Amanda

Incredibly corny and pretty common sense, but honestly helpful - would recommend to anyone who is trying to stop smoking/vaping/etc.

Lots of random thoughts:

Book X: Adam is whining and crying because he's been made mortal by god after fucking up. He blames Eve, of course, and fears that all women are treacherous beings. “Why couldn't god find some other way for us to create offspring, without the use/creation of women?”

Why did God have to make a tree that no one was allowed to touch or eat the fruit from, Adam?? Eve blames the serpent, Adam blames Eve, I'm over here wagging my finger at naughty old God for playing with his food.

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Satan isn't the good guy here, but neither is god. Also, who made the angels, man? Bc if God made the angels, he also made them free-thinking enough to rebel. God is both sadist and masochist.

It brings into question the idea of good and evil in this way that I don't ultimately believe there's a pure definition of either, or that anything should really be described as such, because in this instance, to be good simply means to follow authority blindly, and to be bad is to break the authorities rules, or commit acts the authority deems “sinful”. I, no doubt, would have been wiped out in the flood.

Also - Jesus is the ultimate nepo baby. No one in the history of work has ever really been friends with the bosses son, you just kiss ass and hope you don't get fired.

Holy SMOKES! Shivers. Chakraborty knows how to write an adventure. This first book was so action packed, I can barely even! I've never needed to “know what happens next” more with a book series than this one. Absolutely stellar start to what I'm sure is going to be an incredible series

This book was fluffy, fun, at times totally nauseating, and often hilarious, and anyone taking this shit seriously is a goof ball. I thoroughly enjoyed myself in the same way that I feel The Pope's Exorcist was the best picture of 2023 - it wasn't, but I was entertained, and sometimes that's enough! Looking forward to the next book.

Also, thoroughly enjoyed the rather picturesque 10 of Cups ending. I wonder if the author drew inspiration from the Tarot? Hmmm...

Spoiler alert, they got out!