Great character development and setting. Using an AI as the protagonist is an interesting move, especially since this came out in 2013. The focus on behavior and perception, given an almost omnipresent intelligence, keeps tension up when it wouldn't be otherwise. If you liked the bar scene in Inglorious Basterds you'll pick up on it quick here. Looking forward to starting #2
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Ross rated I Want to Burn This Place Down: 4 stars
Ross reviewed Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie (Imperial Radch, #1)
On a remote, icy planet, the soldier known as Breq is drawing closer to completing …
Intelligent Space Opera
4 stars
Great character development and setting. Using an AI as the protagonist is an interesting move, especially since this came out in 2013. The focus on behavior and perception, given an almost omnipresent intelligence, keeps tension up when it wouldn't be otherwise. If you liked the bar scene in Inglorious Basterds you'll pick up on it quick here. Looking forward to starting #2
Ross finished reading Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie (Imperial Radch, #1)
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie (Imperial Radch, #1)
On a remote, icy planet, the soldier known as Breq is drawing closer to completing her quest.
Breq is …
Ross started reading Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie (Imperial Radch, #1)
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie (Imperial Radch, #1)
On a remote, icy planet, the soldier known as Breq is drawing closer to completing her quest.
Breq is …
Ross rated Hospicing Modernity: 5 stars
Hospicing Modernity by Vanessa Machado de Oliveira
This book is not easy: it contains no quick-fix plan for a better, brighter tomorrow, and gives no ready-made answers. …
Ross rated Riot. Strike. Riot: The New Era of Uprisings: 4 stars
Ross reviewed Perdido Street Station by China Miéville (New Crobuzon, #1)
Beneath the towering bleached ribs of a dead, ancient beast lies New Crobuzon, a squalid …
I don't have enough words to describe this book
5 stars
Weird urbanist steampunk grim horror fantasy; it's pretty incredible.
Weird urbanist steampunk grim horror fantasy; it's pretty incredible.
Ross finished reading Perdido Street Station by China Miéville (New Crobuzon, #1)
Beneath the towering bleached ribs of a dead, ancient beast lies New Crobuzon, a squalid …
Loved this, every bit of it. What a ride.
Ross started reading Perdido Street Station by China Miéville (New Crobuzon, #1)
Perdido Street Station by China Miéville (New Crobuzon, #1)
Beneath the towering bleached ribs of a dead, ancient beast lies New Crobuzon, a squalid city where humans, Re-mades, and …
Ross reviewed The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay
"The Bram Stoker Award-winning author of A Head Full of Ghosts gives a new twist …
Just okay
3 stars
I get where this was going and the kinds of motifs it wanted to subvert, but it just didn't land for me.
I get where this was going and the kinds of motifs it wanted to subvert, but it just didn't land for me.
Ross finished reading The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay
"The Bram Stoker Award-winning author of A Head Full of Ghosts gives a new twist …
Well that was something
Ross started reading The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay
The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay
"The Bram Stoker Award-winning author of A Head Full of Ghosts gives a new twist to the home invasion horror …
Ross reviewed The Guide by Peter Heller
Get lost in the woods
4 stars
I really enjoyed how immersive Heller gets with describing the setting. I've visited Colorado a couple of times, and this made me want to be back there so much. The plot was a bit compressed. I don't often feel like a book should be longer, but this one could have done with a little more fleshing out towards the end.
I really enjoyed how immersive Heller gets with describing the setting. I've visited Colorado a couple of times, and this made me want to be back there so much. The plot was a bit compressed. I don't often feel like a book should be longer, but this one could have done with a little more fleshing out towards the end.