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  1. cucio
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    WIP Alexandra Quick and the Thorn Circle by Inverarity - K+

    It was, indeed, unexpected. So far the Quickverse [SPOILER] Nice, thrilling, James Bond-ish hook for book 6.
    Post by: cucio, Apr 4, 2024 in forum: The Alternates
  2. cucio
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    WIP Alexandra Quick and the Thorn Circle by Inverarity - K+

    I'll abstain from giving a definite opinion until I have reread the book in one go. So, please, take this just as a bunch of first impressions. I reserve the right to amend them in a second read. As I said before, this book sets many irons in the fire and it is more Alex-centric, to the detriment of the rest of the cast. That might be a good or a bad thing, depending on the reader's tastes. We also got a good chunk of juicy worldbuilding, which I definitely enjoyed: cultures, races, etc....
    Post by: cucio, Feb 22, 2020 in forum: The Alternates
  3. cucio
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    WIP Alexandra Quick and the Thorn Circle by Inverarity - K+

    Well, that was a weird [SPOILER] Apparently there's only two chapters left (59 chapters, 288,900 words), but there are quite a few big and small plot lines still open, and [SPOILER]
    Post by: cucio, Feb 14, 2020 in forum: The Alternates
  4. cucio
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    WIP Alexandra Quick and the Thorn Circle by Inverarity - K+

    "All over the place" is literally right. This book jumps from one setting to another: the appealing board, the Ozarks, the Pruett School, Eerie Island, the Whites, the Decathlon... Each situation comes with a complete crew of new characters. This makes the book feel disjointed so far. Obviously, signs point at everything converging in the grand finale about the Storm King Mountain mistery: Alex acquires the ability to open cracks between worlds, learns about the Confederation kidnapping...
    Post by: cucio, Jan 28, 2020 in forum: The Alternates
  5. cucio
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    WIP Alexandra Quick and the Thorn Circle by Inverarity - K+

    I have to admit that, at this point in the series, I enjoy a certain amount of schadenfreude in reading about Alexandra being thumped around in assorted ways. I fear for Anna, though.
    Post by: cucio, Jan 24, 2020 in forum: The Alternates
  6. cucio
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    WIP Alexandra Quick and the Thorn Circle by Inverarity - K+

    Guess what? American wizards of old (the 80s?) had transfiguration rap battles. Gangsta!
    Post by: cucio, Jan 20, 2020 in forum: The Alternates
  7. cucio
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    WIP Alexandra Quick and the Thorn Circle by Inverarity - K+

    Medea is polyjuiced as Hela, trying to teach Alex about trust and fools. Hela'd better check her tampon box for cactus curses, you don't hex and insult Charlie and expect no payback.
    Post by: cucio, Jan 13, 2020 in forum: The Alternates
  8. cucio
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    WIP Alexandra Quick and the Thorn Circle by Inverarity - K+

    Shippers got their amortentia fix. [SPOILER] Interesting peeks on magical New A'dam and other Confederation cultures. [SPOILER]
    Post by: cucio, Jan 10, 2020 in forum: The Alternates
  9. cucio
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    WIP Alexandra Quick and the Thorn Circle by Inverarity - K+

    Perhaps Alex could have earned some more privileges if she had kept with Typhon's style. Something like: "Let me fiddle with the crack you sit upon. It can be liberating."
    Post by: cucio, Nov 22, 2019 in forum: The Alternates
  10. cucio
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    WIP Alexandra Quick and the Thorn Circle by Inverarity - K+

    According to Google, alexithymia.
    Post by: cucio, Nov 18, 2019 in forum: The Alternates
  11. cucio
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    WIP Alexandra Quick and the Thorn Circle by Inverarity - K+

    Seems Raspire's assessment about Alex at the beginning of the schoolyear was right on the mark, who would have guessed? :p I don't think we have ever seen [SPOILER]
    Post by: cucio, Nov 11, 2019 in forum: The Alternates
  12. cucio
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    WIP Alexandra Quick and the Thorn Circle by Inverarity - K+

    New cast, new scenario, new plot (with a lot of resemblances to OotP), new Cause of the Week for our protagonist. So far it feels like a wild and disorienting swerve, but it is still too soon to tell, of course. We'll see how this ties up with the main storyline, there seems to be something weird about the Confedaration and children. Is FPB III a descendant of that magnificent deputy assistant plumber whose remarkable merits made him deserving of a bust at Charmbridge, or is he the man...
    Post by: cucio, Nov 6, 2019 in forum: The Alternates
  13. cucio
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    WIP Alexandra Quick and the Thorn Circle by Inverarity - K+

