{"id":25565,"date":"2025-12-24T20:18:34","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T01:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=25565"},"modified":"2026-05-08T20:48:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T00:48:30","slug":"clockwork-boys-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/25565","title":{"rendered":"Clockwork Boys"},"content":{"rendered":"

Clockwork Boys<\/em><\/a> (2017) T. Kingfisher<\/a> (Clocktaur War, #1)<\/p>\n

\"Clockwork<\/a>This is a rare book: one that I listened to before I read. (Honestly, at the time I was desperate for distraction and wasn’t really able to concentrate on reading.)<\/p>\n

I still enjoyed it, and as it has been two years, managed to forget just enough that there were surprises (“Oh, I forgot that!”)<\/p>\n

\u201cAre you sure you wouldn\u2019t like some nice murderers instead?\u201d he asked plaintively. <\/p>\n

\u201cQuite sure, thanks.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thieves with cutthroat accounting skills aren\u2019t exactly common.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Of course, those surprises might also have been because I wasn’t really able to concentrate the first go round.<\/p>\n

Regardless, I quite enjoyed it, and liked being able to go back and reread bits that amused me.<\/p>\n

\u201cGnole medicine?\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cLick it till it feels better. Then eat grass. Works every time.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cAs your physician,\u201d said Learned Edmund testily, \u201cI do not recommend that.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Characters<\/strong>: Slate, Sir Caliban, The Captain, Brenner, Learned Edmund, Grimehug<\/p>\n

Cover by Ursula Vernon<\/p>\n

Publisher: Red Wombat Studios<\/p>\n

Rating: 8.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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