Hannah Frederick’s Reviews > Red City > Status Update

The scene with Connie and her as a character broke me.

After putting Sam back down for bed, Connie had let herself have a good cry, wondering why survival had to mean she couldn't be here for her daughter.

How can someone not belong to a place that is their home?

Wounded hearts with something to prove are always the ones who change the world.

Do you think that's true or is it just the romantic idea of a tortured hero?

"It damages an alchemist's should more than it does a typical user," Mr. Rudra explains. "Keep your consumption of it modest "

I'm not sure how this holds up in the book, it seems as if they are always taking sand.

Will's eyes are so green that they look poisonous.

"'Everything is energy,' he once said, 'and beyond that is divine.' he understood the fundamental principle behind alchemy: that all is from one. We are part of an endless ocean of energy, everything seen and unseen."

Every newscast about it ends with a general public warning that "gas line maintenance is essential!"

I try to remember this as a mother that comfort is more important than being right when your baby is hurting.

"It means perfection," he says. "It means, I like you the way you are, Sam"

With her perfect memory, I'm surprised that she doesn't immediately remember that when she learns the sign for gold.

I'm impressed with the notes before each chapter. Did the author make them all up?