![]() ![]() I thought their fates would be swapped, but after the outcome of the New York concert, I knew what we were rapidly barreling towards. He tricked me good with Jasper and Dean. ![]() Am I to understand that the lost kid at the concert was Xi Lo too? Or someone else? I'm sure I'd be able to piece it together if I reread An Horologist's Labyrinth, but that was the name that came to mind with the 808-year-old. ![]() I'm always happy to see more of the New York HQ, the Dusk, and what have you. I keep waiting for the novel that's going to be entirely focused on Marinus (if it ever comes). Reviewer also not as into the supernatural elements whereas I'm always excited when they show up. Saw the NYTimes review was pretty lukewarm I understand the criticism about the rockstar/artist cameos eventually seeming a little too much, but at the same time, I was very entertained by all of them (especially Crispin "killing" so many of them). The political moment captured in the late 60s feels in conversation with the world right now. I liked that it had the heft of his longer works, but the character focus of some of his others. In the broader body of his work, I think it sits somewhere in the middle for me, below CA and BC and n9d, but in the same range as gw and BSG. Scattered thoughts and light spoilers below: I've finished it and I don't know anyone else who has, so I'm just posting this to see if any of you have tackled it yet. ![]()
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