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Gossamerchild

Gossamerchild@bookwyrm.social

Joined 1 year, 4 months ago

Book nerd, librarian, embroidery enthusiast, cat mom.

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Ray Nayler: Mountain in the Sea (2022, Farrar, Straus & Giroux) 4 stars

Humankind discovers intelligent life in an octopus species with its own language and culture, and …

The Mountain in the Sea

3 stars

Another one I'm not sure what to say about, but this time for negative reasons. The premise is amazing, and I adore every scene with the octopuses themselves. But pretty much nothing else-plot, characters, dialogue, writing style-worked for me. However, it's a debut novel so perhaps the next one will be better.

Blake Crouch: Recursion (Hardcover, 2019, Crown Publishing) 4 stars

Memory makes reality.

That’s what New York City cop Barry Sutton is learning as he …

Review of 'Recursion' on 'Storygraph'

3 stars

Interesting concepts about memory and time and how screwing around with both/either can have catastrophic consequences. I didn't think the world building or the characters were very well-developed, but it did make for an entertaining story.