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It's starting to lose me a bit:
1) it's not very deep or insightful in its social commentary - maybe just cathartic in it's criticism? (likely made worse by the fact I'm coming to this after books that had a lot more to say)
2) it's stretching my suspension of disbelief (the kid, the Mize, the riot)
3) noir really shouldn't have to give off whiffs of patriarchal behavior to exist in contemporary or SF settings
— Feb 04, 2026 10:37AM
1) it's not very deep or insightful in its social commentary - maybe just cathartic in it's criticism? (likely made worse by the fact I'm coming to this after books that had a lot more to say)
2) it's stretching my suspension of disbelief (the kid, the Mize, the riot)
3) noir really shouldn't have to give off whiffs of patriarchal behavior to exist in contemporary or SF settings
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Leilin
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The writing is different and I need to get used to it - not a bad thing, I'm just tripping on it a bit more than average, I assume, because it uses French words (or adjacently French words) and I never know if that's local/dialect usage or purely invented vocabulary. I also needed to realize that this is not our world with added fantastical elements, but an entirely different one. Hoping it all helps the flow, now.
— Sep 24, 2025 11:18AM
