i like to savor the world building and laying out the playing field in books. i'm specially enjoying this one. noting on the characters and the system that could play a very subtle but "you know the effects gonna affect everything and everyone in a major way" when shit's about to go down as i progress. lol

Loving this already. One thing that's incredibly obvious is the extent of R.F Kuang's research. She doesn't hide behind vague terms or obvious references. She's going as far as telling me the culture of the food😭.

Also understand why people call this a future classic, because it has that "important underlying theme" vibe of colonialism and white supremacy from the first few pages. But also a very interesting book. Not at all boring.

i like to savor the world building and laying out the playing field in books. i'm specially enjoying this one. noting on the characters and the system that could play a very subtle but "you know the effects gonna affect everything and everyone in a major way" when shit's about to go down as i progress. lol

"the english made regular use of only two flavours — salty and not salty . . . for a country that profited so well from trading in spices, its citizens were violently averse to actually using them."

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clock the whites, robin! 😭 i laughed out loud.

Okay so, I was going to make a joke in the realms of "maybe Lovell is latin for fing btch" on somebody else's post but could not find a satisfying enough dig so I went and searched for actual origin on the name and here it is if you're interested :

Nickname from old-Norman French lo(u)ve,meaning 'female wolf'. This name may indicate a 'fierce or calculated person. First recorded spelling is that of 'William Luuel',dated 1130.