    12, just to be precise and insufferably obnoxious, all in good fun. Don't mind my crap, fair point taken anyway: 1st year vs 5th year. Oh dear, poor Livia...
    Post by: cucio, Oct 28, 2019 in forum: The Alternates
  14. cucio
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    WIP Alexandra Quick and the Thorn Circle by Inverarity - K+

    Getting back to Alex's development, an area where she has improved is the height of places she jumps off without proper means to guarantee a safe landing. I am expecting nothing less than a plane for next book, otherwise the pattern will break and I'll be disappointed. :D Just for the sake of continuing the debate on Harry as a believable male teenager, if no one minds the derailment... Alex took aunt Lil's caning like Harry took Umbridge's quill: stubborn, silent defiance. Although, in...
    Post by: cucio, Oct 28, 2019 in forum: The Alternates
  15. cucio
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    WIP Alexandra Quick and the Thorn Circle by Inverarity - K+

    Goodbye for now to the old crowd, and so many new characters at this point in the story, it's always difficult to keep track of who's who at first. [SPOILER]
    Post by: cucio, Oct 25, 2019 in forum: The Alternates
  16. cucio
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    WIP Alexandra Quick and the Thorn Circle by Inverarity - K+

    Well, I guess one could make a list with every instance of Alex's inner monologue where she ponders how "this is going to hurt/piss/disappoint Claudia/Brian/Anna/Bran&Poe/Max/Julia/Valeria/... but, you know, it's worth it, fuck them anyway", from the bracelet search to the latest quest and beyond. But who's counting, anyway? Eh, dunno, in the end it all boils down to whether you keep finding multiple variations of this shtick entertaining or not, even if it is in an outraged way. Sesc makes...
    Post by: cucio, Oct 22, 2019 in forum: The Alternates
  17. cucio
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    WIP Alexandra Quick and the Thorn Circle by Inverarity - K+

    I am not judging Alex from a moral point of view, a complete jerk can still be a great character. But she is not a rebel fighter against injustice, she is a neglected child with an overly inflated ego, a pathological mistrust of adults, even those who are proven competent and show an amiable disposition towards her, and only the most superficial capability for empathy, as long as it doesn't get in the way of her Cause of the Week. And, sure, the occasional gesture of overwhelming altruism...
    Post by: cucio, Oct 21, 2019 in forum: The Alternates
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    WIP Alexandra Quick and the Thorn Circle by Inverarity - K+

    Yes, well, contrition is like a common cold for Alexandra. Something she catches a couple times a year, doesn't take long to get over and doesn't leave any lasting sequels. Again, not unrealistic at all, but also not terribly exciting after the first couple of instances. It's not that her fellow characters or her author are not aware of it. If Anna's scolding after the time-turner debacle didn't get to her, nothing will, at least until she hits her late twenties or so. Burton said it best:...
    Post by: cucio, Oct 21, 2019 in forum: The Alternates
  19. cucio
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    WIP Alexandra Quick and the Thorn Circle by Inverarity - K+

    To be honest, I don't even care about Alex or Thorn. What I enjoy about this series, and I enjoy it a lot, is the worldbuilding: creatures, magical races, wizarding cultures, rituals, worlds, otherworldly powers like Death or the Stars Above... The author's imagination shines bright in this rich, ellaborate and self-consistent universe he has created. That's why I like chapters that contain everyday magic, wizarding lore, etc. the best. Things like the floo boiler in this one. To my taste,...
    Post by: cucio, Oct 21, 2019 in forum: The Alternates
  20. cucio
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    WIP Alexandra Quick and the Thorn Circle by Inverarity - K+

    Is thren song a threnody? We have to give it to him, Sees-From-Laurel has balls of steel. Lots of ingredients as wand cores but, once again, Sonja's Inner Eye is right on the ball: no phoenix feather. --- Post automerged --- One thing that puzzles me is how wildly Alex's focus shifts. Well, yeah, we know she is a big fat jerk, as many of the quickversers seem to be. And, if Inverarity's Inner Eye is to be believed, she is going to egregiously fatten that jerkiness of hers. But still......
    Post by: cucio, Oct 8, 2019 in forum: The Alternates
  21. cucio
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    WIP Alexandra Quick and the Thorn Circle by Inverarity - K+

