It's a bit of a disappointment that, yet again, the reader is left to try to make sense of the characters, plot and wtf is going on. I wish I didn't have to go on forums to find out important information that was only very, very slightly hinted at in the book. It's one thing to want revelations and plot-twists and ah-ah-moments, it's another to leave the reader completely in the fog for 500 pages. If the writing wasn't that good and the characters that compelling, I would've left it a while ago.
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Some SF, fantasy, and obscure LGBT, mixed with travel, photography theory and women authors, in French and English.
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ju rated The Mercies: 5 stars
The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
After the men in an Arctic Norwegian town are wiped out, the women must survive a sinister threat in this …
ju rated Anthracite: 4 stars
Anthracite by Cédric Gras
« À l’hiver 2014, dans une Ukraine survoltée, la foule furieuse se mit à dézinguer toutes les idoles communistes. Elle …
ju rated À la ligne : Feuillets d'usine: 4 stars
À la ligne : Feuillets d'usine by Joseph Ponthus
A la ligne est le premier roman de Joseph Ponthus. C'est l'histoire d'un ouvrier intérimaire qui embauche dans les conserveries …
ju reviewed Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Her city is under siege. The zombies are coming back. And all Nona wants is …
Good but frustrating
3 stars
ju rated Haunting of Tram Car 015: 4 stars
Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djèlí Clark (Dead Djinn Universe, #0.3)
Cairo, 1912: The case started as a simple one for the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities — handling …
ju rated A Dead Djinn in Cairo: 4 stars
A Dead Djinn in Cairo by P. Djèlí Clark (Dead Djinn Universe, #0.1)
Egypt, 1912. In Cairo, the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities investigate disturbances between the mortal and the (possibly) …
ju rated A Master of Djinn: 5 stars
A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark (Dead Djinn Universe, #1)
Nebula, Locus, and Alex Award-winner P. Djèlí Clark returns to his popular alternate Cairo universe for his fantasy novel debut, …
Plasmas by Céline Minard
Céline Minard nous plonge ici dans un univers renversant, où les espèces et les genres s’enchevêtrent, le réel et le …
ju rated In the Dream House: 4 stars
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
In the Dream House is Carmen Maria Machado’s engrossing and wildly innovative account of a relationship gone bad, and a …
Solak by Caroline Hinault
Sur la presqu’île de Solak, au nord du cercle polaire arctique, trois hommes cohabitent tant bien que mal. Grizzly est …
ju reviewed "Exterminate all the brutes" by Sven Lindqvist
A must-read that should be taught in schools
5 stars
The writing is so clear and precise, it slices through decades of obfuscation and excuses about colonialism and genocide.
"And when what had been done in the heart of darkness was repeated in the heart of Europe, no one recognized it. No one wished to admit what everyone knew. [...] You already know that. So do I. It is not knowledge we lack. What is missing is the courage to understand what we know."
ju rated Les Certitudes du doute: 4 stars
Les Certitudes du doute by Goliarda Sapienza
Le dernier volet du cycle autobiographique de l'auteure. Elle raconte sa relation passionnelle avec la jeune Roberta, son ancienne codétenue …
ju rated Haunting of Tram Car 015: 4 stars
Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djèlí Clark (Dead Djinn Universe, #0.3)
Cairo, 1912: The case started as a simple one for the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities — handling …
ju rated A Dead Djinn in Cairo: 4 stars
A Dead Djinn in Cairo by P. Djèlí Clark (Dead Djinn Universe, #0.1)
Egypt, 1912. In Cairo, the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities investigate disturbances between the mortal and the (possibly) …