joachim finished reading The Dead Cat Tail Assassins
The Dead Cat Tail Assassins are not cats.
Nor do they have tails.
But they …
Short and dynamic, I would love to read more adventures in this world… but it’s also very good as-is.
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joachim rated The Mercy of Gods: 4 étoiles
The Mercy of Gods by James S.A. Corey (The Captive's War #1)
How humanity came to the planet called Anjiin is lost in the fog of history, but that history is about …
joachim reviewed The Book of Elsewhere by China Miéville
The legendary Keanu Reeves and inimitable writer China Miéville team up on this genre-bending epic …
Oddly entertaining
4 étoiles
I would very much like to know more about what China Mieville and Keanu Reeves both brought to the table.
joachim reviewed Cobrastar by Thomas Bois
John Hero, alias Cobrastar, profite d’un massacre inopiné dans un restaurant paumé de l’Arizona peuplé …
Parfois drôle mais pas vraiment fin
3 étoiles
Vraiment un délire de mec, vite lu et sans doute vite oublié
joachim rated Service Model: 4 étoiles
Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky
To fix the world they first must break it further.
Humanity is a dying breed, utterly reliant on artificial labor …
joachim rated The Tainted Cup: 4 étoiles
The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett (Shadow of the Leviathan, #1)
An eccentric detective and her long-suffering assistant untangle a web of magic, deceit, and murder in this sparkling fantasy reimagining …
joachim reviewed The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera
Fetter was raised to kill, honed as a knife to cut down his sainted father. …
A very interesting setting and unconventionnal story
4 étoiles
There are a lot of good ideas in this book. The worldbuilding—mixing contemporary elements with timeless themes, the characters, the story arc… I enjoyed reading it :)
joachim reviewed Central Station by Lavie Tidhar
A worldwide diaspora has left a quarter of a million people at the foot of …
A cacophony of uncommon characters, in a well built setting. Still holding up years after my first read.
4 étoiles
Re-read before reading Neom, by the same author, in the same universe
joachim reviewed Menewood by Nicola Griffith (The Hild Sequence, #2)
In the much anticipated sequel to Hild, Nicola Griffith’s Menewood transports readers back to …
Fantastic.
5 étoiles
The author writes so very vividly about life 1350 years ago in Great Britain. One of these books I wanted to read as fast as possible, but that I didn’t want to actually finish, you know?
joachim reviewed Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty (The Midsolar Murders, #1)
Amateur detective Mallory Viridian’s talent for solving murders ruined her life on Earth and drove …
Fun detective story on a space station
4 étoiles
The ending was a bit messy and all that characterization felt a bit long, but I really enjoyed it!
joachim reviewed Le Débat des Dames by Jean-Philippe Jaworski (Le chevalier aux épines, #3)
Profitant des querelles au sein de la famille ducale, les clans d’Ouromagne ont pris l’initiative …
Troisième volume qui remonte la moyenne de la trilogie.
4 étoiles
Enfin, on voit où il voulait en venir ! Poussifs en diable, les deux premiers volumes m’avaient presque décourage de lire la fin du cycle. Mais j’ai persévéré et la récompense est audacieuse et on ne peut qu’être amusés qu’il l’ait prévue depuis le début.
joachim reviewed Hild by Nicola Griffith (The Hild Sequence, #1)
In seventh-century Britain, small kingdoms are merging, frequently and violently. A new religion is coming …
Striking and vivid, a book that I didn’t know I was waiting for.
5 étoiles
I’ll read the follow-up soon, but I don’t want to spoil it by binge-reading the whole (published) story
joachim finished reading Hild by Nicola Griffith (The Hild Sequence, #1)
In seventh-century Britain, small kingdoms are merging, frequently and violently. A new religion is coming …
What a book!
joachim rated The Circumference of the World: 3 étoiles
The Circumference of the World by Lavie Tidhar
Caught between realities, a mathematician, a book dealer, and a mobster desperately seek a notorious book that disappears upon being …
joachim reviewed Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher
After years of seeing her sisters suffer at the hands of an abusive prince, Marra—the …
Lovely
5 étoiles
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