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Beth
is on page 390 of 636
Alain's section here has been a trudge. Kings and generals stuff (zzz), another couple pages of noble/royal family trees (zzz). More long scenes with powerful people doing horrible things. I mean, I'm not expecting the fizzy levity of the Alexis Hall book I'm listening to from this (heh), but the level of misery porn in this book is a smidge too high for me.
— Jun 23, 2022 06:34PM
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Beth
is on page 407 of 636
This book is trying to slip out of my grasp, and I'm not going to let it--for reasons I may or may not get into later. As a friend reminded me, "even if you read only three pages of x book per day, you'll finish it eventually." Look forward to my review in September?
— Jun 30, 2022 09:43AM
Beth
is on page 340 of 636
After a very slightly rocky patch, I'm back into this one. I appreciate the acknowledgment that someone doesn't recover from trauma/abuse immediately after they've gotten away from their bad situation. The character also has flashbacks when [spoiler] is mentioned in benign conversation, which is also in keeping with what I understand about PTSD.
— Jun 21, 2022 10:36PM
Beth
is on page 290 of 636
Starting part II after a month's break. An infodump full of territories, nobles, family trees... disorienting, boring, redolent of the rote history courses I took in jr. high. Even with a fantasy map at the front of the book, and some character interactions to lend some context, there's no chance I'm going to remember all this stuff.
— Jun 20, 2022 09:10AM
Beth
is on page 276 of 636
I've finished part I and there are a couple of other things I want to read in the shorter term, so I'll take a brief break from this. Part I did end at a place that encourages further reading, with both point of views in a situation of flux or change.
— May 24, 2022 11:10AM
Beth
is on page 250 of 636
I ended up skipping ahead a little bit to see how things went for one of the characters, because a possibly indefinite stasis was siphoning my interest in continuing. (There's only so much misery porn I can take.)
— May 23, 2022 01:55PM
Beth
is on page 215 of 636
I've certainly read fantasy that had unpleasant or wicked crypto-Catholic clergy. This one wins the blue ribbon for leading a human sacrifice ritual...
— May 22, 2022 09:27AM
Beth
is on page 180 of 636
There's a lot of setup going on but it feels rather static and exposition-heavy, and I'm getting bogged down (and being a slow reader isn't helping matters, either). A review or two said that things pick up in Part II, so I'll be patient.
— May 20, 2022 08:37AM
Beth
is on page 153 of 636
Playing the nice guy after being the stalker-y mean guy for months. Creep.
— May 18, 2022 03:54PM
