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October 7, 2025 at 10:11 PM
July 9, 2024 at 9:29 PM
“The food tasted like white noise on his tongue[..]” So very well done 🤩

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December 20, 2024 at 12:04 PM
I’m 20% in and still feel like it’s building up to the story beginning proper…🧐🧐🧐

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December 17, 2024 at 9:59 PM
Kate is taking August's hunger delirium very well, considering she wanted to delivery him to her father not that long ago...

Currently at Verse 4, Ch 1

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January 1, 2025 at 1:28 PM
🎵 So start the music, come now, and tear your heart out 🎵
(Will Stetson’s English cover of Dramaturgy)

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I still like this piece but I’ve forgotten how I did the lighting…

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April 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I enjoyed this book, though I couldn't highlight one factor or another. It's a pretty even read, in the sense that both characters, plot and setting are harmonious. Already downloaded the second and final book!

THIS SAVAGE SONG - ⭐⭐⭐

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January 1, 2025 at 1:43 PM
THE UGLY

Another no uglies! I'm on a roll, lol.

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January 1, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Not a BAD bad, but certainly meah, the fact that from quite early on, it's easy to guess who the 'bad guys' really are.

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January 1, 2025 at 1:43 PM
There are a couple of moments like that, when things are taken for granted and I feel the reader would make more sense of it if the character's thoughts were better explained.

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January 1, 2025 at 1:43 PM
A few moments that would have required more introspection, later into the book, seemed to be glossed over quite quickly. For example, when August is struggling with hunger, Kate's compassion is great, but also seemingly comes out of nowhere.

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January 1, 2025 at 1:43 PM
THE BAD

It's a slow start. We're well into the middle of the book before things truly begin happening. This is my first book by V.E. Schwab so I don't know if it's part of her storytelling style or not. The slow part wasn't boring, though.

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January 1, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The story is well written and there is nothing that comes across as purposeless. While in other books (looking at you, Iron Flame) a lot of the characters actions made me bring my hands to my head, here the plot is fluid.

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January 1, 2025 at 1:43 PM
August and Kate are complex characters and their journeys are opposed. August desperately wants to be human, and Kate is working really hard to become the monster her father wants her to be. Truly, theirs is a journey of acceptance.

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January 1, 2025 at 1:43 PM
That August's, or the Sunai's power expressed themselves through music, even if it was in a dark manner, really captivated me.

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January 1, 2025 at 1:43 PM
THE GOOD

The premise, to start with, is really interesting. This divided world and the mystery of what's outside.

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January 1, 2025 at 1:43 PM
FINAL THOUGHTS

I finished This Savage Song at 11:59 pm, officially the last book I finished in 2024.

Here is my review!

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January 1, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Two for two on the dodgy character judgement accuracy, if I do say so myself.

Currently at Verse 4, Ch 10

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January 1, 2025 at 1:28 PM
One word: badass! I'm going to go and see if there is fanart of Dark August.

Currently at Verse 4, Ch 7

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January 1, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I did say he was dodgy...

Currently at Verse 4, Ch 6

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January 1, 2025 at 1:28 PM
The fact that Kate doesn’t see what her father is doing is so frustrating… even though I get it, 🤦🏻‍♀️

Currently at Verse 3, Ch 11

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December 29, 2024 at 11:50 PM
When Leo told August about Ilsa and the Barren it sounded like something only he and their family knew. August didn’t know. But Kate knows? Did August told her and I missed it? I feel Harker would use the info somehow if he knew

Currently at Verse 3, Ch 8

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December 28, 2024 at 10:43 PM
Stupidly, I’ve never mentioned before that what attracted me to this book was the use of music as a sort of power in itself. Eminem did say music is magic.

Ilsa being there is so eerie 😦

Currently at Verse 3, Ch 7

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December 28, 2024 at 10:38 PM
Her father is so sus too 🥲

Currently at Verse 3, Ch 6

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December 28, 2024 at 12:19 AM