3.5 rounded down. I loved the Wayward Children series, but this was disappointing.
This book has an excellent first 30% or so, driven by an interesting premise and McGuire's memorable writing. But it suffers from a lack of clarity/motive in the plot, with a very unsatisfying final arc. It was all just all very muddled for me without any decent payoff.
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Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie
Isma is free. After years spent raising her twin siblings in the wake of their mother's death, she is finally …
luddite reviewed Middlegame by Seanan McGuire
Meet Roger. Skilled with words, languages come easily to him. He instinctively understands how the …
Review of 'Middlegame' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
luddite rated Beneath the Sugar Sky: 4 stars
Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire (Wayward Children, #3)
Another fantasy audiobook from Seanan McGuire's Wayward Children series, which began with the Alex, Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Award-winning, World …
luddite rated Down Among the Sticks and Bones: 4 stars
Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire (Wayward Children, #2)
Twin sisters Jack and Jill were seventeen when they found their way home and were packed off to Eleanor West's …
luddite reviewed In an Absent Dream by Seanan McGuire (Wayward Children, #4)
This fourth entry and prequel tells the story of Lundy, a very serious young girl …
Review of 'In an Absent Dream' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
This is a fascinating series.
luddite reviewed Exhalation by Ted Chiang
Tackling some of humanity’s oldest questions along with new quandaries only he could imagine, these …
Review of 'Exhalation' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Such an excellent collection of stories. Just so very good.
'The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling' is my favourite, by far, for how the story dovetails with an anthropological description of writing. Reading 'Omphalos' during the holidays -- a story which revolves around the role of faith in science and research -- was illuminating and interesting. And the beauty of the redemption arc in 'Anxiety is the Dizziness of Freedom' was a perfect end to the series.
Highly recommended.
luddite rated The Priory of the Orange Tree: 4 stars
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon (The Roots of Chaos, #1)
A world divided. A queendom without an heir. An ancient enemy awakens.
The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for …
luddite rated Shades of Magic: 3 stars
luddite rated Foundryside: 4 stars
Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett, Robert Jackson Bennett (The Founders Trilogy, #1)
Sancia Grado is a thief, and a damn good one. And her latest target, a heavily guarded warehouse on Tevanne’s …
luddite rated Daisy Jones & The Six: 5 stars
Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
For a while, Daisy Jones & The Six were everywhere. Their albums were on every turntable, they sold out arenas …
luddite reviewed The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Achilles, "the best of all the Greeks," son of the cruel sea goddess Thetis and …
Review of 'The Song of Achilles' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Good heavens, can Madeline Miller write.
This book has all the feels. It's so beautifully written, and so very intimate. I've been a big fan of the Iliad and Greek myths in general since 6th grade, but Miller brings an intimacy that livens up every old legend I know.
Read this.
luddite reviewed Land of the sons by Gipi
Gipi: Land of the sons (2018)
"Two young brothers and their father scavenge a post-apocalyptic landscape for anything that will keep …
Review of 'Land of the sons' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Short and poignant.
luddite reviewed On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden
Throughout the deepest reaches of space, a crew rebuilds beautiful and broken-down structures, painstakingly putting …
Review of 'On a sunbeam' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
This is so pretty. And very moving.