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E.E. Duke is 41% done with The Clinic
Well, at least the author knows Meg sucks. I just wish Meg did.

I think reading all these books about shitty characters has led me to what I loathe about so many of them. I wish more of them understood they were shitty. More of them struggled with the fact they were douche bags, and still did their bad behavior. Hell, I wouldn’t mind them not changing if they knew they sucked. It bothers me when they don’t know
Jun 10, 2026 01:38PM Add a comment
The Clinic

E.E. Duke
E.E. Duke is 50% done with Ocean's Godori
… the tolerance I have for professional people (they were at an alliance ball, they are part of this larger structure of “alliance” so I’m going to hold them to a military standard) being incompetent is low. None of these people behave like someone who would be hired to do the job they were hired to do. I’m sorry, but a mechanic on a spaceship unable to do a spade walk is fuckin’ dumb as dog shit.
Jun 09, 2026 10:26AM 5 comments
Ocean's Godori

E.E. Duke
E.E. Duke is 35% done with Ocean's Godori
Well… it’s a book
Jun 08, 2026 04:25PM Add a comment
Ocean's Godori

E.E. Duke
E.E. Duke is 95% done with Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
Whose fuckin’ side is this guy on?
Jun 04, 2026 04:47PM Add a comment
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)

E.E. Duke
E.E. Duke is 30% done with Burn Down Master's House
I’ve finished the first story. It was a beautifully written gut punch. Heartbreaking and full of hope.
Jun 03, 2026 09:19PM Add a comment
Burn Down Master's House

E.E. Duke
E.E. Duke is 30% done with Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
I’m going to finish it because I’ve upped the speed, don’t have a podcast I want to listen to, and really don’t want to go searching for a different book. But fuck this shit.

It’s just horrible. Boring, poorly written, and just the worst characters. Ok, not Mickey7 levels of bad, but borderline.
Jun 03, 2026 12:57PM 1 comment
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)

E.E. Duke
E.E. Duke is 13% done with Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
The set up for the plot of this book is child brained.

The Hunger Games works because while the game is hard, and rigged against everyone, anyone can win. So despite the hardship there is still hope.

The laurel is rigged, and only one can win. And even if it’s clear someone else did, they still lose. This is only how you breed resentment. This is how you breed a rebellion. This is only part of why it’s stupid.
Jun 03, 2026 10:01AM Add a comment
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)

E.E. Duke
E.E. Duke is 47% done with Julie Chan Is Dead
I’ve hit the turn, and I’m here for it! Give me the fall!

So far it’s been meh to ok, but it’s a fun ride.
Jun 02, 2026 01:17PM Add a comment
Julie Chan Is Dead

E.E. Duke
E.E. Duke is 30% done with Julie Chan Is Dead
After an utterly abysmal time yesterday with Mickey7, I’m enjoying a nice change of pace. It’s pretty good so far.
Jun 02, 2026 11:05AM Add a comment
Julie Chan Is Dead

E.E. Duke
E.E. Duke is 68% done with Mickey7 (Mickey7 #1)
Mickey sucks. He is the fucking worst. He’s not charming. He’s not clever. He’s not witty, or kind, or compassionate, and baring all of that he’s not even interesting. He’s a useless, fucking moron with no redeemable qualities.

His plan to keep his next iteration alive has no thought to it, and is so full of holes the fact they’ve gotten away with it at all means everyone else is also bricks dumb.
Jun 01, 2026 05:21PM 1 comment
Mickey7 (Mickey7 #1)

E.E. Duke
E.E. Duke is 8% done with Burn Down Master's House
After reading a bunch of things in the middle, I’m back to this. And I am annoyed I put it on the back burner. Because while I’ve read some good things in between starting and picking it up again, this is better written, more captivating, and more emotionally driven than anything else I’ve read in May.
May 31, 2026 09:23PM Add a comment
Burn Down Master's House

E.E. Duke
E.E. Duke is on page 71 of 273 of Ghost Town
This is the McDonalds meme, but the McDonalds is ‘Saturday Night Ghost Club’, and this book is the McDonalds we have at home… it’s aggressively fine.
May 30, 2026 07:56PM Add a comment
Ghost Town

E.E. Duke
E.E. Duke is 31% done with The Tiny Wife
This is what I’m talking about. This is the weird I want. A fever dream in the best way. My fingers are crossed it doesn’t pull a Lucky Day.
May 27, 2026 11:11PM Add a comment
The Tiny Wife

E.E. Duke
E.E. Duke is 31% done with Rose/House
This book is so much dumber than it thinks it is. It thinks it so smart, so erudite, with its $4 thesaurus words, and short, staccato sentences.

But it’s fake deep at its finest. It’s a cheese plate masquerading as a charcuterie board.
May 27, 2026 03:26PM 1 comment
Rose/House

E.E. Duke
E.E. Duke is 21% done with Rose/House
“If it was Oliver he would have let the corpse rot up there in Rose House and gotten some real work done, as much as he could.”

I’m sorry… the fuck? Murdered people aren’t crimes for cops to deal with in the future? Because an AI tells you about it, it’s chill to just shrug your shoulders and go deal with something else?

The fuck is the point of this POV. This dude sucks.
May 26, 2026 10:57PM Add a comment
Rose/House

E.E. Duke
E.E. Duke is 32% done with Concrete Island
This mother fucker goes to sleep and wakes up a couple hours later having lost enough weight his jacket is multiple sizes too big… this mother fucker better be dead.
May 11, 2026 08:30PM Add a comment
Concrete Island

E.E. Duke
E.E. Duke is 11% done with Concrete Island
I’m supposed to feel for a man that had a taxi slow enough not to hit him, and then wave on a driver that was slowing to get him?

His exile to the concrete island is pretty self imposed, and I’ve no pity.

Even should it come to pass this is a Jacob’s Ladder situation I fear I will still feel as though my time has been wasted. He could have saved himself, but after only a couple hours was out of it? Sure, Jan.
Apr 29, 2026 05:18PM Add a comment
Concrete Island

E.E. Duke
E.E. Duke is 6% done with Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts
I feel insane. Maybe it’s my misophonia and listening to the audio book, but fuck, this is dull.

I’m clearly not the target audience. She lost me when talking about how the writer and the person aren’t the same (I’m a writer and a person, and I am), and then ages upon ages of talk about her parents lives before she was born have turned me off. I don’t care.

If it wasn’t for book club I’d put it down.
Apr 15, 2026 11:30AM Add a comment
Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts

E.E. Duke
E.E. Duke is 4% done with Burn Down Master's House
Banger of an introduction. It’s 1:20am though, so I’ll have to hold off on reading more until tomorrow.

Let’s get uncomfortable. And let’s get some hope.
Apr 13, 2026 01:20AM Add a comment
Burn Down Master's House

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