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Deadhouse Gates
Deadhouse Gates: Book Two of The Malazan Book of the Fallen | Steven Erikson
In the vast dominion of Seven Cities, in the Holy Desert Raraku, the seer Sha'ik and her followers prepare for the long-prophesied uprising known as the Whirlwind. Unprecedented in size and savagery, this maelstrom of fanaticism and bloodlust will embroil the Malazan Empire in one of the bloodiest conflicts it has ever known, shaping destinies and giving birth to legends . . . Set in a brilliantly realized world ravaged by dark, uncontrollable magic, this thrilling novel of war, intrigue and betrayal confirms Steven Eirkson as a storyteller of breathtaking skill, imagination and originality--a new master of epic fantasy.
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Ddzmini
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I have so many books I could discuss… besides the tagged one other would be “The History of Psychology” what would yours be? Let me know 🤗📚

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groofay
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I finished this yesterday, and I still don't know how to start talking about this book. I had moments in Gardens of the Moon where I thought Malazan might be the series for me; this one cemented it. There are moments of horror and tragedy in this book that only hit harder for being rooted in our real-life history, as well as its fallout. It took me three and a half months to read this, and I don't regret one second of it. On to Memories of Ice.

groofay The main body of the review doesn't give me enough space to talk about the more granular moments, like how Felisin is possibly the most relatable character in the series for me so far--passed off from one form of slavery to another, then fighting like hell and almost dying multiple times--only to find herself in yet another form of slavery. It's fucking cruel, but fucking realistic. And I swear to god don't get me started on the Chain of Dogs. 1y
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TracyReadsBooks
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In a word, epic. Actually, that may be an understatement as this 800+ page chunkster takes you on a wild ride following secondary characters from the first book in this second installment of the Mazalan Book of the Fallen series. It has everything—rebellion, heroics, adventure, betrayal, gods, mortals, magic, the occasional dragon and more. If you like fantasy, you could do worse than reading this series. Definitely recommended.

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TracyReadsBooks
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Temperatures are falling into the 30s and I have a hot cup of tea which means it‘s the perfect time to curl up with some epic fantasy. I loved the first book in this series and I‘m looking forward to seeing where the story goes.

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johncadams
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Pure down-in-the-dirt epic fantasy. Really enjoyed it.

#fantasy

kwmg40 Nice review! I've read 5 of the series so far, and I had reread the first 3 before moving on to book 4. I found the rereads very valuable and enjoyable. 2y
johncadams @kwmg40 Thank you so much for reading my review. Deadhouse Gates is so popular and there's nothing like the pleasure of rereading an old favourite - except possibly reading a book for the first time and knowing it will become a new favourite, LOL. 2y
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Ddzmini
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1) I don‘t like characters that whine about everything, complain, or can‘t make up their mind 👀 it‘s aggravating
2) Coltaine in the tagged book made me read the whole series (10+big… big books) which I fell in love with
3) there are a few put Ann Patchett is one most will recognize along with Stephen Humphrey Bogart, Nathanael West most are screen writers but there are many others 🙌🏽📖🤗 thanks for the tag @EadieB

EadieB You‘re welcome! Thanks for playing! 2y
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Ddzmini
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Pickpick

Kills me every time I read this series 😰📖… that ending hits the soft spot every time 🤨

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Ddzmini
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https://youtu.be/AJRn--5rO3w I don‘t know is anyone listens to podcasts about books but… this was great 🤗📖

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Ddzmini
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Well not that bad … but I‘m going okay with a little laughter 👀🤪🤣📖

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Ddzmini
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Every time 📖📚🤗 but I‘ll still read it and love it 📚🤨

Gissy ☺️ 3y
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Ddzmini
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Every time I read this book 📖😨

llcoolnate 🤣🤣 3y
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Ddzmini
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1) Coltaine, Fist 7th Army 🤨
2) Sha‘ik leader of the rebellion 🤨
3) life.. have a wonderful one 🥰
Thank you @Eggs for the tag … if you have play for the tagged individuals

Deblovestoread Thanks for the tag! 3y
Eggs Thanks for joining in 👍🏼🤩🥰 3y
Lynnsoprano Thanks for the tag 😘 3y
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Ddzmini
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I don‘t know if this has been shared but … so me 🤣🤣🤣

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Ddzmini
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As good as the first time I read this now onto the next book in the series 📖😋

