I’m really disliking this book more and more as it goes on, I’m sure others can critique it better. The themes of dystopia in utopia and a society’s attempts at keeping humans’ baser impulses in check are interesting. But every male character in this is an uninteresting shallow stereotype of toxic masculinity or emasculation. The southerners being dumb hillbilly zealots was the last straw for me. But I’m invested and want to know how it all ends so I guess I’ll skim the rest.
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Andy P. commented on The Gate to Women's Country by Sheri S. Tepper
Andy P. rated Dealing with Dragons: 4 stars
Patricia C. Wrede: Dealing with Dragons (1990, Scholastic Inc., by arrangement with Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc.)
Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede (Point Fiction: The Enchanted Forest Chronicles Book 1 [US $3.25/CAN$ 3.95])
Once upon a time there was a bad princess... Take one bored princess. Make her the seventh daughter in a …
Andy P. rated Rose/House: 4 stars
Rose/House by Arkady Martine
Basit Deniau’s houses were haunted to begin with.
A house embedded with an artificial intelligence is a common thing: a …
Andy P. rated Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon: 4 stars
Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon by Wole Talabi
Shigidi is a disgruntled and demotivated nightmare god in the Orisha spirit company, reluctantly answering prayers of his few remaining …
Andy P. reviewed Sunbringer by Hannah Kaner (Fallen Gods)
Very much a middle book
4 stars
This volume felt more like moving chess pieces around than the first one, but left me looking forward to the final book.
Andy P. rated Sunbringer: 3 stars
Sunbringer by Hannah Kaner (Fallen Gods)
Andy P. rated Demon Daughter: 5 stars
Demon Daughter by Lois McMaster Bujold (Penric & Desdemona, Book 12)
Andy P. rated The Grief of Stones: 5 stars
The Grief of Stones by Katherine Addison (The Cemeteries of Amalo, #2)
In The Grief of Stones, Katherine Addison returns to the world of The Goblin Emperor with a direct sequel …
Andy P. rated These Burning Stars: 4 stars
These Burning Stars by Bethany Jacobs
On a dusty backwater planet, occasional thief Jun Ironway has gotten her hands on the score of a lifetime: a …
Andy P. rated The Witness for the Dead: 4 stars
The Witness for the Dead by Katherine Addison (The Goblin Emperor #2)
A standalone novel in the fantastic world of Katherine Addison's award-winning The Goblin Emperor.
When young half-goblin emperor Maia sought …
Andy P. rated What Feasts at Night: 3 stars
What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher
The follow-up to T. Kingfisher’s bestselling gothic novella, What Moves the Dead .
Retired soldier Alex Easton returns in a …
Andy P. rated Tainted Cup: 5 stars
Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett
An eccentric detective and her long-suffering assistant untangle a web of magic, deceit, and murder in this sparkling fantasy reimagining …
Andy P. stopped reading Paper: Paging Through History by Mark Kurlansky
Tracing paper's evolution from antiquity to the present, the bestselling author of Cod and Salt …
This one wasn’t holding my interest, so far it feels very school essay regurgitation of encyclopedia facts and dates.
Andy P. commented on Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett
An eccentric detective and her long-suffering assistant untangle a web of magic, deceit, and murder …
So far I’m really enjoying this one, a murder mystery in an alternate world where bio-engineering is the main technology and kaiju keep attacking the coastal cities. Sherlock Holmes + Attack on Titan + Pacific Rim.