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[teatimereads]

i’ve just started reading ‘the watchmaker of filigree street’ and it’s one of my favorite books, but for different reasons than one might think

my favorite part of the book has to be the writing; pulley uses such beautiful prose that i’m enrapture despite the slow moving plot and unremarkable characters. there are so many small details scattered throughout the novel that make for a fascinating read, like the yellow stairs and brown piano notes (my only complaint being i wish sounds were given colors more often)

as a historical novel, the atmosphere feels very comforting and calming, and combined with the slow moving plot, slow burn, steampunk elements, and two passive main characters, this is definitely a ‘for vibes’ book

i think that’s why i love it so much. because it’s not overly complex, action packed, or plot heavy i can just sit back and take my time reading. it’s a book where the magic lies in the small details, the slow pacing, and sudden realizations that those insignificant details mean so much more than you thought

“someone had put a penny on his chest every hours since november, and now the weight of a thousand pennies had lifted at once”

“he could see it as clearly as memory, as if he had missed it so closely that his mind had strayed down the wrong arm of time and had yet to come back”

“his thoughts were starting to take on a strange ring: they had shrunk from their usual size and now the ordinary attic that was his ordinary mind looked like a cathedral at night, with endless galleries and rafters lost in the dark and nothing but the echoes to show where they were”

“he held his thoughts very still, and eased open an imagining of what it would be if mori were telling the truth”