"The Afterlife of Mal Caldera" First Impressions *No Spoilers*

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[DivaDiane]

I will definitely be reading this (I have a tardy ARC) but I might wait to see when others start and jump in then.

[Graeme]

I'm about halfway through, and sorry to say, finding it really tedious. Does it get better?

[Daniel]

Same here. 60% in. Slow and tedious. Not my cup of tea.

[Oleksandr]

Daniel wrote: "Same here. 60% in. Slow and tedious. Not my cup of tea."

Graeme wrote: "I'm about halfway through, and sorry to say, finding it really tedious. Does it get better?"

I thought to finally (better late than never) join reading this novel, but after seeing these comments plus the total number of comments, I decided to skip it