Did not live up to expectations. There was nothing about this story that mirrored The Hunchback of Notre Dame, the setting felt paper thin, the plot was completely predictable, and the characters are cardboard YA templates. Basically 20 year olds with the maturity of 13 year olds. Just disappointing.
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I mostly listen to sci-fi and fantasy audiobooks. Lots and lots of audiobooks. Also on Mastodon as @otterlove@mastodon.art
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Andy P. wants to read Shoestring Theory by Mariana Costa
Shoestring Theory by Mariana Costa
A queer, madcap, friends-to-lovers-to-enemies-to-lovers time travel romance with the future of the world at stake, this charming fantasy tale is …
Andy P. started reading Charmed Life by Diana Wynne Jones (Chronicles of Chrestomanci, #1)
Charmed Life by Diana Wynne Jones (Chronicles of Chrestomanci, #1)
Charmed Life is a children's fantasy novel by British author Diana Wynne Jones published by Macmillan Children's Books in 1977. …
Andy P. started reading Even Though I Knew The End by C. L. Polk
Even Though I Knew The End by C. L. Polk
A magical detective dives into the affairs of Chicago's divine monsters to secure a future with the love of her …
Andy P. rated The Midnight Bargain: 5 stars
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Andy P. rated Space Oddity: 4 stars
Space Oddity by Catherynne M. Valente (Space Opera, #2)
The Metagalactic Grand Prix—part gladiatorial contest, part beauty pageant, part concert extravaganza, and part continuation of the wars of the …
Andy P. started reading Space Oddity by Catherynne M. Valente (Space Opera, #2)
Space Oddity by Catherynne M. Valente (Space Opera, #2)
The Metagalactic Grand Prix—part gladiatorial contest, part beauty pageant, part concert extravaganza, and part continuation of the wars of the …
Andy P. reviewed Night Spinner by Addie Thorley
Just boring
3 stars
Andy P. started reading Night Spinner by Addie Thorley
Random read, and I have no idea if I’ll like this. Supposedly it’s an alternative telling of the Hunchback of Notre Dame.
Andy P. rated The Year of the Griffin (Gollancz): 4 stars
Andy P. commented on The Year of the Griffin (Gollancz) by Diana Wynne Jones
This feels like Diana Wynne Jones (Howl’s Moving Castle) is getting out some pent up issues with academia (justly so). Which is funny because she’s also the student who kept showing up to JRR Tolkien’s mumbled lectures when he was (apparently) hoping students would stop attending so he could go back to his real work.
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Enjoyable
4 stars
A fantasy comedy of everybody rushing around trying to deal with one disaster or another. But the flippant deaths and murdering of convicts for entertainment was too incongruous with the otherwise lighthearted tone, it feels very dated and was disappointing.