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J.S. Kasimir's avatar

My heart nearly leapt out of my chest when I saw this! I love this book so much (Henry and Francis were objectively the best characters--fight me.)

Something I personally took away from the book was the apparent lack of connection between the kids and their parents. Richard's father was distant, Francis's mother shipped him off to boarding schools with fringe ideas, etc., etc. None of the kids knew what it was to have true parental love, leading to them being hyper-clingy around Morrow and hanging off his every word.

Not only that, but none of them knew how to handle their emotions--Henry meditated the murder of Bunny when he only deserved a punch in the chest, the others followed along due to peer pressure, Charles was abusive to Camilla, Camilla and Francis didn't know how to stand up for themselves, Richard did drugs, they all drank aggressively, etc.

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Last Redoubt's avatar

While I haven't read this one, the descriptions of the characters and descent due to obsession remind me of the characters in Foucault's Pendulum - a collection of similarly odd esoteric history buffs and publishers too involved in their own mysteries to dig their way out

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