The language is heavily liturgical and ecclesiastical (full of churchy terms)and only partially translated - originally in Italian, thé Latin sentences are not translated. 💙📚

Oh noooo…

I just read that line lol. so 5 internet 🍪 🍪🍪🍪🍪to you for responding with a quote from the story. Well done.

Above all, it’s the woodness of the writing that I can’t handle.

That didn’t jive with Kareem Abdul Jabar dream sequences for me.

I would definitely reread it to see if my mind changes however :)

For me -
Martyr is based on a real story that I knew well - thé USS Vincennes. I was enthralled by reading about the story from one of the people affected by it and by the very real implications of people who have no goals or dreams in this life and the temptation of something better in death.

Thank you for sharing that! I wanted to hear more from people who had enjoyed it.

I loved Martyr so much- until I thought it went off the rails at the end. Would have been one of my top books of the year.

Did you write a review for it?

I’ve not gone full Desmond yet - starting
The Orchard Keeper to start 2026!

💙📚

I only knew it from Streisand. But it looked me directly in the eye at the 2nd hand store so I figured it was fate. 😉

And yes. I wanted fellow travellers on the road while we wait for Red God. 😉

We have a LOT of overlap in our reading lists for this year.

I bought Red Rising as a gift for my friends for Xmas

I picked up Prince of Tides because I’ve oddly been seeing it pop up on a lot of lists? (Is it going to make me cry? ( or cry a LOT)

What’s the message- become that which you hate but still blame others? It bothered me. (Clearly, since I read it in the summer and am still talking about it 🙂)

Have you ever read Anne Rice or watched Interview With thé Vampire? Very similar framing device. You might like that one :)

I think the BHH had a strong message that gets muddied at the end. Good Stab kills more of his own people over time than the original massacre

I like asking people what their thoughts on the Buffalo Hunter Hunter are. Specifically thé ending.

For me, it’s a 5 star book without the modern day framing narrative. Did you like the ending?

I mean - mostly just copy paste the original list.

Tom Wilson? Can’t wait to see what he will do wearing the Maple Leaf.

lol.

MacKinnon. McDavid. Crosby. Celebrini.

You shoudl check for a pulse

Oh - rating is absolutely 5 ⭐️

Though I have seen some modern historians sometimes discount Foote’s masterpiece, or say he espouses too much the Lost Cause, my primary takeaway from this tome, as always when the subject comes to hand, is that Abraham Lincoln is not venerated enough.

Well - part 2 was even better.

Artificial Condition - 4.5 ⭐️

Fast and fun sci fi. Classic artificial intelligence story with modern trappings. Loved it

💙📚