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Andrew Mcc
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Here’s a gripe about novels like this. Where they’re experts I can’t tell the difference. But ablative absolute is like, Latin II level stuff. And yeah more complicated ablatives come along later, but absolutes are pretty easy to identify even at higher levels. All these characters have been studying and reading Latin IV-V+ level texts for years. Tacitus may be a problem but it’s absolutely not his absolutes
— Jul 18, 2025 09:22AM
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Andrew Mcc
is on page 270 of 544
Well that’s certainly a turning point.
Still don’t really like the main character which makes it a slog, but the secondary characters are all compelling enough.
Other barflies have stopped making fun of me for not making progress on the book.
— Jul 17, 2025 11:06AM
Still don’t really like the main character which makes it a slog, but the secondary characters are all compelling enough.
Other barflies have stopped making fun of me for not making progress on the book.
Andrew Mcc
is on page 116 of 544
Getting into it slowly. New characters helped. Every bartender or barista or waitress here is so damn excited about it. I may buy a Ukrainian copy and give it away to my favorite host.
— Jul 13, 2025 10:04AM
Andrew Mcc
is on page 48 of 544
Bartender here is a big RF KUANG fan so she’s obsessed with me now and quizzing me on every booktok book I should read
— Jul 09, 2025 11:04AM
Andrew Mcc
is 17% done
It was the only bearable thing to buy on the English language bookshelf here so I’m gonna give it a third attempt.
— Jul 08, 2025 09:32AM
