Brian

This is not a new concept but parts of it I tend to forget over time... I live my life by lots of these ideas/methodologies already but do not “go all the way”. It's a nice kick in the butt for those who still struggle to get past the hugely entitled world we are all born into.
I will hopefully take away at least 1 more method from this to make my life easier and less stressful, the delivery of this book is on-point for its target audience.

Being a fan of the author from the Temeraire series I thought I knew what I was in for. But I did not at all!
This book kept me engaged right from the first chapter and kept the suspense laid on thick... I thought I knew where the story was going only for something completely unexpected to happen.

I also enjoyed reading from the first person perspective where her previous books were third, obviously a talented author to achieve both perspectives so wonderfully.

Cleaver premise but honestly, I found the execution to be pretty average. Some parts are difficult to read with every tiny piece of dialogue ending with “person said”, “person replied, “person said”. It was very off-putting endlessly seeing this filler, I'd expect it from an amateur but someone who's allegedly an experienced writer with a proper editor? What were they thinking?

I'm also not sure why the last sections (Codas) of the book existed, they really served no value at all and should have been edited out.

This book is a long journey but manages to keep the story interesting over the whole thing.

Interesting premise, good humour, writing I got along with.