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A bit rough to adjust to the prose style, but I am liking the narrative.

Hoping Book III is more like Book I, since Book II was a big tonal shift, and not very interesting.

Not quite as taken in by David's story just yet...

Wow, this is stunning.

Beautiful writing. Definitely starts off at full speed.

Wow, is this a gruesome and fascinating tale!

Strong women! Love it!

Tessa's parts are fascinating, but Chris' are just repetitive and distracting.

Intriguing, intelligent, with disjointed timelines. Love it!

Character-driven, for sure. But I like the academic-speak too.

Just started, and verymuch hoping this avoids the typical in this type of book.

Some beautiful writing, in places, but it feels a bit tepid, considering the opening.

An interesting story pairing. Dark and smart.

Awkward start to this one, but I like the writing style.

Slightly alternate history, language, and no romance yet. Not bad!

Seriously wondering how humans survived this long. Yes, it's really cold right now, but people are reacting as if this has never happened before. We lost power and it was quite chilly (45 degrees indoors! ha!) but power was restored and life goes on. Maybe it's because people are so overdramatic about so many things, but I get tired of the hyperbole surrounding the weather (amongst other things...).

Excellent writing.

Absolutely love Clinch's style. This is near-perfectly told.

Hmm. Either a well-written set-up or a narrative that will just meander off into the sunset. Cannot tell yet.

A bit of a slow burn so far. Beautiful writing, not much else yet.

Incredible writing for a rather unnerving narrative.

Anyone know why a book of short stories, where different editions have different stories included, are listed on GR as the same book?
i.e. - Leo Tolstoy: The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories. Oxford and Penguin Classics editions have totally different Table of Contents after titular tale.

Great writing, just hoping the ugh-romance-ugh keeps to a bare minimum. Ha!

Getting less tepid, but not by much.
Could do without the constant use of the representative word "er". It's, er, silly.

No idea where this is going. I do like the MC though, so I'm OK with the tepid start.

Wow, this is amazing! Surpasses everything presented in the short stories by leagues!

Did GR get rid of the book update feature on books listed as Currently Reading?

Seems if we just treated everyone with dignity, repsect, and concern, differences and similarities and whatever else would be just data points, not reason for oppression and hate. Yeah, I know how obvious that sounds. Sorry.
Maybe it is this easy: if White Males hadn't fucked up just about everything the world and its inhabitants would be much happier.

Already so many characters, and me trying to find the way this mirrors you-know-where... Still, it's already fun and a bit naughty to boot!

This has sat on my shelf long enough. Onward!