Week 17 | La Ciudad de las Bestias

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Chapter Start date Title End page Pgs in Ch. Wk #
18 8 Jul Manchas de sangre 288 14 17

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Chapter 18

Wow, what a sudden violent turn of the story. Was that an editing error at the start of the chapter? It didn’t feel natural the comment about him speaking only a dozen words on the trip being repeated so quickly.

So Karakawe speaks up, reveals his secret identity, and then immediately dies! BTW, measles is such an interesting word in Spanish - sarampión. Another interesting word in this chapter was mequetrefe: good-for-nothing!

Leblanc has a bit of a change in character. I’m not completely convinced by his switch from being a bunch of nerves to being so calm and in control.

I’m predicting a happy ending for our child heroes and their respective adults. I fear Timothy Bruce may yet end up as cannon fodder…

Two chapters to go!

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I was a bit disappointed with this; I thought it was a super neat twist that he was a government agent working with Nadia’s father, only to die so quickly.

My rationalization is that he’s the type of person who’s very competent in very particular settings - schmoozing up potential financiers/people in power, for instance. So definitely a 180° for him, but I could see it.

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Yeah me too. It was a cool twist that he was a government agent, so to then be immediately killed barely the moment the words were out of his mouth was a shame. However, it sets up a very intense finale! I would not like to be in the situation they are in now!

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I also thought so. :frowning: But I suppose with the end of the book so near, things had to be wrapped up rather quickly, not leaving much room for new revelations and characters to be fleshed out.

Still reading!

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