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What has possessed me to start re-reading this? Especially when I have to finish so many other books (The Oleander Sword, A Day of Fallen Night and The Dragon Reborn) are looking at me. I don't know, but I'm excited!

I have abandoned all books for Messiah, and I have no regrets. What a book.

Shit’s going down

ok we’re moving away slightly from the teenaged-boy-is-amazing-at-everything-trope (although not too much) and i’m intrigued by the big mystery. so far so good.

so far i’m definitely intrigued but i gotta say i’m getting a tired of the whole ‘orphan boy who is magically good at everything trope’. still curious to see where this goes though!

I don’t remember what my problem was with this because it’s so much better than I was expecting

i’m back at it again after many years

I know gabriel is like 16 here but he’s so fucking stupid that i had to put the book down for a second. Teenage arrogance is sure something

very name of the wind esque so far, but with vampires

this is like gaslighting 101: the novel

ok shits happening and i don’t like it. the scenes don’t necessarily scare me but they sure build up dread and that’s even worse so you go shirley jackson

Theo can get it ngl

junie’s still the worst! what’s new

june can die for all i care and i really hope she does <3

Dropped everything I was (slowly-but-surely) reading for this and so far it is a WILD ride. can’t wait to see where it takes me because i already hate junie’s guts and i can’t imagine it’s gonna get better

so tense! shit’s getting real

samatha shannon’s writing so far is beautiful. can’t wait to see where this goes

court of owls was 🥵🥵🥵 (especially the art) so i’m looking forward to death of the family

time to hop on the dracula daily train and see if i still agree with my 16 year old self (probably not)

sort of poetic and confusing at times? but i dig it

so far it’s mainly about the difference between pre-nazi anti-semitism and nazi anti-semitism. very fascinating!

i'm oh so very confused

this is the first time in years that i have been this invested in a book. the plot is put together so well that i don’t want to stop reading.

Part 2 is also done! Shits moving quickly now. Excited to see how this will evolve

Part 1 is done. Things are starting to move.

I think I’ve just passed the setup fase and will get some big plot progression soon. So far so good.

curious to see what i’ll think of this, as it was a gift. one that i’ve never heard of before. seems pretty promising so far though!

are we going to re-read a book i've already 3 times and ignore everything else that i started this because i'm feeling nostalgic? yes we are!

had to get used to writing, but now i'm getting into the flow