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nacholas
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maybe i'm stupid but the amount of terms or names flung around is just so overwhelming, with a narrative structure that assumes you'd know whoever is mentioned. gonna dnf for now but not because it's bad, i'll probably come back to this in a couple years time, if i had by then read up more on the crusades. sad thing is. i was so looking forward to read this and finishing it.
— Jul 29, 2026 10:40PM
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nacholas
is on page 14 of 336
i've had this book since i was 18, read a chapter, left it unread until now, 8 years later. it's also a nice overlap given the timeline of the odyssey releasing, having just finished The Histories by Herodotus, then making my way through City of God, and to add to the rotation, this. the first chapter runs us through a lot of the events rather quickly, but i hope here on out it'll slow down as i like the prose
— Jul 22, 2026 06:58AM