Lessons in Birdwatching

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There is a place where the city is at its most fraught. Dozens of people sitting on meticulously raked gravel, staring at the pattern in the grit as the god makes it ebb and flow unreal, impossible before their eyes; all the patterns it will be or has ever been at the same time. It is a form of meditation, for them, to watch the sand and concentrate and to fight off the visions. To force it to be still. They are beginning to lose. The god has found its enemies. The grading system used by Watson & Son is the Molan Gold Standard – MGS – and this is based on the research of Professor Peter Molan, who discovered the unique qualities of manuka honey. Watson & Son 10+ Manuka Honey has an MGO level of 300+, which means it has 300+ mg of MGO per kg. I felt underwhelmed by the ending. I could not figure out if we even found out all the fates of the characters, but by that point I had mostly given up caring, so. I just had a very overwhelming feeling of "wait so that was it?", and simply did not feel satisfied by the conclusion. I also didn't feel particularly mad at that point either, in fairness.An MGS level of 5+ means that the level of MGO is 100+ and this level also appears on the label. Watson & Son produce a variety of manuka honey and some have a much higher level of MGO.

Crysth is an empire. Like most, it expands and consumes and imposes structure and form. Different factions, all with different hierarchies, goals and rules, intertwine to create the expanseless, aching machine of empire. Within this system, a group of not-friends and barely colleagues, work together to bring the Apechi world into the fold. This world is tainted by a strange ailment that horrifies and intrigues. Lessons in Birdwatching is a fascinating book that takes an unusual approach to its characters and narrative. It could become a standard response for those asking for a book in its specific niche. I haven't read much else like it. I loathed Ming. In fairness, I think we are supposed to loathe her? But it's hard to read a book where the main character just gets to be crappy and that is... kind of the point? Like they're all just willing to continue being awful no matter the consequences, and to me that seems short sighted to the point of being unbelievable, I guess. But she, and most of the people aside from a few, are just next level unlikable, so I had a hard time caring about what happened to them.Jars of Watson & Son 10+ Manuka Honey (500g) have been certified by laboratory testing to establish that they contain methylglyoxal (MGO), which occurs naturally and must be present if it is to be considered genuine manuka honey. The Residential School system had horrific unintended consequences. The schools were designed to "kill the Indian in the child," they were populated by many kidnapped 'students,' and became sad prisons of abuse and suicide. The odds of dying in World War Two were 1 in 26 for Canadian soldiers. The odds of dying in Residential Schools were 1 in 25 for Canadian children. Let that sink in. We did that. One morning, they wake to find an impaled corpse dangling from their research base. They uncover collusion and conspiracy in their own diplomatic corps, and are caught in the middle of a bloody civil war. Meanwhile, a fanatic encourages the threat of a forgotten god and its virus.

There's a lot that could be said about this novel, but I will try to keep it brief. Lessons in Birdwatching is an ambitious debut novel for Ms. Watson that may reductively be called a sci-fi novel, but it is so much more than that. Watson blends genres and tropes seamlessly to create a mind-trip wholly new and vastly interesting. Lessons in Birdwatching is equal parts sci-fi, body horror, thriller, political satire, and all-out action. As the death toll rises and violence engulfs the surface, a deranged fanatic emerges, threatening the very foundation of their existence. This unhinged individual seeks to awaken a forgotten god and unleash its temporal virus upon Apech, posing an existential threat to everyone on the planet. Overall, I think this is a book best enjoyed twice — once as a hapless passenger, and once again with an appreciation for the characters’ agendas. I liked it on first read and LOVED it on second read. A befuddling political sci-fi set on a world with a fascinating disease, Lessons in Bird Watching is dark, confounding, and very odd.I did quite enjoy some of the secondary characters and was invested in their fates. Now, I did not feel the same about the "main" character (I use that loosely since there are quite a few characters' viewpoints that are offered, which is good because if you're anything like me, you don't want to hang out in Ming's head the whole book), but the secondary characters were more... tolerable? Multifaceted? Sure let's go with that. Also, they were kind of funny at times, which helped. During their temporary research post on Apech-a planet ravaged by a time distorting illness-Wilhelmina Ming and four other elite students of the Crysthian empire have witnessed such illogical brutality that they’ve resorted to psychedelic antidepressants and group sex to take the edge off. After a night of indulgence following a gruesome execution, they wake to find an oblique warning in the form of an impaled corpse dangling from the exterior of their residence. I generally did not enjoy Lessons in Birdwatching, though I don’t think enjoyment is its goal. The book seems intended to provoke strong emotion, largely negative. The principal character, Ming, is manipulative, sadistic, owner hungry, and evil. Other viewpoint characters are merely generally dislikable, though all but Peter remained pretty opaque. The setting is a bizarre and distasteful world plagued by disease and quirky “magic” which makes most of the residents come off as remote and alien, or in the case of the diseased Tama, as helpless victims. Though sometimes the natives act in very comprehensible fashion, which seemed inconsistent. Ultimately, the violene, gore, and sadism was too much for me. There were a few other things that were really dealbreakers for me. Spoilers ahead. One of the things that really bothered me was Ming’s interactions with the tama. We understand that the tama have the mental capacity of someone with an intellectual disability or a very small child, and watching Ming torture and have sex with the tama was disturbing and also pretty unnecessary. There is also a scene where she cannibalizes a diseased tama while he is still (mostly) alive, and that was also just too much gore for me (or should I say, too much vore?). I know Ming is evil—I didn’t want to read about her sexual torture or cannibalism in that much detail. The book’s final scenes also contain a scene between Ming and a male character where she seems to be especially degraded. Thematically, it felt out of place to me at the novel’s ending and it muddied some of the themes of the ending to the point that I wasn’t sure what we are supposed to feel at the end. Is Ming triumphant or not? Mix three parts honey and one part freshly ground or pure cinnamon (“true” cinnamon) and warm the mixture slightly using the microwave. Apply to your skin and leave the mixture on for 8 to 10 minutes. Rinse off completely using warm water and pat your skin dry. Don’t use if you’re allergic to cinnamon. Honey for skin lightening and brightening