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I’m curious what parts you thought were a slog other than the last act? I presume you disliked other parts as well, because from my memory there was a lot more to the first two acts than 200 pages.

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I recall a lot of really deep dives into details that I don't feel moved the story along. In my mind, the wing suit, her trip back up in the wing suit, the ring world, a lot of these things were described in excruciating detail.

Maybe there is more to the book than could be fit into 200 pages, but I also don't feel like there was enough to it to fit into 600 pages.

I ended up skimming. A lot. I just didn't have the patience for pretty much everything post-white-sky until the leap forward in time.

Not OP, but the chapter Ymir, near the end of the first act I'd waaaay too long.

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