Fan of science fiction, especially time-travel.
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8% complete! Keith Bradnam 📚 has read 1 of 12 books.
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The first third of this book - a science-driven mystery that needs to be unraveled - is exactly up my street.
The major turnaround halfway in this book diminished my interest somewhat though.
As the ending neared it seemed obvious that this was setting up a book series and I'm not sure if I am engaged enough with the characters to want to know more.
I think this might be the quickest book I’ve ever read. He has a writing style of lots of short chapters which makes it very easy to think ‘I’ll just read one more’.
Good Omens meets The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet in this defiantly joyful …
Wonderfully bizarre. A book that combines so many different ideas ans genres which shouldn’t work together…but they exceed the sum of their parts.
This is a big book! I’m not used to reading physical books. Feels strange holding such a massive tome.
Good Omens meets The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet in this defiantly joyful adventure set in California's San …
Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal. 1828. Robin Swift, …
What an amazing book and what a fantastic central concept to underlie the plot. I loved reading this book. Don’t necessarily think of it as a ‘fantasy’ novel, I think many would enjoy this book even if you don’t normally read fantasy as a genre.
It is a long read (longer still if you read all of the footnotes) and I felt it start to drag a little bit over the last 100 pages.
But one of the most enjoyable books that I’ve read of late.
Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal. 1828. Robin Swift, orphaned by cholera in Canton, …
Really enjoyed this one!
This is Britain: but not as we know it.
THEY begin with a dead dog, …
It is an unusual book to read. There is very little exposition to explain the background as to what events have transpired. so your opinion of the world that the book is set in is based on very little material.
The chapters felt disconnected…they are more like snapshots into the life of the protagonist and you are left wondering how much time has passed between each chapter.
The language is beautiful and the book does an amazing job of conjuring up dark forboding images just by the references to ‘they’, ‘them’ ‘they’re’ etc.
I liked it but was washing for more from the ending.
This is Britain: but not as we know it.
THEY begin with a dead dog, shadowy footsteps, confiscated books. Soon …
This is Britain: but not as we know it.
THEY begin with a dead dog, shadowy footsteps, confiscated books. Soon …
