Reading roundup and year-end book meme

[hamsterwoman]

Clearing the decks, the last reading roundup of 2019 and the years' book meme:

40. Ben Aaronovitch, The October Man -- This was cute and fun but also drove home the point that, much as I love this world and the magic, I'm mostly here for the characters around Peter. Because I had this book sitting on my Kindle for weeks before I opened it, and

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[gelsey]

Totally going to steal the meme tonight.

Also wtf did Jude expect? Like really? I do have The Queen of Nothing on hold, but mostly because I want to see wtf Holly pulls out of the hat. And like you said, murder dad.

[hamsterwoman]

Looking forward to reading your answers! :)

And like you said, murder dad.

Yep! NGL, I'm disappointed by Jude as a protagonist compared to other Holly Black protagonists I've liked -- Kaye and Tana and Hazel and Cassel. I would hope book 3 pulls off some kind of twist that redeems this series for me, but I don't really expect it to... :(

[gelsey]

Jude is so STUPID. That's partly why I'm still reading. Like will she ever wise up? Probably not. Will she die? Quite probably.

I know of her but I'm not sure I've ever read anything of hers until book club read cruel prince (in which there's a scene I swear to fuck I read somewhere else years ago).

[hamsterwoman]

Jude is pretty damn stupid, yes XD

[gelsey]

I'll have to look at least one of those up :)

The scene is the one where Jude is in his quarters, and his brother comes in and beats him and the Alice in wonderland bit, if I'm remembering the specifics right. But the timing of the release doesn't jive with how long ago it would have been that I read that scene.

[hamsterwoman]

I hope you enjoy any of the other Holly Blacks you might pick up! (She is really a much better writer than I think The Cruel Prince series suggests... :p)