I've read it several times. I like to take it out in the winter when I'm already cold.
The different tenses are because he was literally writing two parts of the story at one; past tense was the story of how they came to be stuck in the I've, and the present was "we are really really screwed".
Goodsir's diary had random capital letters because that's how Victorians wrote. Authenticity.
I agree with you about the legends near the end. I skimmed.
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I've read it several times. I like to take it out in the winter when I'm already cold. The different tenses are because he was literally writing two parts of the story at one; past tense was the story of how they came to be stuck in the I've, and the present was "we are really really screwed". Goodsir's diary had random capital letters because that's how Victorians wrote. Authenticity. I agree with you about the legends near the end. I skimmed.