{"id":4611,"date":"2018-07-10T05:00:58","date_gmt":"2018-07-10T12:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/?p=4611"},"modified":"2018-07-08T08:00:36","modified_gmt":"2018-07-08T15:00:36","slug":"mark-reads-the-book-of-night-with-moon-chapter-4-part-iii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/2018\/07\/mark-reads-the-book-of-night-with-moon-chapter-4-part-iii\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Reads ‘The Book of Night With Moon’: Chapter 4, Part III"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the third part of the fourth chapter of The Book of Night With Moon<\/i>, Rhiow has a vital realization about Arhu. Intrigued? Then it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time for Mark to read Feline Wizards<\/i>.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Trigger Warning: For discussion of fear of heights<\/b><\/p>\n

Oh, Arhu, I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t help but feel bad for him. It is<\/i> curious that Arhu has so little experience in all things catlike, and I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m still interested to know where he came from and how he ended up in these cats\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 lives. At the same time, that isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t necessarily important because… well, he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s here<\/i>. They have to deal with his education now, and LORD, there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s so much they need to teach this young cat!\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

If you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll excuse some of the repetition, I still see a lot of promise in this story at this point. Obviously, I love seeing train infrastructure stuff; I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m into the way this book reverses the perspective on young wizards by sticking us in an adult wizard\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s head; and there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s still a HUGE MYSTERY that isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t remotely solved yet. Knowing that Arhu is dealing with a fear of heights, though, makes this infinitely more interesting to me. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not something I expected from this story, especially since I have only know one cat myself who had issues similar to Arhu. One of my Siamese cats I had years ago had poor spatial awareness and constantly fell off things or ran into things. She would often arch her back or try to bop me with her head, but she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d be a full foot away from me. IT WAS SO FUNNY AND DEEPLY ENTERTAINING BECAUSE SHE WAS SO SINCERE ABOUT COMPLETELY MISSING HER INTENDED TARGET.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But a fear<\/i> of heights? I used to have something much closer to a phobia. I remember a time when I would have to close my eyes in order to make it across a bridge. (And for some reason, if that bridge was over water, it was a million times more terrifying for me? I DON\u00e2\u20ac\u2122T UNDERSTAND IT EITHER, Y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ALL.) I actually used roller coasters and my love for them to basically face this fear head-on, and it mostly<\/i> worked? I still can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be near the edge of a tall building if I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m on the roof. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s too scary! NO THANKS. So, how do you be a cat<\/i> and deal with a fear like this? I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m curious if Rhiow, Saash, or Urruah have ever seen this before or if it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s so new to them that they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re going to have to wing it from here on out. To her credit, though, Rhiow is tender and kind with Arhu as she helps him reach the roof of Grand Central. (A view, I should note, I would love<\/i> to experience myself.) She\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s already planning on teaching him how to walk on air, which is a great solution for the interim, but will she compel him to face his fear, too? I imagine that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s going to make his job more difficult at some point!\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

From this, I can see how this book will most likely follow the education of Arhu, which thereby explains the world of feline wizards to the reader, while they try to solve the mystery of the worldgate and the unnamed visitor that nearly led to Arhu\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s death. There hasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t been much progress on that front; I suspect the answer is held in the Downside, but… that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s about all I have? As for Arhu, I am<\/i> enjoying this journey through his education. He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s got so much left to learn, and he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s still at that point where it all seems magical and exciting. He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not as weathered as the other cats when it comes to wizardry because<\/i> it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s so new, but he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s cynical about life<\/i>. He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s had it rough, so he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not exactly quick to trust others. How else is that going to manifest? I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know, but I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m eager to see what his next lesson is.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/youtu.be\/Cu0Pg76oNPA<\/p>\n

Mark Links Stuff<\/b><\/p>\n

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