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Chaya
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Loving the linguistic stuff. Can be a bit heavy handed with telling you the thing it's also showing you, like while a boy is translating between two people for the first time, it says "this all hinged on him, Robin realized. The choice was his. Only he could determine the truth, because only he coukd communicate it to all parties." We know! Not a lack of showing, but too much telling.
— Sep 26, 2026 07:26AM
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Chaya
is on page 247 of 544
(Footnote):"... Several state of the art telescopes were ordered for the roof on behalf of scholars who thought they could derive useful match-pairs from the names of star signs. These efforts never yielded anything interesting, as astrology is fake, but the stargazing was pleasant."
I love that the footnotes are blunt and somehow both academic in style but also the author's way of directly adding personal opinion.
— Oct 07, 2026 12:35PM
I love that the footnotes are blunt and somehow both academic in style but also the author's way of directly adding personal opinion.
Chaya
is on page 43 of 544
I have been really enjoying the book so far, but I am annoyed by the author's lack of trust for the reader. A character whom we should all understand is deeply flawed defends slavery, but the author still has to put a footnote: "This character misunderstands xyz." Don't worry, I wasn't going to agree with him. Mistrust of the reader is also shown by the telling and explaining that comes along with the showing.
— Sep 29, 2026 12:55PM