kieranimo finished reading The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin
Cixin Liu's trilogy-opening novel about first contact with aliens and the clandestine struggle with them …
I don't think I've ever read a book this quickly. I couldn't stop.
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kieranimo started reading The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin
The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin, Ken Liu
Cixin Liu's trilogy-opening novel about first contact with aliens and the clandestine struggle with them over Earth's future, and its …
kieranimo started reading Arca by Jesse Lonergan
Arca by Jesse Lonergan, Van Jensen
The planet is dying, the rich are escaping, and absolutely nothing is what it seems in this thrilling new dystopian …
kieranimo reviewed Marvel Super Heroes: Secret Wars by Bob Layton
Tiring
1 star
Forced myself to finish this because it’s a ‘classic’, but I think being able to enjoy it today depends on feeling nostalgia for that era and style. I didn’t feel that nostalgia so I found the constant exposition very, very tiring. Also it was weirdly horny, a symptom of the pervasive sexism of the time, which was off-putting. I’m glad it’s over.
kieranimo finished reading Marvel Super Heroes: Secret Wars by Bob Layton
kieranimo reviewed Red Team Blues by Cory Doctorow (Martin Hench, #1)
A grabby next-Tuesday thriller about cryptocurrency shenanigans that will awaken you to how the world …
Cheesy in a good way
4 stars
This was entertaining, and grabbed me more than I expected it to. I liked the story, the noir style and tone, and the tech landscape it’s set in. Sure, it’s obvious that the protagonist is a bit of an author surrogate/fantasy and that made some moments kinda … cringe… but I was hooked firmly enough that they were only minor road-bumps.
kieranimo finished reading Red Team Blues by Cory Doctorow (Martin Hench, #1)
Red Team Blues by Cory Doctorow, Cory Doctorow (Martin Hench, #1)
A grabby next-Tuesday thriller about cryptocurrency shenanigans that will awaken you to how the world really works.
Martin Hench is …
kieranimo finished reading Working in Public by Nadia Eghbal
Working in Public by Nadia Eghbal
An inside look at modern open source software development and its influence on our online social world.
Open source software, …
kieranimo reviewed Infinity by Jonathan Hickman (Infinity, #2)
Slightly better than vol. 1 but still not good
2 stars
Slightly better than the first (but still not earning a permanent place in my collection) as it has a bit more focus. However, still not for me. I guess I'm realising that I've gone off Marvel comics 🫤.
Infinity by Jonathan Hickman, Jim Cheung (Infinity, #2)
kieranimo reviewed Infinity by Jonathan Hickman (Infinity, #1)
Too much going on for its own good
1 star
Read this in one sitting not because it's good, but because I decided I definitely want to give it to a charity shop as quickly as possible. Someone else might like it but to me this is gobbledygook, filled with characterless, self-referential exposition.
kieranimo reviewed The Word for World Is Forest by Ursula K. Le Guin
When a world of peaceful aliens is conquered by bloodthirsty yumens, their existence is irrevocably …
Urgent and sad
4 stars
You can feel Le Guin’s distress as she wrote this. The world and culture of the Athsheans is beautiful, and this is a tragic tale.
kieranimo set a goal to read 24 books in 2024
kieranimo reviewed The Ghost in You by Ed Brubaker
Another solid entry in the Reckless saga!
5 stars
I read this in one sitting, in bed with coffee. Excellent chill-out read.
kieranimo replied to David Swinstead's status
@swinstead I wouldn’t consider that a material spoiler, it tells you nothing of the plot or what’s happening by the end… more of a warning before you commit to reading it.
Just realised you might've meant a different part, so I've added a tag either way.