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I love the characters, I love the plot, am I the only one who doesn't understand anything about the lore?? Sure you're all dark and pray a dark king but what are the houses purpose?? H e l p
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I realized that Phoebe really reminds me of Fleabag for some reason. I can't exactly point it down yet, maybe the narration that sometimes is quite similar to how the 4th wall is broken in Fleabag (although this doesn't exactly happen in the book here) or just similarities between the women...Maybe initially her name just reminded me of Phoebe Waller-Bridge, who knows?! Regardless, this is definitely a plus, and I'm really hooked!
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As a Doctor Who fan (and anything time-travelly), this book is definitely underwhelming. The characters are just empty vessels for the author's ideas (which are not subtle nor really interesting). It just had so much potential and so far nothing is happening.
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I'm wondering if you read other books in between or if you finish a series without reading anything else (if all books or at least more than one book are available).
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I see this discourse a lot and have yet to find a satisfying definition (especially one that everyone can agree on!). As the genre gets more popular, publishers are smacking the "Dark Academia" label on a wider range of books and further diluting the definition. I'm reading the anthology In These Hallowed Halls right now and its a huge issue - many of the short stories are simply campus stories that (imho) are NOT Dark Academia. To me, some element of the supernatural or the occult separates a campus novel from Dark Academia. Some argue secret societies qualify as occult, and while I typically agree, I wouldn't consider a frat/sorority a secret society. Even the Secret History has a slight element of the occult (attempted bacchanalia). Curious what others deem Dark Academia, and specifically what makes it different from a campus novel?
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