joeyh reviewed Empress of Forever: A Novel by Max Gladstone
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2 stars
A good reminder of why 70's trashy SF was well served by being stuck in thin paperbacks.
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A good reminder of why 70's trashy SF was well served by being stuck in thin paperbacks.
(dnf at 25%)
I think what turned me off of this book is I was initially very stoked for Vivian's covert exit from her life, the intrigue of managing anonymity after being so famous. Emotionally I was all set for something that felt like a heist and then the book abruptly transforms into something else. I was fully absorbed into the first set of rules and then just couldn't make the pivot into the galaxy-hopping ragtag band story.