We're a plural system who loves queer & anarchist scifi.
But recently we just read a few randomly picked up mystery books in a row, in German, and we tend to review books in the language we read them in. That or similar may happen again, be warned.
No reading goals, just feelings.
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Carpe Jugulum (; Latatian for "seize the throat", cf. Carpe diem) is a comic fantasy …
I loved this one! In a lot of ways. The plural stuff, and Granny Weatherwax being herself, especially how she insists she is helping the priest when he is keeping her upright, and the vampire stuff. It's all very nice and satisfying.
From the author of Gods of Jade and Shadow comes this reimagining of the classic …
Yeah no I think I won't finish this. Now the supernatural component was revealed, but the actual scary thing is still this horribly abusive family. Which is a good move I think! But it's also really draining to read.
Emily Tesh: Some Desperate Glory (Paperback, 2022, Little, Brown Book Group Limited)
All her life Kyr has trained for the day she can avenge the murder of planet Earth. Raised in the …
Carpe Jugulum (; Latatian for "seize the throat", cf. Carpe diem) is a comic fantasy novel by English writer Terry …
From the author of Gods of Jade and Shadow comes this reimagining of the classic …
I started it very reluctantly, guessing correctly that it would be very different from Certain Dark Things. I like it so far... but for my current mood there's too many scary and upsetting people and not enough scary and upsetting other things.
From the author of Gods of Jade and Shadow comes this reimagining of the classic gothic suspense novel, a story …
I really liked this one! There were some things again where I got the "well now you're just reinforcing oppressive ideas" feel that I got a lot in the last few witches books that I read, but way way way less of this, and I think the main fat character's story was a great example of how to actually make fun of oppressive ideology, instead of those oppressed by it.
During an interstellar war one side develops a language, Babel-17, that can be used as a weapon. Learning it turns …
When the prince of Enlad declares the wizards have forgotten their spells, Ged sets out …
This one was messy! I liked some of it (the relationships, the light hearted (although still melodramatic) tone, the boat, the dragons), some of it seemed sketchy (the ethnography-style descriptions of people they meet), and some I think is plain shitty (blindness as a metaphor for naive evil). All in all I had fun, this story is all over the place in so many ways.
When the prince of Enlad declares the wizards have forgotten their spells, Ged sets out …
The day had been long and full of dragons
— The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin (The Earthsea Cycle, #3)
Mood
When the prince of Enlad declares the wizards have forgotten their spells, Ged sets out to test the ancient prophecies …
I did like it! Except for, you know, there being 0 women. The way the planet turned out to be dangerous actually wasn't something they could have prevented by wearing their suits, so, it's fine that they inexplicably don't at the beginning.
I actually really liked the kind of Danger it turned out to be! It's definitely nothing I would have guessed, but it makes sense.
What fascinated me was.... ok on one hand, this very analogue space ship. A welcome blinkenlight break from, you know, holographic AI telepathy, or whatever. But on the other hand..... that this is not what makes the story feel dated as much as the nuclear power and how cool they are with it, or the way the ship is basically a fancy nuclear car skyscraper.
I usually have trouble reading "old" books for reasons not really related to the books, and I'm glad I …
I did like it! Except for, you know, there being 0 women. The way the planet turned out to be dangerous actually wasn't something they could have prevented by wearing their suits, so, it's fine that they inexplicably don't at the beginning.
I actually really liked the kind of Danger it turned out to be! It's definitely nothing I would have guessed, but it makes sense.
What fascinated me was.... ok on one hand, this very analogue space ship. A welcome blinkenlight break from, you know, holographic AI telepathy, or whatever. But on the other hand..... that this is not what makes the story feel dated as much as the nuclear power and how cool they are with it, or the way the ship is basically a fancy nuclear car skyscraper.
I usually have trouble reading "old" books for reasons not really related to the books, and I'm glad I read this one! Sadly the library only has one other Lem audiobook.
