Maddy Hayes’s Reviews > Empire of Silence > Status Update

I think the amount of times you can use the word “leonine” in a book should be capped at two, no matter how many pages the book’s got

“The other an aluminum bat such as children played ball with.” Oh really? Without that description I thought for sure he was fighting with a metal mammal thank you for clarifying that. Katie, whoever you are, you are a terrible editor and Chris here is a terrible writer

So one of his characters has partially ceramic armor so I googled if that could even be a thing and guess what? There’s a Reddit post from about two years before this book was written where someone else details exactly how it would work, which is what he chooses to put in the story. It’s on a throwaway account, and you’ll never guess what else that throwaway account has been used for

This book is Lightlark for men. I cannot wait for this book to stop being dune and start being its own book

Hey buddy “it” and “they” are personal pronouns