Tak! pakomentavo autoriaus Sofia Samatar knygą The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain
The boy was raised as one of the Chained, condemned to toil in the bowels …
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enne📚 apžvelgė autoriaus Nghi Vo knygą City in Glass
A demon. An angel. A city.
The demon Vitrine—immortal, powerful, and capricious—loves the dazzling city …
City in Glass
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This novella is a story about memories, transformation, and love; it follows the demon Vitrine, whose best love is the city Azril that she writes about in a book kept in the glass cabinet of her heart. When angels raze the city to the ground, she curses one of them with a piece of herself, and gets to the work of rebuilding the city into what she remembers.
This is an interesting book to pair with Kalpa Imperial from the #SFFBookClub this month. The way Vitrine remembers the ghost of the old city interspersed with what the new city is becoming feels like it could be a chapter from Kalpa Imperial. Subjectively, there's sort of a similar lyrical style between the two as well.
I continue to love Nghi Vo's writing, and the way this book juxtaposes the fantastic with the literal rebuilding of a city brick by brick. However, …
This novella is a story about memories, transformation, and love; it follows the demon Vitrine, whose best love is the city Azril that she writes about in a book kept in the glass cabinet of her heart. When angels raze the city to the ground, she curses one of them with a piece of herself, and gets to the work of rebuilding the city into what she remembers.
This is an interesting book to pair with Kalpa Imperial from the #SFFBookClub this month. The way Vitrine remembers the ghost of the old city interspersed with what the new city is becoming feels like it could be a chapter from Kalpa Imperial. Subjectively, there's sort of a similar lyrical style between the two as well.
I continue to love Nghi Vo's writing, and the way this book juxtaposes the fantastic with the literal rebuilding of a city brick by brick. However, the emotional crux is the relationship between the angel and the demon and this just wasn't my jam.
Tak! pakomentavo autoriaus Angélica Gorodischer knygą Kalpa imperial
«Oh, sí, mis buenas gentes, sí, ya lo creo que sí. Se puede vivir en …
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Tak! apžvelgė autoriaus Anton Hur knygą Counterweight
Counterweight
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Counterweight is a nearish-future scifi thriller set on the island of Patusan, which I have just learned today has a long literary legacy.
The plot follows an unnamed employee of the LK Corporation as he attempts to unravel a series of events revolving around the world's first space elevator, erected by LK on Patusan. I enjoyed the originality of the setting, but I found the whole thing fairly convoluted and somewhat difficult to follow.
The dystopian corporation-state future where having a literal worm implanted in your brain is a condition of employment is becoming all too plausible at this point.
Tak! pacitavo Anton Hur knygą Counterweight
“Your mother is going to be a star,” said the man in the gray uniform.
Tak! pakomentavo autoriaus Anton Hur knygą Counterweight
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Tak! pakomentavo autoriaus Vajra Chandrasekera knygą The Saint of Bright Doors
Fetter was raised to kill, honed as a knife to cut down his sainted father. …
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Tak! apžvelgė autoriaus Waubgeshig Rice knygą Moon of the Crusted Snow
"A daring post-apocalyptic novel from a powerful rising literary voice. With winter looming, a small …
Moon of the Crusted Snow
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This reads like a parable of the european takeover of the americas, except that the natives realized their mistake (just) in time this time around.
There wasn't much scifi or fantasy, except for the implied apocalypse that happened out of frame.
I was constantly frustrated with the characters for not being more proactive about stuff like: checking what happened with the power, being suspicious of Scott, following up on Scott after multiple red flags, etc. - but maybe I'm having unrealistic expectations about characters who don't know they're in a story.
I liked the strong themes of community and mutual support, even in the face of (imo realistic) uneven participation.
Overall a good read, I enjoyed it.
Tak! pacitavo Waubgeshig Rice knygą Moon of the Crusted Snow
"A daring post-apocalyptic novel from a powerful rising literary voice. With winter looming, a small …
A crack echoed through the boreal landscape, a momentary chaos in the still afternoon air.
Tak! pakomentavo autoriaus Waubgeshig Rice knygą Moon of the Crusted Snow
"A daring post-apocalyptic novel from a powerful rising literary voice. With winter looming, a small …
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I did feel like some of the plot mechanisms did get repetitive, though. For example, one of his enemies defeating him in battle, then holding him prisoner until he could be rescued. Or thinking somebody he cared about had been killed only to find out they were ok, actually.
Tak! apžvelgė autoriaus Suyi Davies Okungbowa knygą David Mogo
Nigerian God-Punk - a powerful and atmospheric urban fantasy set in Lagos.
Since the Orisha …
David Mogo: Godhunter
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In a lot of ways, this reminds me of the Akata series, but for adults - Nigerian setting, making friends and enemies with supernatural entities, Nsibidi script as magic writing, etc. (This is not a criticism of the Akata series, I love them.)
The setting was the best part of this for me - I enjoyed postapocalyptic, god-ravaged Lagos.
I appreciate that David is imperfect and fallible - he makes mistakes, fails, etc., and it has real consequences for him.
The first section (book? sub-book?) was my favorite, followed by the second - as the story progressed, I felt like it kept getting progressively more frantic and less coherent.
Overall, I enjoyed it, though, and I'm looking forward to more.
Tak! pakomentavo autoriaus Suyi Davies Okungbowa knygą David Mogo
Nigerian God-Punk - a powerful and atmospheric urban fantasy set in Lagos.
Since the Orisha …
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My first thought for "the place where iron lives" was a laundromat
Tak! pakomentavo autoriaus Suyi Davies Okungbowa knygą David Mogo
Nigerian God-Punk - a powerful and atmospheric urban fantasy set in Lagos.
Since the Orisha …
The #SFFBookClub pick for May 2024
Tak! apžvelgė autoriaus Nghi Vo knygą Siren Queen
It was magic. In every world, it was a kind of magic. "No maids, no …
Siren Queen
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This one just wasn't for me. I feel like it was one of those books that's all setting and no plot - and the setting was great, but I just couldn't engage with it.