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Part of this read was viewing my younger self reading this - hi past me! Part was seeing the age marks and noticing how the world has changed — women are people, gender is variable, colonialism has problems, ecology is complicated. But it’s ambition and commitment still make the pages turn, and the action is well done and gom jabbers are still both really cool and rather idiotic, and fear is the mind killer that I let pass through me.
Also hereditary monarchy is a silly system of government, and ...more
Also hereditary monarchy is a silly system of government, and ...more
Spring 2020 (April - Sarah's BookClub for May);
I wanted to like this book so much more than I ended up liking this book. I should have taken it as a sign, when the first time I picked it up a few months ago, I read through a few chapters (yes, all the way past the test & The Fear Speech) and then put it down because I couldn't get into it.
The next time I came back to it (post-reading all of Grishaverse in 26 days), I settled down to it as part of a plan to start knocking out some of my book cl ...more
I wanted to like this book so much more than I ended up liking this book. I should have taken it as a sign, when the first time I picked it up a few months ago, I read through a few chapters (yes, all the way past the test & The Fear Speech) and then put it down because I couldn't get into it.
The next time I came back to it (post-reading all of Grishaverse in 26 days), I settled down to it as part of a plan to start knocking out some of my book cl ...more
It’s a classic for a reason. Wanted to reread for the movie!
Audiobook didn't work for me. I may try reading the actual book sometime in the future.
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it takes a bit to figure out what is happening. you're not going to get much backstory. copy i had, had a glossary in the back that explained some terms....found that out when i finished it. would have been nice to know that before that.
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Krista the Krazy Kataloguer
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