This really won me over. Needed to end a few chapters earlier though.

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I didn't exactly like this, but maybe that's because it was way too real.

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I was enjoying this pretty well until the reveal that our working-class hero is actually nobility. Ugh!!!!!!!

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From what I've heard about Sanderson-- namely that his prose is thin and inelegant-- I didn't expect to like this. And I didn't! I might have powered through if it wasn't 700 pages long. My God. Say less.

Pretty much every sentence in this is perfectly crafted. How the hell did she do that.

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One thing I'm struck by is how the female characters in this book are much more numerous, important, and striking than the men.

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Ugh. The twist in this book is so sleazy and gratuitous it honestly made me feel a little gross. (And on top of that, it's absolutely nonsensical.) My mom recommended this author to me, and I'll read anything she suggests... but ugh.

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Before I used Hardcover I just wrote my book thoughts in my Notes app on my phone. The entirety of the entry for this book says "Side chick diaries. Bleak af."

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Enjoyed this. Calvino-ish. Would like to read this in Srpski.

Almost more confusing than BOTNS and almost as rewarding when you start to smell what he's cooking.

Read this, immediately sensed I was just scratching the surface of it, started reading analysis of it, and then started rereading it. Spooky, awesome stuff.

This is my second time trying to read this. I am a Gene Wolfe STAN but this one, I just cannot. My eyes slide off the page. I don't know what it is. I'll probably try again because I do really want to push through and finish Long Sun... but good lord.