I found the first pages of this book were very affecting, but eventually the charm and impact was driven out by cute middle class literary fiction tropes.
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I'm a progressive ex-physicist software developer who parents one little, rides an e-bike instead of a car, and has chronic back pain.
I like contemporary speculative or fantastical books that aren't too grim, especially if they're written by authors who are usually under-represented in those genres.
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nknight reviewed How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
nknight rated How High We Go in the Dark: 2 stars
How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
Beginning in 2030, a grieving archeologist arrives in the Arctic Circle to continue the work of his recently deceased daughter …
nknight rated One Last Stop: 5 stars
One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
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nknight rated Uzumaki (3-in-1 Deluxe Edition): 4 stars
Uzumaki (3-in-1 Deluxe Edition) by Junji Ito (Uzumaki)
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nknight rated The Saint of Bright Doors: 4 stars
The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera
Fetter was raised to kill, honed as a knife to cut down his sainted father. This gave him plenty to …
nknight rated Witch King: 5 stars
Witch King by Martha Wells
Kai-Enna is the Witch King, though he hasn’t always been, and he hasn’t even always been Kai-Enna!
After being murdered, …
nknight rated The Galaxy, and the Ground Within: 5 stars
The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers, #4)
With no water, no air, and no native life, the planet Gora is unremarkable. The only thing it has going …