Reviews and Comments

I liked the Clocktaur Wars well enough. It is a charming story around a ragtag group of misfits, who are all equally lovable and grow personally during their adventure. So far, so predictable. Don't expect too many surprises, it's a nice enough storytelling interwoven with an (equally predictable) romance story. Some light, fun reading, although it gets at least a little bit dark in the end.

Ok, I will not review this one standalone, since this needs to be read along with the second book. I don't know why the author even bothered to split the books, since other author write books of epic length, too. So far I like it though. See you back when I have finished the Wonder Engine.

Rebecca and Cory did not fail to meet my expectations with this book. It's a concise, albeit sometimes lengthy, overview of how wealth concentration happens and how we could solve some of the problems on a global level.

For me personally however, it was largely a way to see what we need to prevent here in Europe to be exported into our own systems from the US (which unfortunately happens quite fast and is already happening, in addition to our own problems in the EU). The book is written mainly for a US-based audience of creative workers. Still, the big chokepoint-creating corporations like Amazon, Spotify and the likes of course are also huge here, too.

This was a wild read. I didn't know about the SCP wiki before, I found this book by chance via a Mastodon review someone posted. It sounded interesting enough, a little bit like the John Dies At The End novels, maybe without the humor.

The premise of ideas invading human space and these "beings" (if you can call them that) being all around us, just invisible, is pretty interesting. Deliberately purging your memory so these ideas cannot invade your brain while simultaneously trying to solve the problem of how to save humankind, even more so. An enjoyable read if you like sci-fi with more than a touch of horror mixed in.

Im not sure if I would've liked this book 25 years ago. But now, I can appreciate the feelings Holden talks about, with nothing making sense and everything being depressing at his age and current path in life. He doesn't know where he belongs yet. His life goes to pieces.

Yes, the language is dated and yes, there are parts that are highly controversial today, so you need to take into account the time it was written, as trite as it sounds. I'm glad I read it at an older age. Things get better.

Again, a typical Wayfarers book. Not much plot but a lot of social commentary. A group of sapients from different species that is forced to live together for a couple of days. More or less a thinly veiled wrap around societal problems and challenges we are facing here on earth.

...is what the back of the book says. And Tamsyn Muir again successfully makes you guess what the everlasting fuck is happening, excuse my language. I was prepared after Harrow, but it's still such a mindfuck. You think you're getting new information about the Locked Tomb universe and how it happened, but at no point are you certain that things are what they are. I absolutely love it. Can't wait for Alecto to be published.

If you couldn't quite follow the events in Gideon the Ninth and found the book confusing, this one is definitely not for you.

Harrow the Ninth continues the Locked Tomb series where Gideon the Ninth left off. It is a complete mindfuck however (excuse my language) and with every page I was delightedly wondering "ok, what unexpected event or information will come next?"

If you liked the first one, this continuation will make you like the series even more.

This third book from the Wayfarer's series felt a bit more "slice of life" than the other two. There is no real overarching plot, just life stories of various protagonists who try to find themselves.

You learn more about the Exodus fleet and their ethos, which opens up all those questions of how we need to work together as a society if we want to survive as a species when we (inevitably?) make our planet uninhabitable. This is embedded in the day-to-day lives of different protagonists from different backgrounds.

The book paints an optimistic picture about how humanity has learned to finally behave like decent people, while still acknowledging that bad things can and will happen because life is shades of grey.

A man in search of himself, because he is different and doesn't know why. So far, so good. The book felt slow at times, but it's a Novella so you know that it can't drag on too long.

The character is pretty likable, but the main story arc only happens in the last third of the book and then the final part is only a couple of pages long.

Recommended for completionist like me, it's a decent read.