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Lydia Schultz
is on page 152 of 518
I'm gonna give this another 50 pages or so... it's tough to make a reader care about characters they already know are doomed from the start, and Russell isn't really cinching it for me. All these people are charming, yeah, but they're not quite believable as people. Their identities seem so linked to their nationalities - which I'm sure has a story purpose, but doesn't do much for making them particularly compelling.
— Apr 12, 2026 04:04PM
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Lydia Schultz
is on page 72 of 518
I'm having some trouble getting into this. It's a little more contemporary than I usually go and the style/tone of the prose is giving me some trouble: a little overbearing, overwritten, maybe slightly cold, too. Something a little un-artful. But I don't mind it, and can see myself getting into it more as I read on, so I'll stick with it
— Apr 04, 2026 03:14PM