Eric Wagoner đź“š quoted Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Lynesse is the lowly Fourth Daughter of the queen, and always getting in the way. …
And so she wanted to know why I looked sad, and I explained it was basically a long-term mental state and that it was all under control, but that didn’t seem to be what she heard. And of course they don’t have a precise word for “clinical depression” or anything like that.
— Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky (23%)
This book has such an interesting yet simple premise. I’m fascinated by its construction.