What (else) Are You Reading? - Non-DW

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I’ve been reading Heavenly Tyrant - the sequel to Iron Widow (which I adore, with caveats) - on-and-off as a long term project and I’m about 20 odd pages from the end, with plans to finish it today. It’s nowhere near as good as the first I’m afraid, but I am still enjoying it.

Though it has a major bug bear of mine: very slow, methodical pacing for most of the book before going into what feels like a waaaaay too quick climax. Honestly don’t see why it’s 520+ pages long in the first place, let alone having the final act happen in the last 80 or so. Just a bit frustrating when the ending rushes through after I’ve taken so long going through the rest!

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Well I finished it just there and tbh I think I disliked the ending :sweat_smile:

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I remember really liking iron widow, so this is sad to hear :disappointed_face:

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I still recommend the book, because I enjoyed it overall! And hopefully you’ll like the ending more than I did

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I just finished Radium Girls by Kate Moore, which is probably the best nonfiction book I’ve read.

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I’m now reading One Piece Heroines, and it’s such a nice change of pace reading something light and breezy after reading the long and very political Heavenly Tyrant.

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Is that 天竜人? Never read One Piece in English so I’m no familiar with the terms. How come they lost the dragon part during the translation :weary_face:

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Oh no sorry, it’s unrelated entirely! It’s the last book I was reading, not at all to do with One Piece

In English, the guys you’re thinking of are called The Celestial Dragons

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It’s even weirder knowing they dropped the “human” part :rofl:

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