Another fun book in this series, and while I was afraid it could be the last, there's at least one more to look forward to, and maybe finally learn the entire story of Molly? I always love the Tolkien references, and with this book, Peter has finally, albeit grudgingly, graduated to the Silmarilion.
The premise is funny, the story kind of slogs along, but the finale saved it from getting a lower rating.
Another lovely book in a series that I'm starting to appreciate a lot. Sparkly vampires, a werewolf, and the return of Fas. I like what's happening with Varney, and I think he's becoming my favorite character.
My favorite addition to the cast, and new English word, most be the two “remedial psychopomps”.
It's not this book's fault, it's me. I can tell these poems are good, but I just don't have the patience for poetry.
This book had so many laugh-out-loud moments. The bits with McGraw vs. the landlord had me in stitches. I'm going to need more of these, soon.
These three books were great, set in a strange universe of calendrical warfare. I still can't explain what that is, but that doesn't matter. Just remember Clarke's Law. What made this book extra challenging was the fact that the protagonist exists twice, and at least at the start, is referred to by the same name, no matter which one of them the story currently focuses on. Once again, it all netaly comes together in the end, and makes for a good “final” book.
I am enjoying these books tremendously, and very glad to see there's going to be another one.
There isn't any good tea in this book. Apart from that, there's very little to complain. The main character is lovable, and somewhat naive, but you just have to wish her well from the start. The cast of side characters are great, too, my favorite being Tic, who is sometimes almost Zeiat levels of funny.
There are hardly any Radchaai in this, but we learn a lot about the Geck, who are an impossibly weird alien race, and the treaty with the Presger, hinted at in the Ancillary books, is front and center.
A nice cap to a series that I have enjoyed very much, even though parallels to our current situation were sometimes painful and extremely on-the-nose.
Small niggle: I wish her father had taught Eva some human swear words, the single alien one gets old really fast.
There isn't much happening here, was my first thought, bit I think that's a little bit the point. Most of this book os happening in the head pf Aza, a teen struggling with OCD. Good portrayal of mental illness, worthy of a John Green novel.
I don't know if it's because I didn't do the full required reading of Homer, Hobbes and ancient Greek mythology, but this book seemed overly long. There are moments of brilliance that made me keep going, but I still lost track of all the characters and their motivations frequently enough to make me consider aborting. All that said, it was a clever and many-layered book (or rather, series of books), just not one that I find easy to recommend.
At a time when America is operating concentration camps and moving ever more closely towards totalitarianism, this book is especially poignant. Why did tourists continue to visit a country that was so clearly uncivilized and aggressive? How did they reconciliate the politics of the country with the friendly, efficient people they met everywhere on their travels? At the same time, it's also a good recap of the events eading up to WW2 and the Holocaust, if you forgot those lessons from school, or can't entirely memorize the timeline. I'm recommending this book to everyone right now.
I want to read more Spirou comics in this style. Flix did a fantastic job with the story and the art.
I like these looks at ordinary life in different cultures, even of there's not much of a story.
Just when I thought I knew what to expect, after reading Santiago, this book surprises and confuses me. The Ireland trip is okay, the Cohen biography is strange, the Napoleon story just plain weird.
As a big fan of the Wayfarers universe, I am happy to find that Becky Chambers has built this other world. More to love!
This was a nice little read, with two very kind main characters. I can't wait to read more about these two in a sequel.
This book felt very similar to the first, and we spend a lot of time in space, where very little happens on the way to Mars. This time, rather than just having to deal with mysoginy and anxiety, our heroes encounter racism, terrorists, and personal trauma.
I particularly liked how this book humanizes Parker, who came off as an almost entirely bad guy in the first book.
Classic second book, what's good about it are things that were already good about the first. As a result, took me longer to finish, or at least felt like it dragged on.