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Started: 2026/07/13
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Last Updated: 2026/07/12
Current Status: Read Midnight Tides
Started Midnight Tides: 2026/07/13
Finished Midnight Tides: 2026/00/00 - 0h
Thoughts
[Free write thoughts here]
Im starting malazan 5 right after 4. Dont wanna end on a bad note. And 5 is a good halfway point in malazan so ill take another longer break (ie: a whole 1.5 months lol) of other books. Finish up book of swords. Finish up murderbot probably. Read an agatha christie. Yea.
Hopefully its not 2 stinkers in a row! Although i guess for wheel of time i heard books 7-9 are a slog so dont wanna get too ahead of myself expecting at least one in two books to be good.
📖 Book Report
Summary
In 2–4 sentences, what is the book about? Pretend you're explaining it to a friend who's never heard of it. No plot summary padding — just the core of it.
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Setting
Where and when does this take place, and why does it matter? How does the time, place, or world actively shape the events and meaning of the story? Would it work anywhere else, or is the setting inseparable from what the book is doing?
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Conflict
What is the core conflict — and what kind is it? (person vs. person, vs. society, vs. themselves, vs. something larger?) Is there more than one major conflict at play? Does the protagonist actually overcome it, or just survive it, or fail entirely? Was that the right outcome?
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Craft & Structure
How was it written, not just what. Pacing, POV choices, prose style, chapter structure. What did the author do technically that you noticed — admiringly or not? Why do you think they chose this point of view, and did it pay off?
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Character Notes
Who stood out — for good or bad reasons? Did the characters feel like people or functions? Were they static or did they change — and if they changed, was it earned? Did their inner lives match their outward actions, or was there interesting tension there?
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What Worked
What did you genuinely admire? Be specific — not just "the writing was good" but why, and where. A scene, a structural choice, a character dynamic.
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What Didn't Work
What fell flat, frustrated you, or felt like a missed opportunity? Was it a flaw in execution, or a flaw in concept? Would a different author have pulled it off?
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Favorite Moment / Passage
A scene, line, or image that stuck with you. Why did it land? What made it earn its place when other moments didn't?
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Foreshadowing
Were there hints planted earlier that paid off later? Did you see them coming, or only in retrospect? Was the foreshadowing subtle and satisfying, or telegraphed too obviously? Did the author use it well, or lean on it as a crutch?
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The Ending
Was it earned? Did it feel like a natural consequence of everything before it, or did it feel imposed? Was there catharsis — emotional release, resolution, weight? Or did it leave you cold, confused, or cheated? What would you have done differently?
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How It Compares
What does this remind you of? Not just genre — in ambition, in failure, in style. Did it do what those comparisons couldn't, or fail where they succeeded?
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What It Changed (Or Didn't)
Did this book shift anything for you — an opinion, a feeling, a way of seeing something? If not, why not? Was that the book's failure or yours?
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Would I Recommend It?
To whom, specifically? In what mood? And what would you warn them about first?
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Lingering Thought
One thing you're still chewing on — a question the book raised but didn't answer, something that unsettled you, or something you wish you could ask the author directly.
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Themes & Ideas
What ideas kept surfacing? What do you think the author was actually trying to say, beneath the surface plot? Did they say it well, or fumble it?
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Symbols
What recurring images, objects, or motifs stood out? Did they feel earned and woven in naturally, or did they feel like the author underlining their own point too hard? What did they add that plain prose couldn't?
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The Author's Argument
If this book is making a case for something — about people, the world, how stories should work — what is it? Do you buy it? Push back if you don't.
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