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Shalin
is 39% done
It's a bit hard to read. There's some French going on. I've been ignoring the French words so hopefully that's fine story wise
I'm enjoying it so far. The writing style is SO different from my norm. It's told as if a detective is going over a cold case in the modern (1950s) time but also as if the author was an onlooker in the books time (late 1700s in Paris)
I'm excited to learn how G acquires his unique scents
— Feb 23, 2026 08:30PM
I'm enjoying it so far. The writing style is SO different from my norm. It's told as if a detective is going over a cold case in the modern (1950s) time but also as if the author was an onlooker in the books time (late 1700s in Paris)
I'm excited to learn how G acquires his unique scents
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Shalin
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Bro how many semicolons and hyphens can you add to a sentence?? There's one paragraph that's just one single sentence 😭
Definitely a different writing style than I'm used to with some French words I'm not too familiar with. But so far the first chapter isn't too bad. A bit too smelly for my taste
— Feb 19, 2026 08:38AM
Definitely a different writing style than I'm used to with some French words I'm not too familiar with. But so far the first chapter isn't too bad. A bit too smelly for my taste
