I don't know if I'm going to be able to finish this book. I'm not a fan of the writing, I'm not a fan of Shan or any of the other characters so far, and there's not a lot happening at the moment. And if I hear "demure" or "demurely" one more time, I'm gonna flip.

“I’ll come over tonight.” “Yippee.” “Mum, nobody says ‘yippee.’”

As someone who says “yippee” frequently, i am deeply and sincerely offended </3

“Caz, Brecker, with us!”

KAZ BREKKER??

The first hardcore sci-fi books I’m getting into after such a long time. There are a lot of terms and identifiers tossed around, which is the most dreadful part of trying to get into the world of a hardcore sci-fi setting honestly. (Though one might argue that’s the fun of it)

I’m getting the sense of a highly critical “military intervening for the benefit of the people in here” rhetoric being established by this chapter, the smoking gun was the “joining them back to the civilization” phrase.

Interesting read so far, though the prose turned my brain into melted cheese a bit.

I don’t know if it’s intentional but Dora reads as autistic and I’m going feral for it. I’m hoping that she keeps her personality even if they cure her.