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There is a tradition of colon cancer in the family,
This is funny, and also relatable.
A conservative and recent bikini wax.
Unnecessary…written by a man I guess.
If I have a big enough budget. Or at least some makeup to work with.
Ugh
And when his tongue stretched down her throat,
Why do so many authors write like this? Playing tonsil tennis is only a saying, not real. I gag at the thought
Lean Cuisines
They have these in UK? Google says, kinda. Not in tesco etc., so how did this get past the editor?
So, I suppose you’re wondering all about the Checquy Group. Oh, and please note that it is pronounced Sheck-Eh. French influences, I think.
Seems to be a play on Chequers (prime ministers residence) ...the pronunciations given in this book are ridiculous and so completely UNACCEPTABLY NOT English
In many ways, the residence is
EXPOSITION DUMPING IN THE WORST WAY...written as if wants to be a movie...the amnesia and fear of who, what, where etc. Should have been drawn out. Although there is no fear just mild irritation in Myfanwy v2 POV
and also because he liked to sneak chicks in.
This supposed 31 yo speaks like all the other YA women in other books
Lol
Frau Blümen was almost perfectly round and could get through the door only by turning sideways and sucking in her chest.
Unless her obesity is a supernatural power, why does she need to be so wide she can’t get through the door? Surely a person that large, wouldn’t be able to get through a door sideways if can’t get through head-on? Human forms aren’t like that, unless it’s is an unusually narrow door that is not described? Just a horrible description of a person.
finally developing my own identity.
Finally?after a whole entire 48hrs? How fucking horrible for you
I’m not bipolar, I’ve just had a bipolar life foisted upon me.
I don’t think you know what bipolar means
“How dark is it there? It’s ten past six in the evening here, and it’s dark. Liverpool is farther to the west than us, so the sun will have set later there. How dark is it?”
What? How big do you think England is?? 10 min difference at most,
“It’s the business district at six in the evening in the middle of the week, so nowhere near as bad as it could have been.
So, busiest time of day for that area?
She realized this must be the third of Gestalt’s bodies, and she looked at it with interest.
I hope there is a quad relationship coming up!,
Football- Did an English person read this before publishing?
Bloody hell, thought Myfanwy. That’s pretty hardcore.
Didn’t need “that’s pretty hardcore”’ we get it
The interrogator rested his hands on the man’s hair and then began probing with his fingers, tracing the contours of the scalp. He leaned back slightly and spoke rapidly into a microphone that hung from the ceiling. “His ancestors hail almost exclusively from Western Europe, except for a great-grandfather from Poland,”
Phrenology?
She has all the personality of a drink coaster!”
Lol
“And died?” snarled Tidy Twin.
When did a twin arrive??
Dear You, So, I told you how Farrier and Wattleman acquired me from my parents. They had just ushered a very shaken Mr. Thomas out of the building and were now faced with the prospect of a little girl who was smeared liberally with both tears and chocolate.
How many of these letters are there? It’s not even end of Monday and she’s not even a little nervous or perturbed by any of it? How is this a realistic way of existing when so much random shit is being thrown at you?
It was the most disorienting, exhausting day of my life.
This is normal, miffed v2 is not
(I know it was called something else then, but it’s all in Belgium now, and it’s less confusing if I just call it Belgium),
Why not say, what is now Belgium, instead of a whole useless sentence
Alrich woke up.
Miffy v2’s internal monologue knows this?
Unfortunately, there were no photographs or even sketches. I suppose I’ll just have to wing it, Myfanwy thought. I’m getting pretty good at that.
It has been one business day...Getting good at it is just because of the plot
The fattest man she’d ever seen, dressed all in purple like a pampered plum,
So fat he can’t get through doors?
Every time she used her powers on someone, she gained a greater understanding of how things worked, intuitively sensing connections.
The whole two times?
