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tk rated Sea of Tranquility: 5 étoiles

Emily St. John Mandel: Sea of Tranquility (Hardcover, 2022, Alfred A. Knopf)

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

Edwin St. Andrew is eighteen years old when he crosses the Atlantic by steamship, exiled from polite society following an …

tk reviewed The Wall of Storms by Ken Liu (The Dandelion Dynasty, #2)

Ken Liu: The Wall of Storms (2016, Head Of Zeus)

Kuni Garu, now known as Emperor Ragin, runs the archipelago kingdom of Dara, but struggles …

it could have been great but devolve in a waste of time

2 étoiles

The writing is great. The world-building is intriguing.

The main problem is the lack of editing work. This book is close to 1000 pages long. This could have been stripped down to 400 pages and the whole book have been great. I mean the plot completely change at 50% of the book. I have read comments about the other books and it seems that they have the same problem. I think I will stop there with this series.

The depiction of women and LGTB is kinda of unnerving. The Lyuccu appear to be based on the Mongol invasion and are very one-sided.

tk rated The Wall of Storms: 2 étoiles

The Wall of Storms by Ken Liu (The Dandelion Dynasty, #2)

Kuni Garu, now known as Emperor Ragin, runs the archipelago kingdom of Dara, but struggles to maintain progress while serving …

tk rated The Grace of Kings: 3 étoiles

Ken Liu: The Grace of Kings (2015, Gallery / Saga Press)

The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu (The Dandelion Dynasty, #1)

Wily, charming Kuni Garu, a bandit, and stern, fearless Mata Zyndu, the son of a deposed duke, seem like polar …

tk rated Under Fortunate Stars: 5 étoiles

Ren Hutchings: Under Fortunate Stars (2022, Black Library, The)

Under Fortunate Stars by Ren Hutchings

Fleeing the final days of the generations-long war with the alien Felen, smuggler Jereth Keeven's freighter the Jonah breaks down …

tk rated Q: 5 étoiles

Pas de couverture — Luther Blissett: Q (Italian language, 1999)

Q by Luther Blissett

Q is a novel by Luther Blissett first published in Italian in 1999. The novel is set in Europe during …

tk rated Babel (Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution): 5 étoiles

Babel (Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution)

From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a thematic response to The Secret History and a tonal retort to …

tk rated Paladin's Hope: 5 étoiles

T. Kingfisher: Paladin's Hope (Hardcover, 2021, Argyll Productions)

Paladin's Hope by T. Kingfisher (The Saint of Steel, #3)

Piper is a lich-doctor, a physician who works among the dead, determining causes of death for the city guard's investigations. …

tk rated Paladin's Strength: 5 étoiles

T. Kingfisher: Paladin's Strength (Hardcover, 2021, Argyll Productions)

Paladin's Strength by T. Kingfisher (The Saint of Steel, #2)

He’s a paladin of a dead god, tracking a supernatural killer across a continent. She’s a nun from a secretive …

tk reviewed Paladin's Grace by T. Kingfisher (The Saint of Steel, #1)

T. Kingfisher: Paladin's Grace (Hardcover, 2020, T Kingfisher)

Stephen's god died on the longest day of the year…

Three years later, Stephen is …

the witcher but with nice people

5 étoiles

This was a great and conforting read. I olve every page of it while not being that much into fantasy or medieval stuffs. I wish more books have a more significant element of care like this book does.

tk reviewed Network Effect by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)

Martha Wells: Network Effect (Paperback, 2021, Tor.com)

<3

5 étoiles

Content warning spoilers!

I came for some Murderbot investigation but stayed for the robot romcom. The relationship between Murderbot and Mensah is also comforting and well written. Also, it's a 350 pages book so two times more of Martha Wells.

tk reviewed Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)

No, I didn't kill the dead human. If I had, I wouldn't dump the body …

a bit disappointing after Network Effect

4 étoiles

It's kinda weird to get back to the novella format. the story also happens before Network Effect so that's also a bit going backward in terms of narratives and intensity.