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kmmontandon t1_jacik3g wrote

Reply to comment by GlobularClusters in Children of Time/Children of Ruin. Why one worked for me and one didn't. (Mild Spoilers) by ChickenDragon123

> Memory also departs a bit from the structure of the first two books

No kidding. I was coming down with the flu and taking some meds when I read it, and I seriously thought I was hallucinating because of that structure. I kept wondering "Is it me or the book? WTF?"

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GlobularClusters t1_jaclb3f wrote

Haha, I also read it while ill and got very confused! It definitely contributed to some fever dreams too.

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Tacos_Rock t1_jaesqrr wrote

I read COM while super sick with COVID and couldn’t figure out what was going on at all until the end. I had to reread it after I recovered, and realized it was supposed to be that way! I think maybe it started as a separate standalone book from the COT series, and the author felt it would fit in well with that series during writing. I loved all three, but Ruin was the weakest in my opinion.

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