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[varianbetweenstars]

I'm currently reading Deadhouse Gates, and it shows how good the writing is when a scene can make my jaw drop, and not feel like it's forced or just for shock value.

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The scene where they find the ship in the Warren with all the headless crew, my jaw dropped when they discovered that the crew was dead. That scene didn't feel out of place, or like it was just there to shock. It actually fit with the world.

The scene where Apt convinces Shadowthrone to heal the crucified children made me cry, especially when she adopted the little boy. I want to try and draw that scene, because I keep thinking about it.

I'm at the final 250 pages of the book, and I know shit is about to hit the fan. I'm alternating between reading fast to find out what happens, and dreading whatever awful things happen next.

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[hrafn]

This volume is either my 2nd favorite of them all, or tied for first place. It's just phenomenal. (Also, the first couple times I read it, I cried a lot. I still get teary-eyed over a lot of things.)

[varianbetweenstars]

There's a lot of things in that book that hit me in the feels, often a comment or one small scene.

I got to the end of the book, and just sat there in stunned silence. Poor Duiker, his death hit me hard (but I do find crucifixion to be triggering, so that adds to it.) But I'm hopeful that he's going to resurrected, with that scene at the very end.