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Alopex posted:There is and it is titled "Talk Derby to Me" Hot drat, please tell me it's at least entertainingly bad.
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I think everyone can guess how it goes.
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Dec 21, 2021 18:32
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Might as well do a Rollerball AU. Or Motorball from Alita. Or the game from Justice's New Lands music video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gxu248aD6PY
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Merry belated Christmas. Watched Encanto last night and i think a red-headed Luisa is my new headcannon for Gideon  Edit: https://starconfessor.tumblr.com/post/670720102731218944/oh-gently caress Oh gently caress 
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Dec 26, 2021 19:36
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MonsieurChoc posted:Might as well do a Rollerball AU. Or Motorball from Alita. Or the game from Justice's New Lands music video. Well, there's always... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dL9mlqbG5CU Yes. I am an awful person who deserves to be punished.
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Re-read Gideon and it was still great. Re-reading Harrow and I'm loving it mroe this time around. First time I read too fast, especially ther Canaan parts since I thought I knew the twist (and I kinda did but kinda didn't) and didn't really appreciate them.Everyone posted:Well, there's always... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dL9mlqbG5CU Then so am I cause I laughed out loud.
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It's now 2022. Countdown to Nona time
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Happy Landfill posted:It's now 2022. Countdown to Nona time I need more Gideon or Gideon-lke content to last until I get my pre-ordered copy.
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MonsieurChoc posted:I need more Gideon or Gideon-lke content to last until I get my pre-ordered copy. The Ninth House is set in and around the modern 21st century Yale campus. The kicker is that the various secret societies (Skull and Bones, etc.) can do actual magic. Alex Sterns, after displaying a rare magical gift, has been recruited by the groups that attempts to police the societies to make sure they don't get too crazy. I know I'm not really selling it well, but I love the Alex Sterns character, who isn't even a little bit of a "Mary Sue snowflake" or whatever.
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Everyone posted:The Ninth House is set in and around the modern 21st century Yale campus. The kicker is that the various secret societies (Skull and Bones, etc.) can do actual magic. Alex Sterns, after displaying a rare magical gift, has been recruited by the groups that attempts to police the societies to make sure they don't get too crazy. Lol I just ordered a copy cause why not.
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MonsieurChoc posted:Lol I just ordered a copy cause why not. Try not to burn through it too quickly. It's another one kind of like Muir's series which will make you go "God-loving-Dammit when will the next in the series drop?!" But yeah, The Ninth House is some gooood book heroin.
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Huh it's on unlimited? I might check that out too.
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Everyone posted:Try not to burn through it too quickly. It's another one kind of like Muir's series which will make you go "God-loving-Dammit when will the next in the series drop?!" But yeah, The Ninth House is some gooood book heroin. My copy arrived, didn't realize I'd ordered the hardback. Hope it's good!
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MonsieurChoc posted:My copy arrived, didn't realize I'd ordered the hardback. Hope it's good! I've started to re-read mine and it holds up. I will give you a bit of warning that this isn't "Harriot Potter in College." There's some pretty dark stuff in there, but it's not played for titillation.
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The book is good enough that I read 140 pages in one day.
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MonsieurChoc posted:The book is good enough that I read 140 pages in one day. You might want to pace yourself a little. There's at best a hope that Bardugo might release a sequel in 2022, but it's not a very large hope.
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Everyone posted:You might want to pace yourself a little. There's at best a hope that Bardugo might release a sequel in 2022, but it's not a very large hope. Heh, same as it ever was.
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i can't read because i'm so tired
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I know this isn't really the thread for it, but I'd love it if you guys reading The Ninth House would post your impressions/comments about in spoiler space. I've been wanting other people to geek out with over this book for a while now.
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Everyone posted:I know this isn't really the thread for it, but I'd love it if you guys reading The Ninth House would post your impressions/comments about in spoiler space. I've been wanting other people to geek out with over this book for a while now. Spoiler space? Finished the book already. It's really good! Didn't get into my brain the way Gideon did, but few things ever did lol.
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MonsieurChoc posted:Spoiler space? The thing that stuck with me was how streetwise Galaxy was and how much getting that "wisdom" cost her. Like when she was clearly in pain but refuses to let Dawes get the detective to help her up the stairs because she wants to keep him in her psychological debt.
