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The bulk of this book was rehashing what happens in Vicious, which would be fine, except I didn't really like the art style. Bodies had strange proportions and while I don't picture things very clearly when I read prose, that is DEFINITELY not how I envisioned Victor Vale. Charlotte's story was quite good, and I liked the foreshadowing her power provides for the rest of the series, but ultimately, this is a pretty skippable side-step in the Villains series.

I don't remember the original as much as I'd like, for the sake of comparison. But I love Bast. And I love him more after this. I don't remember what came before, but I know this is a much stronger, much more beautiful story.

Well, I didn't quite get the happy ending I held out hope for, but it was the right ending for this Folk Horror/Gothic Western romp. I loved every second and CANNOT say enough about the amazing narration!!!

Oooof. This was a very hard book to read, but holy hell it was cathartic. I'm glad I powered through.

More like a 2.5 tbh. There's just so much that is absolutely preposterous here. The main plot is interesting but I doubt basically everyone's motivations and actions. It just ... Didn't make sense.

This was absolutely violent and bloody, chaotic and beautiful. The narrative is loosely stitched between intense, gory action and soft, interstitial memories. It's different than the movie, but so much is the same that it makes me appreciate the film even more. It's brilliantly adapted.

This book is stunning. There were several moments that took my breath away, and others that had me screaming at the stereo. It wasn't what I expected and I think that was the best part.

I think I liked this one a little more than the first, but only because it played off of and harkened back to it so much. I hope we get a volume three so I can learn more of the story.

I KNEW IT! I'm not gonna spoil it, but I knew it and I'm mad because I kept second guessing myself. AHEM.

ANYWAY, I loved this book. It's slow, meandering, and does so much to set up the next couple of books. It's different in a lot of ways from the first trilogy, mainly because it has to tell the story of the present AND the past seven years, for two worlds and like, six people. It's winding and wandering, and left me wondering in all the best ways.

Now I have to settle in to wait for the next heart wrenching visit to Red London.

I dig it. It only started to truly feel connected in the last few issues, but I'll happily check out volume 2 and see where it goes.

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This was an astonishingly beautiful book. Imbler doesn't shy away from difficult and very personal topics, and yet I found so much of it to be SO relatable. They narrate the audiobook, which I think very much made it all the more resonant. Although, they did mention illustrations that I missed out on, so even more reason to buy a physical copy! This book is profound, and uses marine biology to tell visceral, beautiful, deeply personal stories in a way that felt especially impactful to me.

I loved it, obvy.

I found this to be illuminating on so many aspects of Poe's life. An interesting listen that works hard not to speculate and declare, but to acknowledge the facts and errors of the "case" of Poe's life and the many interpretations thereof. It left me with a much clearer (and more accurate) sense of the man.

Okay, look. This is a fun book. I binged it and I laughed and smiled like an idiot the whole way through. Is it believable? Absolutely not. Does it need to be? Not at all.