Chapter 8 is finished.

[tocryabout]

The long-awaited Chapter 8, Snakes and Ladders, is done. Don't blame me, blame capitalism and Tim Horton (God rest his soul).

Words OpenOffice didn't know:
hypomanic
schoolbuses
tabarnaq
tahini

[Read from the beginning]

Yeah, it ends on a lame little cliffhanger. Not even worth mentioning, except that I usually have more closure at the ends of chapters than that.

Comments

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Well worth the wait.

This is really coming along nicely as a political drama/thriller. The interrogation scene gave me goosebumps. Those two doctors and the way they were so efficient, so professional and hardworking and devoted...they really don't think this is wrong. Joel and his..team? Disciples? going in after them will be fascinating.

Aurora/Jean-Marie's reasons for leaving were reasonable; the house must be a strange experience for both personalities. Prawn snarking at Langowski made the chapter worth reading by itself. It's strange to see Joel getting support from Madame DuPont, of all people. Their theological exchange was enlightening.

And then we have Joel/Paul. I don't know if this relationship will go any better then Joel/Hodyah, but Paul's direct nature and ability to sniff out Joel's evasions will be a help. And Prawn's line at the end was priceless.