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Overall nice-guy semi-literate middle-aged Dane. Likes reading both facts and fiction.

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commented on The Rosewater Insurrection by Tade Thompson (The Wormwood Trilogy, #2)

Tade Thompson: The Rosewater Insurrection (2019, Orbit) 4 stars

All is quiet in the city of Rosewater as it expands on the back of …

This second novel takes opportunities here and there to explain details I know from the first novel. It’s as if the author wants readers to be able to enjoy the story without having read the first novel. I think it might work. It is just not really necessary when you’ve just read the first novel. Luckily, it is not really annoying either.

finished reading Rosewater by Tade Thompson

Tade Thompson: Rosewater (2018, Orbit) 4 stars

"Rosewater is a town on the edge. A community formed around the edges of a …

Captivating sci-fi with many interesting ideas that work really well. It was especially interesting for me to read a story in a quite different setting from what I am used to - Nigeria. The novel both rounds the story off nicely and sets us up for more in the next volume which I cannot wait to read now.

Margaret Atwood: The Handmaid's Tale (2007, Vintage) 4 stars

The Handmaid's Tale is a radical departure for Margaret Atwood. Set in the near future, …

Captivating dystopia

4 stars

I have not watched the TV series based on the book before reading it. I prefer it in that order. I was caught up in the story from the first few pages. It describes a dystopian future regime in the former United States with very strict rules and control and abundant capital punishment for those who step a bit out of line. The story has chilling similarities to some of what I read about present-day conservative America.