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Ddzmini
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Starting this now I‘m still waiting for more books for February reading list 💁🏼‍♀️📚

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Ddzmini
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All of this series deserves to be recognized #7Days7Covers #CoverCrush Day 5 is here 📖😋📚

gradcat Great 👍 they look like fantasy/sci-fi, am I close? 5y
tpixie ♥️ 5y
Ddzmini @gradcat there more world building, history of that world, and fantasy 5y
gradcat Thanks for that...I haven‘t read any of those.... 5y
Ddzmini They are all great reads just make sure you start at the beginning of the series I started with the third book the first time I read it 😝🤣🤣🤣. @gradcat (edited) 5y
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Ddzmini
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And yes I get this excited 😜 🤣🤣🤣

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🤣🤣🤣 5y
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Ddzmini
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When you get in that 10 or more book in a series type of moods 😝📖📚📚📚📚😋 (thanks “Epic Reads” for feeling my mood...) 🤣🤣🤣

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GrilledCheeseSamurai
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Finally some nice weather! It's a beautiful Monday afternoon and it feels like forever since it's been nice enough for an #Audiowalk. 🤗

Bklover Your snow is beautiful! (edited) 6y
teebe I was in Winnipeg a few weeks ago and the people I was meeting with told me I just missed -55 😰 Glad to see it‘s warming up! 6y
GrilledCheeseSamurai @teebe Yeah. The end of January and first week and a half or so of February were pretty rough! I think we're through it though. 🤞🤪 6y
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GrilledCheeseSamurai @Bklover ha! That's one word for it. 😅👍 6y
Laura317 17 below is “nice weather”? Staying the heck in the south! Brrrrr! 6y
KarynGood Thank goodness! It‘s a little warmer Regina too! 6y
JHSiess Um . . . having nice weather here, too. A break in the rain & the sun is out. Still cold, though. Current temp: 54 degrees. Yes, that's cold from my perspective. 😎 Can't even imagine -17. Yikes. 😳❄☃️ 6y
GrilledCheeseSamurai @JHSiess Its all what you're used to. No matter what it's just always so uplifting when the weather switches fron bad to good! 😊 6y
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parasolofdoom
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Finished last night. I don't think I'll be getting into Malazan but I'm going to give the third book a go in early 2019. I appreciate the epic scope but the story never concentrates anywhere long enough for me to feel invested or anything but removed. I said in my Goodreads review that it was like simultaneously reading a 2* and 4* novel 🤷

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GrilledCheeseSamurai
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Yeah, yeah...its only noon.

But it's Monday (and I no workie today) soooo... 😎

🏃‍♂️ *runs off to get a glass* 🏃‍♂️

(I don't even know where these came from. They were just in the freezer. Waste not want not). 🤸‍♂️👀🤸‍♂️

Zelma It‘s 5:00 somewhere. 😉 6y
britt_brooke 😆🍹 #cheers 6y
Reviewsbylola Day drinking is totally a respectable thing. 6y
LazyDays 😄🍻🍹🍹 6y
mabell I'm pretty sure Mike's is never a good idea. I hope you went for it! 6y
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GrilledCheeseSamurai
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#Friyayintro @jesshowbooks

1. Indiana Jones Temple of Doom, karate Kid, Terminator, Neverending Story, the Last Starfighter.

2. French Fries. With cheese curds and gravy! Poutine, baby! 🇨🇦🍟🇨🇦

3. Cypress Hill has a new single called, Band Of Gypsies I really like. Pumped for the new album to drop. 👌

4. Done. ✔️

5. Done. ✔️

saresmoore Your ten-year-old self has excellent taste in movies. But I don‘t understand almost anything you just said about French fries. 🙃 6y
Centique I tried poutine here in NZ at a fancy restaurant. My husband LOVED it but it wasn‘t quite my thing. I probably need to try the real thing in Canada right? 6y
Bookgoil Ah The Last Starfighter I watched with my mom a million times 6y
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TheLibrarian I agree with @saresmoore - excellent movie choices when you were 10. 6y
Guildedearlobe I love Cypress Hill and has no idea they had a new song out. 6y
Bradleygirl Omigosh your movie picks are my spirit animal 6y
mabell Poutine ❤️❤️❤️ We had some great versions in Montreal! ? But I'm sorry Temple of Doom is horrible. ? [I should say "To Each His Own." I have very strong feelings about Temple of Doom. I felt betrayed after Lost Ark ?] (edited) 6y
CherryPie Last Starfighter! 6y
GrilledCheeseSamurai @mabell +1 point for liking poutine. -1 point though for those horrid things you said about Temple of Doom. 😜 You even out though so that's good right? 😁 6y
mabell That's fair 😂 6y
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GrilledCheeseSamurai
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Finally starting to find my groove with this.

