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ONE THING ANY LIBRARY WILL TELL YOU: THE TRUST IS MUCH STRANGER THAN FICTION...
Irene …
Some ideas here, but in dire need of better editing. Too many meanderings, too much poor phrasing, too many stereotypes. The last chapter does nothing but set up for a sequel. Sigh. I finished it only because I fell for the Sunk Cost Fallacy (and I hoped it would get better).
ONE THING ANY LIBRARY WILL TELL YOU: THE TRUST IS MUCH STRANGER THAN FICTION...
Irene …
In dire need of a better editor.
ONE THING ANY LIBRARY WILL TELL YOU: THE TRUST IS MUCH STRANGER THAN FICTION...
Irene is a professional spy for …
Of its time
This is the story of M. Francisco Fabrigas, explorer, philosopher, and heretical physicist, who took …
An action-and-idea-packed book, which certainly kept me reading. Probably a few too many ideas, to be honest: some of them could have done with a little more development. I would have given it 4 stars (which to me means "would recommend"), but had to deduct a bit. A very solid 3. Not as strong as Suddain's later book.
M. Suddain: Theatre of the Gods (2013, Penguin Random House)
This is the story of M. Francisco Fabrigas, explorer, philosopher, and heretical physicist, who took a shipful of children on …
M. Suddain: Theatre of the Gods (2013, Penguin Random House)
This is the story of M. Francisco Fabrigas, explorer, philosopher, and heretical physicist, who took a shipful of children on …
Short stories full of the non sequiturs one gets in dreams, set against a backdrop of terrible war. Normally I don’t like “dream sequence that reveals a deeper meaning”, but here it works. A genuinely different voice and setting. We’ll worth a read
Very good.
Glad to say I’m still enjoying this series the second time through. This instalment added several complications. Let’s wait and see how well they are resolved (and indeed whether they were required in the first place).
