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One part of the narrative I wanted to spend some time reflecting on his Victor Hugo’s early critique of the French carceral system in Les Miserables.

We find this critique at the start in the figure of Jean Valjean, who, upon lawfully leaving the galleys having completed his sentence, can find no place to stay due to the stigma of his yellow convict’s passport. The novel will follow his redemption, a redemption precipitated not by the time that he serves, but by the kindness of Father Bienvenu.

On the subject of Valjean’s conviction the narrative begins “What a mournful moment is that in which society withdraws itself and gives up a thinking being forever. Jean Valjean was sentenced to five years in the galleys.” Hugo reframes the carceral system not as a reforming process, but as a dereliction of a society’s duty to its citizens. The judicial system does not …

Just in case anyone had missed it, the title of the new book about / is “Careless People” because of this line in “The Great Gatsby”.
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“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
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New Read - Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Volume 8

Volume 8 is a collection of shorter stories of Fern, Frieren, and Stark. Various encounters, well done flashbacks, solid fight scenes. Everyone holding their own.

But the final chapter showed Denken coming back into the story and, for that, I am thrilled.

Denken is back, guys!!

Sorry.

Anyway, loved it. Looking forward to Volume 9.

Photograph of a white person's hand holding Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Volume 8 against a light colored wall. The title is at the top. The cover shows a group of three fantasy adventurers walking toward the viewer downhill with a long, rocky countryside behind them at night. On the right side is a monster with four arms and a snake lower half and two demons alongside them at dusk. The titular Frieren (white haired, long eared, short elf) is at the center standing toward the front of the group walking downward.

Leido para el club de lectura Catedrales de Claudia Piñeiro.

Una novela negra inusual en el marco de comunidades ultra catolicas. La autora juega con varias voces narrativas, en mi opinion con bastante acierto, y crea una novela muy entretenida en la que el final no es muy sorprendente, pero quizà sea lo de menos.

Mis compis del club no se quisieron meter mucho en la discusion sobre religion asi que igual me toca desahogarme por aqui en los proximos dias.