A very good work of fantasy playing with deeper concepts than “magical secret orphan prince” tropes. The long time I spent reading it is unrelated to its quality (but more related to my brain's bandwidth capacity these last 6 months). The characters are compelling, the Aragorn-type is way more human than Tolkien’s Aragorn and the bad guys are well rounded and have interesting motivations. On the other hand I don’t remember if the book passes the Bechdel Test and the women roles could have been bigger.
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joachim reviewed Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay
joachim rated Untethered Sky: 5 étoiles
Untethered Sky by Fonda Lee
Ester's family was torn apart when a manticore killed her mother and baby brother, leaving her with nothing but her …
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joachim rated Lies of the Ajungo: 4 étoiles
Lies of the Ajungo by Moses Ose Utomi
They say there is no water in the City of Lies. They say there are no heroes in the City …
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joachim rated Translation State: 5 étoiles
Translation State by Ann Leckie (Imperial Radch)
Qven was created to be a Presger translator. The pride of their Clade, they always had a clear path before …
joachim reviewed Counting Casualties by Yoon Ha Lee
joachim rated The City Inside: 5 étoiles
The City Inside by Samit Basu
“They'd known the end times were coming but hadn’t known they’d be multiple choice.”
Joey is a Reality Controller in …
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Finished this novel by @samitbasu@mastodon.social on the backdrop of Indian PM Narendra Modi visiting Macron for Bastille Day celebrations. Fitting, really, when in France there's talks of generalized surveillance of the population (like the ability for the police to unlock your phone to record people).
joachim rated Unnatural Magic: 4 étoiles
Unnatural Magic by C. M. Waggoner
Onna can write the parameters of a spell faster than any of the young men in her village school. But …
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joachim rated Witch King: 5 étoiles
Witch King by Martha Wells
Kai-Enna is the Witch King, though he hasn’t always been, and he hasn’t even always been Kai-Enna!
After being murdered, …