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Niko

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reviewed The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang (The Poppy War, #1)

R. F. Kuang: The Poppy War (Hardcover, 2018, Harper Voyager) 4 stars

A brilliantly imaginative talent makes her exciting debut with this epic historical military fantasy, inspired …

Review of 'The Poppy War' on 'Storygraph'

3 stars

This is a good book. It's well-written with a solid plot and I found the characters interesting (if a bit one-dimensional, but this is the first in a series so I let it slide). I get why people give it praise!

... but I really dislike militaristic narratives. I find them grating. I probably won't be continuing the series. It's not you, it's me.

John Scalzi: The Last Emperox (2020, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom) 4 stars

Review of 'Last Emperox' on 'Storygraph'

4 stars

Plodding plodding plodding and then WHOOOOSH suddenly the end of the Interdependency is upon us! I was gripped enough to need to know what happened next, but there's something about Scalzi's writing that sometimes makes his books feel... flat? Like fanfiction? I dunno. Anyway, this was fun.

reviewed The Long War by Stephen Baxter (The Long Earth, #2)

Stephen Baxter, Terry Pratchett: The Long War (Hardcover, 2013, Harper) 4 stars

WAR HAS COME TO THE LONG EARTH . . .

Humankind has spread across the …

Review of 'The Long War' on 'Storygraph'

No rating

2023 is the year I finally put down books with characters that bore me to death. I may come back to this one in the future but for now it goes back in the “to-read” pile.

reviewed The Long Earth by Stephen Baxter (The Long Earth, #1)

Terry Pratchett, Stephen Baxter: The Long Earth (Hardcover, 2012, HarperCollins Harper) 4 stars

1916: the Western Front. Private Percy Blakeney wakes up. He is lying on fresh spring …

Review of 'The Long Earth' on 'Storygraph'

4 stars

This was fun to read and mysterious enough to hold my interest but ultimately I didn’t find the characters themselves all that interesting. I’ve already started the next book in the series so maybe they’ll grow on me. Or maybe the mystery of Long Planets unraveling will have to suffice.