“Damn that entire EU business!” said Wattleman. “It’s all very well to have nice cheap cheeses, but did no one stop to think that the European continent is connected to ones that aren’t necessarily so… so…”
Ugh brexit reference
Like the fact that he didn’t ask for money (not that I would have given him any).
Why? Because he’s homeless?
Two little boys of Indian descent. An African girl. Three tiny Anglo-Saxons. Two Arab-Britons. And a perfect little Japanese girl who had delicate silver antlers spiraling out from her temples.
Anglo-Saxons? Can identify the Japanese baby is from Japan (who were Arian in Second World War) but “Arab” and “African” babies are just from general continents/areas
Standing there on the dark street, I began to cry. For half an hour I stood there, weeping, weeping, weeping.
As someone who has cried for long periods and has cried in public, 30 minutes is a long time for standing in the street crying
And I was willing to bet that none of them had ordered their alcoholic beverages in an effort to cope with the knowledge of impending obliteration.
Yes, first person to ever be in “the most disreputable pub” in east end of London to have had horrible news and drowned their sorrows
One was tall and thin, and one was built like a normal person.
The fuck?
At the Estate, they teach us high-level observation and evaluation skills, but the intense analytical breakdown that these two girls were working up on the customers of the Eight Bells was astounding. “The lad in blue is gay.” “Gay and doesn’t know it.” “The girl in the hat is from Eastern Europe.” “And has only had access to good clothing stores for two days.”
FFS, this is just them making up stories like people do to pass time. But such keen observers for the plot
Apparently, she was a morning person.
Because you’ve already been told she’s first in and last out at work
The big problem is that I’ve got no idea how to impersonate Myfanwy Thomas.
But you were getting the hang of it on day one?
Am I in danger of blowing my cover?
Shouldn’t be a question, but a statement
Eckhart is not only a brilliant fighter but also probably the most skilled tactician in the Court.
Bet he makes some really stupid tactical decisions for the plot
His work with an investment firm proved that when he wasn’t shagging girls with long hair and short skirts, Grantchester had picked up a very good education.
Story would have been better if part one was Miffy v1 figuring out the grafters while getting the psychic premonitions told to her sporadically and part 2 was Miffy v2 figuring out who wiped her memory. The exposition would be a lot more palatable
dictator in Antarctica,
What?
Amazing, she thought, I don’t think I’ve ever seen her really freaked out before. The secretary was actually perspiring.
It is your second day of knowing her...ffs
This was probably explained somewhere in the purple binder, but over the past two days, she’d gotten so caught up in the work at hand that she hadn’t had much time to consult it.
Half of this book has been consulting that damn binder with useless information about people
It wasn’t quite a casual-Friday outfit, but she’d dressed for a day with no meetings.
Even though it’s your second day and Ingrid gave you the day of meetings you were having in the morning
Ingrid had been getting more and more smart-assed lately.
It is DAY 2 of knowing this woman
who spent most of his time cringing at the appalling things the other colonists were doing and quietly applauding as they succumbed to the subtle magical warfare tactics of the natives.
Virtue signalling
Instead, the Croatoan members were obliged to lure their operatives with exuberant references to duty and responsibility, which worked almost as well as force and had the advantage of not being a flagrant mockery of the Constitution.
Doesn't create more opportunity of being discovered?
Native Americans
No longer just "natives" then eh? 🙄
Even as the tribes diminished,
Were exterminated
Well, that’s all very nice, thought Myfanwy. But did you ever actually meet any of them? Am I going to need to acknowledge any private jokes? Do I need to be asking after their kids? Myfanwy flipped helplessly through the binder, but nothing caught her eye.
Because this amazing binder is full of useless information aka stories, to fill word count?
Rook Myfanwy Thomas of the Checquy, I present Bishop Shantay Petoskey of the Croatoan,” announced Ingrid in ringing tones. What did she do, take elocution lessons? thought Myfanwy, blushing furiously.
Why is she blushing?
