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Zelazny weaves elements of Hindu and Buddhist motifs in a tale of technocratic "gods" vying for power and freedom on a far future alien planet.
It's a story of liberation from religious, oligarchic oppression, which once frames this as a fight against fascism, so it also fits for the #AntifaBookClub
The means of control of the populous is a high technology dressed in state religious ideology, used to enforce scientific ignorance ⬇️

I don't get what all the foof is about. I was barely able to complete this one. It could've been about 80 pages shorter and had a lot less sex. I was never fully convinced they were in love, just lust.

I‘d heard so much about this book but I don‘t know how I feel about it! I liked the idea of the storyline but some parts just didn‘t work.
Part spy, thriller, time travel - there was a lot going on. At times it confused me (doesn‘t take much!)
There is a romance story but it isn‘t about the romance which shows in the writing style.
A creative story that at times made little sense but weirdly I liked it. 3🌟

I am certain that had I been assigned this tiny book in Highschool in my senior year, I would have loved it. Here we have a strange tale that is not at all scary, with delightful gothic elements. When betrothed Isabella‘s fiancée is suddenly killed by a mysterious Uber helmet, her (previous) father in law to be tries to force her to marry him. The rest of the night is spent with helpful spirits, skeletons, and the reveal of a secret that⬇️

This was such a wonderful read. I greatly enjoyed reading this book. As always the book is better than the movie. Although I still greatly enjoyed the movie. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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This was pretty middle of the road for me: I‘m not mad I read it, but I wouldn‘t read it again.
I chose this wholly for the beautiful cover - and I do feel like that captures the feel of the book, but it felt a little disjointed throughout, especially the middle section.
A (mostly) cozy read, but not my favorite.

This was great I really enjoyed it … a different perspective on some aspects and it really was a cute story I enjoyed reading this book

Fabulous book + fabulous dog. I think I snagged THE SCANDALOUS LETTERS OF V AND J during one of those Stuff Your Ereader events, and I‘m super happy with Past Me‘s choices. This gender bending epistolary historical fantasy is all kinds of moreish. I know what I‘m doing with the rest of my evening.

Hagrid lives near me. Who knew?! 🤣

I actually have been looking forward to listening to this one for years! But maybe my hopes were just too high… it sounded like Addamsville, IN would be a creepy story, but I just needed a more grounded setting to find anything remotely scary. These “fire starters” needed more background & frankly, Zora‘s repetitive angst about feeling like the whole town hated her was so overdone that I started siding with the townsfolk! Wish I had DNF‘ed, truly!