I want to talk about the Emperor’s death for a second. (Yay?) Change is on the wind and those Alanga paintings have opened their eyes… Care to make any predictions for what’s coming? Do you think the Alanga are really a threat?

(Hurray!) Phalue has successfully usurped her father as governor. The fact that he was trying to recreate his dead wife made more sense with what we knew about him. So, it no longer followed that the Emperor was trying to restore or recreate his daughter, because she barely made it out of infancy. This was less shocking to me than some of the other reveals (like when I thought Sand was literally Nisong, though I no longer think that.) It actually ‘made sense’ to me since we found out that original Lin died as a toddler. 2) Hot on the heels of the revelation that she was not born but made, Lin has learned why she was made *shudder*. The little we know about constructs becomes complicated when considering these characters who appear to be entirely human that we’ve been following the entire story turn out to have more in common with the animalistic constructs than I would’ve guessed… (wow did that sentence make any sense?) I’m sure there will be a lot more to learn about how Lin came into being and how bone shards might play a role in her existence. Hmm, yes, I’m not really sure about human constructs.

What are your thoughts and feelings on the nature of constructs? Check the Goodreads thread for all four weeks of questions.ĭiscussion Questions 1) Lin’s a construct, Bayan’s a construct, the people on Maila Isle are constructs … Let’s talk about constructs! We now know far more, but still not enough. Mayri The Book Forager wrote this week’s questions. Week One covers chapters 36 through the end. Wyrd & Wonder is hosting a monthlong readalong of Andrea Stewart’s The Bone Shard Daughter.

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