What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? November 10
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Finished Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir. I've complained enough the past couple weeks about the pacing, so I'll just say my opinion didn't change, and the payoff wasn't worth the build up (imo). The epilogue did kinda make me want to see what would happen next, but I have no immediate intentions of coming back to this series (if ever).
Read/finished The Extraordinary Adventures Of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar by Maurice Leblanc, the first collection of Lupin stories. I found this absolutely delightful, and a nice palate cleanser after Harrow. I'm gonna throw the whole series on my TBR, and read them when I want something cozy. They're free on Project Gutenberg/Standard E-books!
Currently reading The Elementals by Michael McDowell. I started this some time ago, but wasn't sucked in, so I put it down in favor of something else. Surprisingly easy to get back into, even though my memory of the first third is a bit hazy. Of course it's slow-paced, the bane of my existence, but the characters are interesting, and I have hopes it'll ramp up.
If you don't like Harrow, I wouldn't continue the series. Nona the Ninth is more of an interlude (personally it's my favorite of the three), and sets up more questions than it answers. Unless you really loved Camilla Hect and Palamedes Sexton (because Nona is their book along with Nona herself). Also, the final book, Alecto the Ninth, still seems to be nowhere in sight (on goodreads there's no release date set). It's been years now.
Ah ok, good to know. I appreciate the heads up! I didn't dislike Harrow, per se, I just had more issues with it than with Gideon, which was already in my "fine" pile. I can see why others like it, though!
I loved Harrow the Ninth! Not as much as the first book but I utterly enjoyed it and read it again a year later. Nona is confusing… I’m still unsure about it, but I’m eagerly waiting number 4 of the series
There was enough time between the books that I took a second pass at Nona to get what was going on
I loved Nona (it's my favorite), but when I originally read it, I thought it was supposed to be the final book (I didn't know that the series had been changed to 4 books), which left me baffled until I looked it up.
Its biggest weakness is that to me, everything aside from the end itself wasn't confusing at all. It felt fairly predictable to me.
Even rereading the plot on Wikipedia I am still confused. So many characters with exceptional stories/bodies/souls, it stops being meaningful