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Joined 2 years, 6 months ago

Also @Sissas@wandering.shop

I have been discovering the world beyond The Classics, mostly modern SF&F. I do love (some) older romances and novels, and have been making an effort to read more non-fiction and books in my native language 😄

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Arkady Martine: A Desolation Called Peace (Hardcover, 2021, Tor) 4 stars

An alien armada lurks on the edges of Teixcalaanli space. No one can communicate with …

Not too surprising but extremely competent

3 stars

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Agatha Christie: Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple #1) (2006) 5 stars

The Murder at the Vicarage is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha …

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finished reading A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine (Teixcalaan, #1)

Arkady Martine: A Memory Called Empire (Hardcover, 2019, Tor) 4 stars

Ambassador Mahit Dzmare arrives in the center of the multi-system Teixcalaanli Empire only to discover …

I made a gigantic mistake and interrupted my reading very, very close to the book's climax. So all tension that had been building up went essentially down the drain; I recall feeling very invested, but when I caught up I had forgotten a couple of (important!!) details and the whole ending fell a little bit flat. I don't even feel like I can review this book now 😅

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reviewed The Witness for the Dead by Katherine Addison (The Goblin Emperor #2)

Katherine Addison: The Witness for the Dead (2021, Tor Books) 4 stars

A standalone novel in the fantastic world of Katherine Addison's award-winning The Goblin Emperor.

When …

a beautiful world to exist in

4 stars

This was one of those books that when it ended, I missed getting to be in the world. It has a kind of understated, slice-of-life feel, with a lot of detail and reverence paid to the minutia of daily life and community relationships, that felt more prominent to me than the murder mysteries. Addison writes with an immense amout of compassion and tenderness, and for me that is what makes this book, and The Goblin Emperor, transcend what they would be on their face, in terms of plot.

The writing style drops you into the cultural nuances of the society largely without explanation, and you can infer, for example, what different honorifics mean through context. I really really like this and I think overall its very well done, but I think it would be more daunting if I hadn't already read The Goblin Emperor, and there were some …