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interesting, intriguing; liked part w/merrow going jackie chan; lil weird & too implausible/convenient for Ben to be just as present as a real person, his senses are sharp & memory goes hazy only sporadically; res head—2nd book consecutively to star a redheaded person.

my reading pace is pretty darn slow

Again & again: depressing, very depressing, my should withers & wilts, I don't feel alive right now, I feel asleep, idle, comatose, resigned to non belief, alas for the Heroic Age, and those heroes, nameless, unknown, unacknowledged. Peace on them all

I have found all the knowledge of people in four categories: (a) The knowledge that would teach you about your Lord. (b) The knowledge that would teach you what the Lord has done for you. (c) The knowledge that would teach you what the Lord wants from you. (d) The knowledge that would teach you what destroys your religion

Like Joshua & those battles that were fought during the Dawn of the Islamic Dispensation, wars & battles, resistance & tense situations, dire, grievous, grueling, grieving, macabre

there's suspense, mystery, a who-done-it caper, but it's a bit (cheap) for Ben to just hang around conveniently, what's to stop others from, as they prepare for death, say, as a solider on the front line, to -- well, no, one can't really plan to feel such deep vengeance after death that their soul lingers. but that's what Ben has done, but very interested now to see who or how the treachery occurred

the soul, this book works upon the soul lingering around a while after bodily death, extends it to people being able to enter other people's experience, it's all séance stuff, but the writing's well done, the scenes, settings, people, all are vivid and present

Didn't know that the Mirza Aqa Khan Nuri was remorseful about the persecution & the execution.

Didn't know that the mother of the Shah condemned the Prime Minister, Amir Kabir. Wonder how Aqasi died, was he assassinated? This book covers episodes that are written of in Nabil's Narrative but it leaves out the happenings outside of Nayriz.

Very sad.

I really enjoy Kowal’s writing style, it fits my eyes. She moves dialogue, I can hear sense feel the characters, the love & romance btw Ben & Ginger make the story warm, gives blood to the body, even the sensitivity to Helen, there’s intrigue, wonderment & appreciation for her as the friend & as the learned, seasoned medium. A darn good start for my 1st rodeo w/new author Kowal :)

goin on the eights

its almost easier to plow thru because the brain keeps fresh & alert, as if already to pounce upon each sentence & every other word, & there is less lag while reading die to the content absorption