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I always thought people saying this was the best written book they had ever read were widely exaggerating.

They were not. This is amazing. This has the most haunting stories, quotes and characters out of any other books I’ve read. I do not know what they were feeding this Brontë siblings, but it must have been good. I’m not saying everyone will like this book : the plot is slow, the characters are, more often than not, horrible, violence is seeping everywhere, in all of its forms.

But for me, I loved this creeping unraveling of people’s destiny, I loved reading about the landscape of the moors, trapping its inhabitants, I loved having visceral reactions to the characters’ actions or speeches, and I loved discovering this timeless story.

You said I killed you — haunt me, then! The murdered do haunt their murderers. I believe — I know that ghosts have wandered on earth. Be with me always — take any form — drive me mad! only do not leave me in this abyss, where I cannot find you! Oh, God! it is unutterable! I cannot live without my life! I cannot live without my soul!

The world is getting complex here ! I think the main reason why some reviews are so mixed is the fact that we are not at all in the same postulate as the first book. You have to accept being a little shaken.

This was an incredible addition to the first book. I loved getting to spend some time with Vis again (and this time there is three of him ??? Great !).

I am still mad about Aequa’s death, which I still find pointless ; I understand why that has been done from a writer’s perspective, but I am sure there was another way to do this without taking away on the best and most developed character of this series. Also at the very end, adding Vis’ mother and sister, as well as Callidius ? That takes away some of the stakes, even if I am aware they are iunctii, and not really alive again. We spend some such of the book in the memory of their death, it feels a bit pointless now.

I did not have issues with the pacing. You have three worlds discussed in one book, of course the pace is going to be cut off at some point. I loved the little moments that reminded us of the Synchronicity, that really helped bringing this "multiverse" together.

We are really upping the violence, the grim and the gore in this one : the world is getting bleaker and bleaker. But I like those almost impossible odds. Like sure, let’s go kill a god. I’m on board. Can’t wait for book 3 !

I understand now why people love The Watch novels of the Discworld.

This has the most action and mystery than the other Discworld books I’ve read until now. The pacing was great, the mystery well put together and the characters were an absolute delight. Can’t wait for the next one !

Hello to my first Emily Henry !

This is also my first contemporary romance novel. Now, I am not used to books where the romantic relationship is so much at the forefront, and that could explain my lukewarm reaction to this book. It took me too long of a time to connect and sympathise with any of the characters. The saver was the relationships between friends and family. I found the theme of friendships distorting themselves over time, and complicated relations with your parents and sister relatable, and that’s what got me the most. I don’t feel like this book has much more to go on though.

Maybe I’ll give Henry another shot. The second half was much better than the first, so I’m not closing the door on her.

I fricking called it dude.

Started having my doubts around the 2/3rds of the novel, when we started having more details on everyone, and nothing matched. Except…well except if the story was not properly told. I love an unreliable narrator.

I had only read Murder on the Orient Express and Then They Were None before : I knew to expect something of a twist. Even so, it was beautifully executed. The middle half was a tiny bit more of a drag for me, but what a payoff. The three last chapters are so tense and Christie’s use of tension is so masterful.

Poirot is such a little freak, I love him. Yes Belgian man, show these Englishpersons what it’s like to speak French and rock a sublime mustache. Also, some of the prose was really funny. A lot of the prose about Caroline was at her expense, but the sarcastics and dry quips of Sheppard were delightful.