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Yeah, Alex has had a hard life. She's a pretty great main character. In a way, I feel like this a more honest Harry Potter. The british school system Rowlings idolized was built to turn kids into sociopaths for the Empire, especially the kind of posh institutions that served as inspirations for Hogwarts. Meanwhile this book realizes Yale is a place steeped in evil, with none of the societies really looking good at the end of the book. I appreciated the joke about Skulls and Bones having Geronimo's skull. Ultimately, the least believable thing in the book isn't the magic but the existence of a good cop.
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MonsieurChoc posted:Yeah, Alex has had a hard life. She's a pretty great main character. Well it is an urban fantasy, after all. I like that Galaxy is a fairly good person, but not a nice person. Like the way she made rapist fratboy literally eat poo poo. And of course "...but you'll still look like a brother-loving hillbilly."
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I just finished Gideon, and I really liked it. That said, everyone saying Harrow is so different makes me a little concerned, or at least, considering taking a break and reading something else for a bit. If Gideon is a Agatha Christie style Murder Mystery what would Harrow be described as? What's the initial hurdle to go through?
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Hiro Protagonist posted:I just finished Gideon, and I really liked it. That said, everyone saying Harrow is so different makes me a little concerned, or at least, considering taking a break and reading something else for a bit. If Gideon is a Agatha Christie style Murder Mystery what would Harrow be described as? What's the initial hurdle to go through? It's a psychological thriller where the primary "mystery" is figuring out what the heck is going on with the protagonist. More specifically, it's written in second-person to Harrowhark as she deals with the truth of a Lyctor's duties and reflects on what happened at Canaan House, except that her flashbacks are, as the reader knows, completely wrong about basic facts.
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Rand Brittain posted:It's a psychological thriller where the primary "mystery" is figuring out what the heck is going on with the protagonist. Thanks, good to know. That doesn't sound like something that would be too hard for me to deal with, and knowing it ahead of time will adjust me before starting.
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Honestly diving into Harrow while Gideon is still fresh is probably a good idea. I had forgotten a lot from Gideon when I read Harrow and it sucked. Planning to re-read them when a new book drops.
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I'd suggest diving in immediately too. Figuring what's what in Harrow is one of the best experiences had while reading, period. The second-person narrator is a little jarring to begin with, but it all works out beautifully in the end. Also happy to report: I gifted Gideon to my partner for Christmas, worrying that she might not like it as much as I did. But she's positively devoured Gideon and bought and read Harrow for herself all within the span of barely a week. :3 I have now someone to share the painful wait for Nona with.
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If you've survived Homestuck (like Muir did), second-person narration won't phaze you.
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MonsieurChoc posted:If you've survived Homestuck (like Muir did), second-person narration won't phaze you. Plus in Harrow, it's a setup that has an amazing payoff.
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You can always just skim over the sections recapping Harrow's adventures with her cavalier in the first book. They're worth reading though, they're from her POV, which is refreshing.
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90s Cringe Rock posted:You can always just skim over the sections recapping Harrow's adventures with her cavalier in the first book. They're worth reading though, they're from her POV, which is refreshing. Especially since they actually aren't Harrow's adventures from the first book but a different story using some of the same characters
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90s Cringe Rock posted:You can always just skim over the sections recapping Harrow's adventures with her cavalier in the first book. They're worth reading though, they're from her POV, which is refreshing. This seriously makes me wonder if you did just that and maybe missed the point? Because absolutely do not do this.
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Some of them will become relevant, apparently.
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If I skip key plot cues the brain staples won't come loose.
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90s Cringe Rock posted:You can always just skim over the sections recapping Harrow's adventures with her cavalier in the first book. They're worth reading though, they're from her POV, which is refreshing. Lmao
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ConfusedUs posted:Oh my god please tell me that Harrow is not written mostly or entirely in second person. Past me was an idiot. Harrow was one hell of a book.
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ConfusedUs posted:Past me was an idiot. Harrow was one hell of a book. gently caress, on that page was noted that Alecto wasn't coming out until 2022 NONA WHEN
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ConfusedUs posted:Past me was an idiot. Harrow was one hell of a book. I largely despise second-person perspective narration, have just walked clean away from books over it, and yet Harrow was definitely worth it.
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