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Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No

a wonderful little love story of castles and cadavers set in 18th century edinburgh 

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Truly every chapter is wilder than the last and it's all read by him. I do not fathom how these stories made it past editors but also past his wife. Most of the memoir is a jarring juxtaposition of a deeply mentally unwell child who craves empathy from his family while being delusional about his mother's death contrasted with him talking about his "todger". I really don't know why he talks about it so much but so far it has made an appearance at least 7 times in the first 03:30 hours. Certainly an iconic read.

The audiobook is also unnecessarily 15.5 hours long but honestly all due to the fact that this man reads at a snails pace with a breath in between every other word. 

It’s a psychiatrists playground with not only generational trauma but also family trauma but also war PTSD but also stalker trauma but also maternal death trauma topped off with royal trauma. Truly a wild time. I’m sorry to this man.


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Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

It was sooooo long and they were still introducing characters and doing set up 400 pages into the 700 page book! 0/10 I honestly don't know why I even bother with long fantasies cause I've never read a good one. I truly don't believe books ever need to be that long. There's always definitely a spot where it could have been split up or there's so many extra irrelevant things that could've been edited out. I'm honestly disappointed because the concept is cool and the vibes are good but and the writing wasn't bad per se but the plot was soooo sloww and also I didn't particularly feel anything for the characters. I dunno a disappointing read overall. The cover was really cool and it was very hyped online so I'm a bit bummed.

only the last 50 pages were exciting i appreciate that the wrap up was quick and not too drawn out
Diverse cast of characters: No

i thought this was gonna be a halloween hallmark book….it was not…

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Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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