[ SECRET POST #4466 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4466 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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08. [SPOILERS for The Umbrella Academy]



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09. [SPOILERS for The Tenth Line]



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10. [SPOILERS for The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue]



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11. [WARNING for discussion of domestic abuse]



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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I genuinely love the book for reasons other than ~representation. I love the characterizations (not just of the main trio, but also of characters like the asshole tutor and the pirates and the imo quite menacing antagonist). I really like the worldbuilding; I do think Lee should've introduced the fantasy elements into the plot sooner, but even so I've always had a fondness for alchemy, and it's neat to see it explored as a real science in a historical fiction setting. I also find Monty's misadventures in the beginning of the story--romantic and otherwise--pretty hilarious, while appreciating the way he grows into a better person by the end of the book. (Sorry, OP; we'll have to agree to disagree on that point.)

I'd agree that the plot is the weakest part of the story, but I'm not a very plot-oriented reader. If the book has interesting-to-me characters, setting, worldbuilding, romance, humor, and action sequences (as this book does), then I'm almost certainly going to enjoy the hell out of it, regardless of what the plot is doing.