    Mmm, ok. [SPOILER]
    Post by: cucio, Oct 4, 2019 in forum: The Alternates
  22. cucio
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    WIP Alexandra Quick and the Thorn Circle by Inverarity - K+

    While it is true that guns don't mesh well with HP magic setting, neither does boxing, but it is mentioned in canon as background info on the Dursleys. So I guess it stands to reason that guns may come to mind to an American muggle-raised girl, more so if we recall that Alex's cop stepfather has taken her to a shooting range as a stereotypical attempt of American father-daughter bonding. Incidentally, Inverarity just dropped a meta Chekhov gun. Jimplicutes beware, Alex can be a vindictive...
    Post by: cucio, Oct 2, 2019 in forum: The Alternates
  23. cucio
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    WIP Alexandra Quick and the Thorn Circle by Inverarity - K+

    AQ meets hentai. Definitely this series is transitioning to adult themes. :D Plot bunny: crossover between AQ and the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Vogons rule the galaxy using doggerel verse.:wizard:
    Post by: cucio, Sep 27, 2019 in forum: The Alternates
  24. cucio
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    WIP Alexandra Quick and the Thorn Circle by Inverarity - K+

    If one goes by the book cover, might it be that Granny Pritchard will craft Alex a wand out of a glass rod and demiguise hair? If so, she'd better start working on wandless summoning, since it'll be a bitch to find it in the mornings. Excellent for duelling, though, it'll make difficult to read which spell will come next.
    Post by: cucio, Sep 18, 2019 in forum: The Alternates
  25. cucio
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    WIP Alexandra Quick and the Thorn Circle by Inverarity - K+

    It would be a plumb jolly plot twist if all this arc were an ellaborate practical joke from the Ozarkers towards those ruddy furriners who look down on them. I mean, a Questing Dress (see this chappy's illustration), indeed.
    Post by: cucio, Sep 16, 2019 in forum: The Alternates
  26. cucio
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    WIP Alexandra Quick and the Thorn Circle by Inverarity - K+

    Eh, they are ok, warts and all. I, for one, like to check them out every chapter. They expand on some of the visual aspects of the world you are describing the way words can't do. Anyhoo, caturchandra's illustration for chapter 11 is all kinds of awww. Since you are monitoring the thread, I'll join the Thankful Regiment for sharing your story with us. It is a great ride, and I find remarkable that you made good on your word of pushing out a new book in the series, seven years later. That...
    Post by: cucio, Sep 8, 2019 in forum: The Alternates
  27. cucio
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    WIP Alexandra Quick and the Thorn Circle by Inverarity - K+

    For those who may enjoy them, Inverarity is adding a picture for every chapter to his LJ. https://inverarity.livejournal.com/ Nope, not the bath scene, you'uns peezaltree backwards pedos.
    Post by: cucio, Sep 6, 2019 in forum: The Alternates
  28. cucio
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    WIP Alexandra Quick and the Thorn Circle by Inverarity - K+

    Broom me out, Scotty.
    Post by: cucio, Aug 30, 2019 in forum: The Alternates
  29. cucio
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    WIP Alexandra Quick and the Thorn Circle by Inverarity - K+

    And into the Ozarks we go! Might that be the World Away? I guess we non-US citizens do miss quite a few of the tropes associated to rural America, the Amish, etc., even with the limited (and likely dubious) notions we can grasp from some movies and novels.
    Post by: cucio, Aug 26, 2019 in forum: The Alternates
  30. cucio
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    WIP Alexandra Quick and the Thorn Circle by Inverarity - K+

    Alex's recklessness has bitten Brian in the ass in the past a few times. His wariness was pretty understandable, given their past, and immediately proven justified.
    Post by: cucio, Aug 5, 2019 in forum: The Alternates
  31. cucio
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    WIP Alexandra Quick and the Thorn Circle by Inverarity - K+

    [SPOILER]
    Post by: cucio, Aug 5, 2019 in forum: The Alternates
  32. cucio
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    WIP Alexandra Quick and the Thorn Circle by Inverarity - K+

    That's great news! Those who, after all these years, can't precisely recall who's who in Abe 'Stud' Thorn's intricate family tree, can re-read the four first books or perhaps take some abridged refresher course at the Quickipedia. https://quickipedia.fandom.com
    Post by: cucio, Aug 2, 2019 in forum: The Alternates
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    WIP Alexandra Quick and the Thorn Circle by Inverarity - K+

    First revision done. This is actually happening. https://inverarity.livejournal.com/342406.html
    Post by: cucio, Mar 4, 2019 in forum: The Alternates
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