’s Reviews > Katabasis > Status Update

“For a moment she found this prospect terrifying - that memory was not a well-kept library, but rather a moth-eaten basement with dim, flickering lights . . . You groped around in the dark. You settled for stories, not recordings. You made do with the bits you had and tried your best to fill in the rest.”

“reason prevailed.”

NOOOO RF KUANG LET YOUR FEMALE MC GO INSANE

the idea of an 8-year-old being intelligent and snarky enough to say “your charity has been much appreciated”

sooo alice falls in the river lethe and doesn’t forget anything. rf kuang i hope you notice this very obvious plot hole (i think she does but i am a little worried by how quickly it’s been brushed off…)

“no siren’s call was as alluring as the sea itself, and the quiet dark beyond the shore” (105).

“this throbbing soreness - this screaming reminder that she’d pushed her body to the limit, and hadn’t broken; indeed, that she had a body that could do what it did - felt good” (47).

yes!! this is why i love long distance running. makes you feel alive!