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I didn't grow up in this kind of environment, so I can't really review this book with the full context one would need. However, I did really like it! The writing is sharp and snappy. It feels kind of short, shorter than it actually is, but in a good way. Chuck's style of writing has always really appealed to me in the one genre I knew him from, it's really neat to see how it translates to horror. Turns out, really well! Things are stated explicitly and nothing is unnecessarily dwelt upon. It's like the opposite of a Joseph Fink novel lol. Note that I do like those too, this is just a very refreshing departure from that.

The premise is really unique too, I loved it. In the future, whenever I'd usually try to (poorly) explain the unity of means and ends, from now on I'm just gonna tell people to read this book instead.

I will say though, that I'd have liked to know more about Saul's missing piece.

@sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz Well, I only first learned Shavian even existed when somebody advertised this Lemmy community (@shavian@lemmy.world) 2 weeks ago, if that tells you anything lol. I'd say I finally managed to stop needing a cheat sheet after about 1.5 weeks of halfhearted semi-daily practice? EDIT: Oops, definitely did NOT mean to actually tag the group! Federation is too powerful lol!!

I'm finally just fluent enough in Shavian script English to start reading this, it doesn't really take that long surprisingly. Only a few pages in so far, and @LillyPip@lemmy.ca this book already rocks!

...read this! Very cute, mostly fluffy. I only really have three mild complaints. First: you think it's gonna get spicier eventually, and it does, but that happens totally off-screen unfortunately lol. It's a fairly long book, and you can tell they're building up to it. But when it finally happens it's one of those "...and then suddenly it's the next morning" type scenes. Second: the transfemme MC is taller than average and flat chested. I get it, that's not exactly super uncommon, but we do come in other shapes you know! Third: the MCs are like polymaths to an obscene level. How are you an expert at hockey, cow wrangling, math, Rubik's cubes, AND obscure trivia?? So minus half a star for those things, but I'd still recommend it anyway.

Very lucky this trilogy can be read out of order, because I definitely did. They're all so very precious, I can't recommend them enough.