Oh gosh this was delightful. It's the perfect blend of cozy mundane details and outlandish plot twists, with really delicious-sounding food, and exactOh gosh this was delightful. It's the perfect blend of cozy mundane details and outlandish plot twists, with really delicious-sounding food, and exactly the thing you would most like to have happen nearly always happens. And there are many useful life lessons, from scrounging a meal from a nearly-bare cupboard, to taking care of a horse, investigating a suspicious document, or being a good friend.
* note: there are some characters who say bad things about Roma people, but the book itself is pro-Roma....more
This was surprisingly lighthearted for being about a lot of death gods. Fluffy but dark. Dark fluff? Anyway it was fun. I liked the descriptions of varThis was surprisingly lighthearted for being about a lot of death gods. Fluffy but dark. Dark fluff? Anyway it was fun. I liked the descriptions of various fancy and/or creepy things. Some of the language felt anachronistic, but who cares when it's the Jazz Age and everyone's a little drunk and/or not human? Right?...more
The whole time I kept trying to imagine how (or why?) someone would think of writing a book like this. It's so cleverly designed. And so sad. I almostThe whole time I kept trying to imagine how (or why?) someone would think of writing a book like this. It's so cleverly designed. And so sad. I almost wanted to start over from the beginning and look for clues, but I'm not ready to feel all those feels again....more
So, back in high school I desperately wanted to go to Yale but I didn't get accepted... and this book made me feel a LOT better about that. That being So, back in high school I desperately wanted to go to Yale but I didn't get accepted... and this book made me feel a LOT better about that. That being said, the book itself is super enjoyable. I was kind of ready to be mad at it for various reasons, like I didn't really want it to be a murder mystery, or the first in a series, or have upsetting scenes of sexual assault, but it handles all those things in such an organic way that I was completely won over....more
I was never quite sure where this story was heading, which made it a bit unsettling in a good way. Ultimately I was satisfied with how things turned oI was never quite sure where this story was heading, which made it a bit unsettling in a good way. Ultimately I was satisfied with how things turned out, and the writing is really lovely. I will say though that if I had to hear ONE MORE person tell a newly-arrived character about the ESSEX SERPENT I was going to have to drown one of us in THE BLACKWATER. Major kudos to the audiobook reader, Juanita McMahon--her acting in this production was phenomenal. And finally, I will also say that this book contains what is probably one of my favorite descriptions ever of jerking off....more
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