Not a perfect debut novel, but a solid and intriguing space opera, full of cruel, coward and calculating characters, even though one important part felt deja vu (a powerful family controls the production of the substance that enables space travel...). All in all, it was an enjoyable read.
Critiques et Commentaires
Photojournalist and many other things in -ist.
I read a lot of SFF, obscure LGBT, travel, photography theory and women authors, in French and English.
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ju a publié une critique de These Burning Stars par Bethany Jacobs
ju a publié une critique de When the Tiger Came down the Mountain par Nghi Vo (The Singing Hills Cycle, #2)
Another wonderful novella
5 étoiles
A perfect read for an automn evening with a cup of tea. Nghi Vo is an incredible storyteller, who never loses the reader in her stories of stories told by storytellers as well as tigers. In her world, tigers fall in love in young humans, or sometimes eat them, and sit around the fire listening and re-telling their side of the old stories... It is quite magic.
ju a publié une critique de The Apparitional Lesbian par Terry Castle (Gender & Culture S)
ju a publié une critique de En Amérique par Laurent Chalumeau
ju a publié une critique de The Priory of the Orange Tree par Samantha Shannon
Many nice ideas
3 étoiles
Many interesting ideas and some strong leading female characters, but the plot felt contrived at times or needlessly confusing, with inconsistencies (like distance and travel time), and some parts of the worldbuilding felt too simplistic -- also I wasn't too impressed with the quests for magic objects. Edit : also worth mentionning is that in the 800 pages, there really isn't much happening at the Priory of the title.
ju a publié une critique de Tentacle par Rita Indiana
ju a noté Kick the Latch : 5 étoiles

Kick the Latch de Kathryn Scanlan
Based on transcribed interviews with Sonia, a horse trainer, the novel investigates form and authenticity in a feat of synthesis …
ju a publié une critique de How Far the Light Reaches par Sabrina Imbler
ju a publié une critique de The Devil and Sherlock Holmes par David Grann
ju a noté The Devil and Sherlock Holmes : 4 étoiles

The Devil and Sherlock Holmes de David Grann
Collection of the journalist's articles previously published in varous periodicals.
ju a noté Toutes les femmes sauf une : 4 étoiles
ju a noté Some Desperate Glory : 5 étoiles

Some Desperate Glory de Emily Tesh
All her life Kyr has trained for the day she can avenge the murder of planet Earth. Raised in the …
ju a publié une critique de The Mimicking of Known Successes par Malka Older (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #1)
A smart and easy read
4 étoiles
Here's a book that doesn't have an over-complicated plot full of twists you can't believe in. Rather, the world-building is smart and to the point, it has just enough explanations and backstory, and you're never bored.