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a commenté Infomocracy par Malka Older (The Centenal Cycle, #1)

Malka Older: Infomocracy (2016)

It's been twenty years and two election cycles since "Information," a powerful search engine monopoly, …

Avertissement sur le contenu discussion of character traits, addiction

a publié une critique de The Twisted Ones par T. Kingfisher

T. Kingfisher: The Twisted Ones (Hardcover, 2019, Saga Press)

When a young woman clears out her deceased grandmother’s home in rural North Carolina, she …

The Twisted Ones

This is the best/worst book to have just gotten into when a bout of insomnia strikes, so you can lie reading in a dark, silent house while the level of creepiness steadily builds, and something outside makes a tok-tok-tok noise

a publié une critique de What Moves the Dead par T. Kingfisher

T. Kingfisher: What Moves the Dead (Hardcover, 2022, Tor Nightfire)

From T. Kingfisher, the award-winning author of The Twisted Ones, comes What Moves the Dead, …

What Moves the Dead

I'm sure I read The Fall of the House of Usher at some point, but I didn't retain enough that I had any particular expectations for the direction of the plot, etc.

However, I did read Mexican Gothic relatively recently, so I spent a good deal of What Moves the Dead, once the overall shape of the story became apparent, nodding along and waiting for the characters to catch up - it gave me a chuckle to see the reference to Mexican Gothic in the author's note.

Great writing, an intriguing reimagination of the classic.

a publié une critique de City of Last Chances par Adrian Tchaikovsky (The Tyrant Philosophers, #1)

Adrian Tchaikovsky: City of Last Chances (2022, Head of Zeus)

Arthur C. Clarke winner and Sunday Times bestseller Adrian Tchaikovsky's triumphant return to fantasy with …

City of Last Chances

There were a lot of scenes I loved, and the sequence in the beginning where the narrative is passed along a chain of serially coinciding characters is wonderful. When I read the reunion near the end, I literally exclaimed "Hahaha, yes!" As a whole, it felt a touch rambly, but I have no regrets. One area where Tchaikovsky excels is departing from (or maybe just ignoring?) genre tropes, and this is no exception.

a commenté The Jasmine Throne par Tasha Suri (The Burning Kingdoms, #1)

Tasha Suri: The Jasmine Throne (Paperback, 2021, Orbit)

Imprisoned by her dictator brother, Malini spends her days in isolation in the Hirana: an …

I enjoyed the setting and the characters, but I really felt like I was having to slog through it - maybe just because of my current circumstances of small slots of reading time, I'm not sure. I'll definitely check out the next installment in any case.