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Jack Duggan
is on page 48 of 240
Lots of little hints of something sinister - a former maid she talks about all the time but no description of why she left, a son who hasn’t been home since the war but writes all the time - on top of the supernatural element. I expected it to be unclear whether the narrator was imagining it all or not, but she’s now described it as a major part of her community which surprised me
— 4 hours, 31 min ago
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Jack Duggan
is on page 29 of 240
Gradually introducing supernatural elements, which is interesting and I wasn’t expecting. There’s a clear demarcation between Soraya with her oral storytelling and Mrs. Hattingh, a woman of letters, and with the sort of supernatural elements I wonder if it’s going to be an ego/superego/id type trichotomy
— Feb 24, 2026 04:12PM
Jack Duggan
is on page 15 of 240
Off to a decent start. I’m impressed by how much I’m learning about the characters incidentally - not quite Shown-Not-Told, but told in a way that matches the flow of what’s happening without feeling to expository. The First Person Present narration is interesting, as it gives the impression the narrator is describing in real time and doesn’t already know how the story ends.
— Feb 23, 2026 04:22PM
