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This book was an interesting take on DID (Disassociative Identity Disorder) and it's effects when doctors either don't believe you or think you're just making things up. You have Carly, who is present during the day and Kaitlyn, who is only present at night. The entire premise of the book is based on what happens when one of the identities, in this case Carly, disappears altogether. The psychiatrist, Dr. Lansing, believes it to be a good thing, but Kaitlyn disagrees.
Do you ever look at the size of your TBR (to be read) list and just feel completely overwhelmed? I currently have nearly 300 books on my TBR list and it keeps growing. Between receiving new recommendations on the daily, being apart of book groups on Facebook, and following authors on Instagram/tiktok/Twitter, it adds up quickly.
So I was super excited for this book. The mystery surrounding it made it extremely intriguing and I'm going to aim to keep it up in this review.
For those that aren't on Twitter, it has recently been revealed that Emily A. Duncan (author of the Something Dark and Holy series) is a bully and racist, especially towards Asian and Eastern European countries. This came about in the midst of discussions about racism towards Asian authors in the publishing world were happening. If you want a list of things she's done then I suggest taking a look at Hafsah Faizal (We Hunt the Flame) and Rin Chupeco's (The Bone Witch) Twitter page. But a summary:
I'm going to freely admit, while I did love this book it took me awhile (over a month) to finish it. I wasn't even sure if I should write a review of it because it took me so long. But, here I go.
I have sort of a love/hate relationship with this book. It has great world-building and did a good job of emphasizing how language changes and evolves over time, even though it does get confusing at times. I was oblivious to some of the plot twists, but some were still pretty predictable (not that that's a bad thing). It played a lot into the idea of people seeing technology/science that they don't understand as magic or sorcery, which indicates there was some sort of devolving or apocalyptic event that happened between Andra being put in cryostasis and her waking up.
I am ashamed that it's taken me this long to start reading The Lord of the Rings, especially since I'm such a huge fan of the films and fantasy on a whole. Let me tell you, it almost certainly lives up to the hype.
So this was my first time reading a book by Brandon Sanderson. I'm always a bit wary when a male author writes a female MC, mainly because I've been burned one too many times. Brandon Sanderson managed to defy this expectation and write some amazing and compelling female characters. Great, now I'm feeling the need to read all of his other books and by god does he have a lot of them (237 according to Goodreads).
I was excited, but wary of reading this book. Excited because I absolutely loved The Hunger Games as it's one of my favorite YA book series. Wary because I didn't want to see Snow being portrayed as a protagonist, or even anti-hero. Fret not though, because this book doesn't give any kind of redemption, but rather an origin story to his villainy.
To start with, I loved the setting. The author did a really good job of establishing the tone and overall aesthetic of the story. The story, like Les Mis, takes place in 1830s Paris. However, in this book the French Revolution was a failure so the monarchy is still in power. In the book, there are 9 total criminal courts that have arisen due to this, but only 5 of them are ever truly explored: the Guild of Thieves, Guild of Letters, Guild of Flesh, Guild of Beggars, and Guild of Assassins.
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