It certainly isn't a cheery tale though. 🤣

The malazan series is crazy epic in scope and can be a little overwhelming at times - but holy hotdogs are they ever good! 🤘

Jovy I should really get back to this! My fear is I‘ll have to read it again from book 1 to remember all the characters and where I left off (book 5?). It‘s such a good series though. 6y
InLibrisVeritas I really want to get into this...but it's massive and there are several different suggested reading orders and its already overwhelming 😂 6y
GrilledCheeseSamurai @InLibrisVeritas I always go by published order (as a rule of thumb). It is massive series though...🙈 6y
Ddzmini Exactly hope you enjoy them I have one more book and I‘ll be finishing the series I‘ll miss it but I know I‘ll read the series again 😋📖📚 6y
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GrilledCheeseSamurai
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Alright. It begins. I've read book 1 twice and book 2 once...the rest remain unread.

This needs to be rectified. Many fantasy fans claim this series as the best. While I can't speak to that personally (yet) I do need to finally see what the fuss is about. I'll be starting with a re-read of book 2 and finally begin my journey through this series.

TrishB I‘ve never got to this series.... 6y
GrilledCheeseSamurai @TrishB I hear ya. I've just always kept putting them off. I'm not gonna read the series straight through. There are books coming up that I'll need to read straight away when they're released. 😜. The plan now, though, is to always have a Malazan book going until I get through them all. 👌 6y
Melissa_J I‘ve had the first book for years and still haven‘t read it 😬 @TrishB Do you have a copy? We could do a buddy read? 6y
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TrishB @Melissa_J I don‘t but can always rectify 😁 I have one more week of kids picking books! Then one read along to be done before first weekend in July then no reading commitments!! Pick a start day as I‘ll download on kindle 👍🏻 6y
TrishB @GrilledCheeseSamurai I‘ll be watching your reviews 👍🏻 6y
jpmcwisemorgan I‘m intrigued, I await your reviews. 6y
Melissa_J @TrishB how about early August? 6y
Ddzmini Let me know what you think I can wait 😊 excited to see 😋📖 6y
TrishB @Melissa_J it‘s a plan👍🏻 6y
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For this book this was so true that‘s way I‘m getting the rest of the series so I can read them all 😝📖📚📚📚📚

Cinfhen 😁 7y
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Ddzmini
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Uh yea I really would like to meet Mr. Erikson some time 😳😝🤣

DiruVamp 😂🤓😂 7y
GripLitGrl 😂😂😂😂 7y
mcipher He may not want to meet you... 😂🤣 7y
Ddzmini Not after that movie 🤣😝 7y
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Ddzmini
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How I felt when reading this book I don‘t think I‘ve fully recovered because I‘ve picked up and started three books but haven‘t gotten very far 😢📖

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Ddzmini
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Pickpick

Just finished this and I‘m looking forward to the next book, but I wasn‘t too happy when Coltaine and Duiker died even though it‘s obvious Coltaine will be reborn🧐🤨 I can tell that this series is going to be addictive as I couldn‘t put this down to get my course work completed but luckily I did 😝

Ddzmini So I was thinking and maybe Duiker didn‘t die 😳... he either ascended or he‘s being healed 😝 7y
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Ddzmini

How much of a difference is it going to make if I did start with the first book “Gardens of the Moon”?😳😖

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Ddzmini

Ok so I am a quarter of the way through this and I have to say it is addicting I can‘t or don‘t want to put it down. So I am wondering if I should just start getting his other books in this series 😳📚

SharonAlger If you‘re that hooked, it sounds like a hard yes 😛 7y
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I tend to read at a quick pace even with my course work. There are few books that I have to slow down for but this I can already tell is going to be one of them. I am trying new and different reading material so I pick this as one of the choices. I like the books so far it‘s just going to take me a little longer to get through especially since it is longer than a normal book 😝📖

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On to the next adventure 😝📖

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Daberg2
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Far better than the first book. Erickson's character and geopolitical development are fantastic. The book contains seemingly non-stop action and excitement, as Erikson effectively supplements higher paced storylines with lulls in others.
I highly recommend this series for anyone who also likes Brandon Sanderson's Stormlight Archive series.

