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They do not hit the same as Tony Hillerman's books and this one really got to me. The writing is just so bad comparatively and it's frustrating reading them. The secondary story is actually kind of important in that it highlights the use of Native Americans in association with scammers, but still. I just think I'm done.
Dying isn’t any fun…but at least it’s a living.
Mickey7 is an Expendable: a disposable …
3.5 stars. I liked it quite well, but it's a little simplistic in some ways? At least it made a hell of a lot more sense than the movie though! (Which makes sense since I believe the director of the movie is the same guy who did Snowpiercer and just wanted to ram the message home even more in this movie than his previous one.
The planet of Kiln is where the tyrannical Mandate keeps its prison colony, and for …
Oddly, this book reminds me a lot of another nominee, The Tainted Cup. They are both about an alien biology that is a lot more fecund and transformative than ours. But while the world of The Tainted Cup is more controlled, this one is fully uncontrolled alien biology and scientists (and prisoner slaves) have been sent to unravel it while simultaneously needing to justify the political order at home somehow. It is both frustrating and frighteningly plausible given the direction politics in China have gone.
At any rate, a lot of fascinating science, plausible politics and decently well-drawn characters make for a very good read with a lot to think about afterwards. Recommended.
The planet of Kiln is where the tyrannical Mandate keeps its prison colony, and for inmates, the journey there is …
The planet of Kiln is where the tyrannical Mandate keeps its prison colony, and for inmates, the journey there is …
t's a whole new moooooon.
One day soon, suddenly and without explanation, the moon as we know it is replaced …
t's a whole new moooooon.
One day soon, suddenly and without explanation, the moon as we know it is replaced …
The follow-up to T. Kingfisher’s bestselling gothic novella, What Moves the Dead .
Retired soldier Alex Easton returns in a …
The follow-up to T. Kingfisher’s bestselling gothic novella, What Moves the Dead .
Retired soldier Alex Easton returns in a …
The Cleric Chih accompanies a beautiful young bride to her wedding to an aging lord at a crumbling estate situated …
The Cleric Chih accompanies a beautiful young bride to her wedding to an aging lord at a crumbling estate situated …
Dying isn’t any fun…but at least it’s a living.
Mickey7 is an Expendable: a disposable employee on a human expedition …
Dying isn’t any fun…but at least it’s a living.
Mickey7 is an Expendable: a disposable employee on a human expedition …