While the structure and general confusion had it so I felt a bit less invested than I was with Gideon the Ninth…. the layers and layers of mysteries sucked me in (and felt like a good anchor in an otherwise very VERY confusing book) and im so impressed tamsyn pulled all that off.

cheered when gideon was back!!!! i had an inkling of what happened with her / what was going on with the 2nd person narrative but it felt awesome to be right and instantly get 5 more puzzles to solve

. finishing this felt like defeating some ferocious beast only to find out it actually has a mom and the mom might fuck you up worse (and by The Mom i mean Nona the Ninth). i kind of really want these books on-screen in beautiful animation and 24-episode seasons.