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DuckOfDoom
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Pickpick

Love it, even though I really hate Felisin!

Good thing book 3 is already waiting for me 😊

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DuckOfDoom
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New camera 😊 Prepare for some ultra-sharp book photos where every worn-off edge will be shown to the world 😂 I learned a lesson with this book: do NOT read 44 other books between the first and second book of a series. I did not remember anything

drokka 😂😂 7y
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YarnspinnerBookling47
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This description on the reasons behind the atrocities of war and war itself is so poignant and really lays it bare.

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Sea.fisher01
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THIS. BOOK. OH MY GODS.
I really wanted to dislike Felisin, but she really is a strong character molded by her experiences. Heboric was a great foil to her harshness,&Baudin's death really shook me. The narrative is phenomenal, and I really grew to love Duiker, although I don't think he'll find peace in death for long. I think Kalam made the wrong decision in not killing Laseen, and I sobbed at Coltaine's death (and possible rebirth!?) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Sea.fisher01
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"Humans were but one tiny, frail leaf on a tree too massive even to comprehend."

À sobering thought.

#deadhousegates #stevenerikson #malazanbookofthefallen #fiction #fantasy #yyj #yyjbooklovers #historian #historynerd #series #nerdcore #collector #quotes

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Sea.fisher01
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Favourite drink in my favourite mug from my favourite gal, reading book two of my new favourite book series. #itsgoodtobeking #zerofoxgiven #cocoa #deadhousegates #stevenerikson #malazanbookofthefallen #series #collector #yyjbooklovers #bookloversunite #booklover #newbooksmell #fantasy #goodday

bookwrm526 I need that mug!!! 8y
LeahBergen That mug 😍 8y
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DGRachel That mug is awesome! 8y
Blair_Reads Love the mug! 🦊 8y
Cinfhen LOVE that mug❤️❤️❤️ 8y
Elisa 😄😄 love it 😍😍 8y
BethM OMG love it! Where did you ever find that? 8y
OriginalCyn620 Love the mug! I've almost bought one many times. I should just go ahead and do it! 8y
monkeygirlsmama This mug is AMAZING! 😂 8y
James 😀great book, enjoy. 8y
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Vinjii
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My usual reading companion is Blue, my Aussie. He's always patiently waiting for me to be done before he bugs me for a walk 😍 #photoadaynov16

mrsh62010 That face!!! 😍😍 8y
KarenUK Gorgeous 💕💕 8y
DGRachel Be still my heart! 😍 8y
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James 😀beautiful dog, great book! 8y
RealLifeReading What a gorgeous dog! 8y
Redwritinghood Wow - just look at those 👀. 8y
DebinHawaii Such a gorgeous boy! 🐶❤️ 8y
MemoirsForMe What a cutie! 8y
LeahBergen ❤️❤️ 8y
Vinjii Awwww, don't let him hear. He's enough of a princess already 😂😍 @mrsh62010 @KarenUK @DGRachel @James @Redwritinghood @DebinHawaii @UwannaPublishme @LeahBergen 8y
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mahasoor

lol I know I just went to the bookstore and I'm still punching through Asher's Dark Transformation, but I'm still stuck on this fucking series. >.< can't stop thinking about it so here we go again, bridgeburners!

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"Children are dying."
Lull nodded. "That's a succinct summary of humankind, I'd say. Who needs tomes and volumes of history? Children are dying. The injustices of the world hide in those three words."

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book 2 of Malazan Book of the Fallen. Second re-read. Still ripped the heart out of my chest and threw it to the chain of dogs.

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'You can view the past as something like a mouldy old book. The closer you get to the beginning, the more fragmented are the pages. They veritably fall apart in your hands, and you're left with a handful of words - most of them in a language you can't even understand.'

squibblesreads I love this quote! 😍 9y
DitrieMarieBowie @squibblesreads me too! Sometimes authors really nail it. 9y
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I normally don't have a problem reading books out of order. Seriously regretting it this time. The world is so detailed and alien with no explanation. On the one hand, not having an author hit me over the head with explanations is nice. On the other hand, I'm so lost. 😳😂