There were so many unique takes on common tropes in this book. I enjoyed it, but at some point the reader just has to surrender to the plot and not think about it too carefully.
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Adam Gessaman reviewed Battle of the Linguist Mages by Scotto Moore
Review of 'Battle of the Linguist Mages' on 'Storygraph'
4 stars
There were so many unique takes on common tropes in this book. I enjoyed it, but at some point the reader just has to surrender to the plot and not think about it too carefully.
Adam Gessaman reviewed Atlas Paradox by Olivie Blake
Review of 'Atlas Paradox' on 'Storygraph'
DNF'd at 33%. The characters in this book are miserable, broken human beings. If you were at a dinner party with them, you'd be making your excuses to leave before the appetizers. They are not sympathetic, they are insufferable. Despite hating all of them at the end of the last book, I picked up this book because I was curious where the plot would go. A third of the way through the book, I was describing it to a friend and I realized that it wasn't getting better and life is too short for books you don't love.
DNF'd at 33%. The characters in this book are miserable, broken human beings. If you were at a dinner party with them, you'd be making your excuses to leave before the appetizers. They are not sympathetic, they are insufferable. Despite hating all of them at the end of the last book, I picked up this book because I was curious where the plot would go. A third of the way through the book, I was describing it to a friend and I realized that it wasn't getting better and life is too short for books you don't love.
Adam Gessaman reviewed Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (The Locked Tomb, #3)
Tamsyn Muir’s New York Times and USA Today bestselling Locked Tomb series continues with Nona …
Review of 'Nona the Ninth' on 'Storygraph'
4 stars
Do you like consistently knowing what the F%#* is going on? This book might not be for you.
Do you like it when an author torments the reader? Then this book will satisfy your kink.
I sincerely hope that the final book ties things together or I will completely lose it.
Do you like consistently knowing what the F%#* is going on? This book might not be for you.
Do you like it when an author torments the reader? Then this book will satisfy your kink.
I sincerely hope that the final book ties things together or I will completely lose it.
Do you like it when an author torments the reader? Then this book will satisfy your kink.
I sincerely hope that the final book ties things together or I will completely lose it.
Adam Gessaman reviewed Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
Review of 'Sea of Tranquility' on 'Storygraph'
5 stars
Clever, well-plotted, and at times poignant.
Clever, well-plotted, and at times poignant.
Adam Gessaman reviewed The Atlas Six by Caitlin Kelly (Atlas Six, #1)
The Alexandrian Society, caretakers of lost knowledge from the greatest civilizations of antiquity, are the …
Review of 'The Atlas Six' on 'Storygraph'
3 stars
If you like <spoiler>out of left field twists that make all the plot/character development in the book moot</spoiler>, then you might enjoy this book more than I did.
If you like <spoiler>out of left field twists that make all the plot/character development in the book moot</spoiler>, then you might enjoy this book more than I did.
Adam Gessaman rated Noor: 4 stars
Noor by Nnedi Okorafor, Délé Ogundiran
Anwuli Okwudili prefers to be called AO. To her, these initials have always stood for Artificial Organism. AO has never …
Adam Gessaman rated Shards of Earth: 4 stars
Shards of Earth by Adrian Tchaikovsky (The Final Architecture, #1)
The Arthur C. Clarke award-winning author of Children of Time brings us an extraordinary space opera about humanity on the …
Adam Gessaman rated The Cartographers: 4 stars
The Cartographers by Neil Hellegers, Karen Chilton, Emily Woo Zeller, and 5 others
Nell Young's whole life and greatest passion is cartography. Her father, Dr. Daniel Young, is a legend in the field …
Adam Gessaman reviewed Sweep of Stars by Maurice Broaddus (Astra Black, #1)
Maurice Broaddus's Sweep of Stars is the first in a trilogy that explores the struggles …
Review of 'Sweep of Stars' on 'Storygraph'
I've really enjoyed reading Afrofuturism recently, so I thought I'd give this a go. The author handles world-building entirely through context clues and oblique references to interstellar politics. I didn't understand the purpose of the parts of the book written in the second person. This art is for someone, but it wasn't for me.
I've really enjoyed reading Afrofuturism recently, so I thought I'd give this a go. The author handles world-building entirely through context clues and oblique references to interstellar politics. I didn't understand the purpose of the parts of the book written in the second person. This art is for someone, but it wasn't for me.
Adam Gessaman rated House of Suns: 4 stars
House of Suns by Alastair Reynolds, John Lee
House of Suns is a 2008 science fiction novel by Welsh author Alastair Reynolds. Reynolds announced the title on 7 …
Adam Gessaman rated A Psalm for the Wild-Built: 5 stars
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers (Monk and Robot, #1)
It's been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; centuries since they wandered, en …
Adam Gessaman rated The Last Graduate: 5 stars
The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik (The Scholomance, #2)
A budding dark sorceress determined not to use her formidable powers uncovers yet more secrets about the workings of her …
Adam Gessaman rated The Forever War: 4 stars
The Forever War by Joe Haldeman (The Forever War, #1)
The Earth's leaders have drawn a line in the interstellar sand—despite the fact that the fierce alien enemy they would …
Adam Gessaman rated Dark Matter: 4 stars
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
One night after an evening out, Jason Dessen, forty-year-old physics professor living with his wife and son in Chicago, is …