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Gadsby's unique stand-up special Nanette was a viral success that left audiences captivated by her …
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Alex Cabe rated The Thirty Names of Night: 5 stars
The Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn Joukhadar
Five years after a suspicious fire killed his ornithologist mother, a closeted Syrian American trans boy sheds his birth name …
Alex Cabe started reading Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros (The Empyrean, #2)
“The first year is when some of us lose our lives. The second year is …
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Alex Cabe reviewed The Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn Joukhadar
Five years after a suspicious fire killed his ornithologist mother, a closeted Syrian American trans …
Capitivatingly Written
4 stars
I thought the written and description were very strong and the magically realism elements worked well.
It took time for me to get invested in the story, but it accelerated toward the end. I wish a bit more had happened to the characters and the characters were a bit more distinct from each other.
I enjoyed the historical sections a bit more than the present one. It was interesting to read from the transmasc perspective, and I'd like to read more in the future.
I thought the written and description were very strong and the magically realism elements worked well.
It took time for me to get invested in the story, but it accelerated toward the end. I wish a bit more had happened to the characters and the characters were a bit more distinct from each other.
I enjoyed the historical sections a bit more than the present one. It was interesting to read from the transmasc perspective, and I'd like to read more in the future.
Alex Cabe finished reading The Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn Joukhadar
The Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn Joukhadar
Five years after a suspicious fire killed his ornithologist mother, a closeted Syrian American trans boy sheds his birth name …
Alex Cabe started reading The Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn Joukhadar
Five years after a suspicious fire killed his ornithologist mother, a closeted Syrian American trans …
Book club pick.
Alex Cabe reviewed Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)
Sci-fi’s favorite antisocial A.I. is back on a mission. The case against the too-big-to-fail GrayCris …
Characters and Action Stand Out
4 stars
Sometimes I have trouble following action scenes in other books, here I thought they were mostly well written and exciting.
Miki was a very interesting character, I enjoyed spending time with here and seeing Murderbot's reaction to her.
The narrative felt a little tighter and more straightforward than Book Two.
Sometimes I have trouble following action scenes in other books, here I thought they were mostly well written and exciting.
Miki was a very interesting character, I enjoyed spending time with here and seeing Murderbot's reaction to her.
The narrative felt a little tighter and more straightforward than Book Two.
Alex Cabe finished reading Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)
Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)
Sci-fi’s favorite antisocial A.I. is back on a mission. The case against the too-big-to-fail GrayCris Corporation is floundering, and more …
Alex Cabe finished reading Antimatter Blues by Edward Ashton
Antimatter Blues by Edward Ashton
Summer has come to Niflheim. The lichens are growing, the six-winged bat-things are chirping, and much to his own surprise, …
Alex Cabe reviewed Antimatter Blues by Edward Ashton
Summer has come to Niflheim. The lichens are growing, the six-winged bat-things are chirping, and …
Fun but Inessential
3 stars
Antimatter Blues was fun and delivered the same kind of enjoyment as Mickey 7, but was entirely inessential. This book isn't important to understanding the characters or the world, and the author told the complete story of his big idea in the first book. This is not a continuation that demanded to be written, but a sequel that asks "Well, the first one was successful, what other stories can we tell in this world?"
This felt kind of like Haldeman's "Forever Free", except not horrible.
Also, it still didn't explore anything interesting about Cat.
Antimatter Blues was fun and delivered the same kind of enjoyment as Mickey 7, but was entirely inessential. This book isn't important to understanding the characters or the world, and the author told the complete story of his big idea in the first book. This is not a continuation that demanded to be written, but a sequel that asks "Well, the first one was successful, what other stories can we tell in this world?"
This felt kind of like Haldeman's "Forever Free", except not horrible.
Also, it still didn't explore anything interesting about Cat.
Alex Cabe started reading Antimatter Blues by Edward Ashton
Antimatter Blues by Edward Ashton
Summer has come to Niflheim. The lichens are growing, the six-winged bat-things are chirping, and much to his own surprise, …
Alex Cabe reviewed Bell in the Fog by Lev AC Rosen
The Bell in the Fog, a dazzling historical mystery by Lev AC Rosen, asks―once you …
More of a Standard Detective Novel
3 stars
This was more of a standard detective novel than the first one. I enjoyed how it built on the strengths of what I liked about the first one (i.e., exploring the Navy background). I liked just reading the day-to-day details of Evander's investigations.
One thing this book did better was having a wider array of queer characters. It let them be the villains as well, at various levels.
I read this because I was visiting San Francisco and it was some cool synchronicity.
This was more of a standard detective novel than the first one. I enjoyed how it built on the strengths of what I liked about the first one (i.e., exploring the Navy background). I liked just reading the day-to-day details of Evander's investigations.
One thing this book did better was having a wider array of queer characters. It let them be the villains as well, at various levels.
I read this because I was visiting San Francisco and it was some cool synchronicity.
Alex Cabe finished reading Bell in the Fog by Lev AC Rosen
Bell in the Fog by Lev AC Rosen
The Bell in the Fog, a dazzling historical mystery by Lev AC Rosen, asks―once you have finally found a family, …
Alex Cabe started reading Bell in the Fog by Lev AC Rosen
The Bell in the Fog, a dazzling historical mystery by Lev AC Rosen, asks―once you …
Reading a San Francisco book while I'm in San Francisco.
Reading a San Francisco book while I'm in San Francisco.
Alex Cabe reviewed Longitude by Dava Sobel
The dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest and of one man's forty-year obsession …
Artful Account of a Straightforward Story
3 stars
I found the problem here fascinating, but the solution pretty straightforward. I enjoyed the internal politics and the look at the lives of famous scientists, but I didn't get a lot of a sense of how Harrison clock was different.
It feels like his first idea to address a problem worked, and then he kept improving it for the rest of his life. But I'm not sure what scientific adversity he faced or how he solved his problems.
I found the problem here fascinating, but the solution pretty straightforward. I enjoyed the internal politics and the look at the lives of famous scientists, but I didn't get a lot of a sense of how Harrison clock was different.
It feels like his first idea to address a problem worked, and then he kept improving it for the rest of his life. But I'm not sure what scientific adversity he faced or how he solved his problems.