This is really cool! I stared at it for a long time just looking at how nicely and interestingly it's depicted! Good job!

I think it's great that you liked it! Don't get me wrong, I'm happy people have different tastes in books.

It just feels strange that I rarely hear negative comments from people who have read through it. Maybe because it's a bit of a brick.

I find the book interesting in the historical sense, and as a view to the time and society it was written, but that's about it.

I'm sorry if the message was unclear. I did read the book through. Still think it was a mess.

Sometimes I feel like I'm taking crazy pills. Was this book really good? Really?

I feel like the book is a quarter of Jan Valjean's story, a quarter of completely semirelated historical descriptions of whatever, a quarter of drawn out monologues which mostly seem to be prose for prose's sake, and a quarter of historical namedropping.

I don't think describing battles or sewer systems are positive additions to the book. Curious, sure, but why on earth are they there?

I love the witches, and Granny Weatherwax. Her simple yet profound and complex way to look at the world always makes you think.