Owen Blacker reviewed On Tyranny by Nora Krug
Review of 'On Tyranny' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Good, quick, important read. I wish it might become less relevant sometime soon.
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Owen Blacker rated Liebestrasse: 5 stars
Liebestrasse by Greg Lockard, Tim Fish, Héctor Barros
During the final years of the Weimar Republic, Sam meets Philip in Berlin and they fall in love. Their romance …
Review of 'Of Charms, Ghosts and Grievances' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
(This review is incomplete)
Fresh out today, new hijinks from Aliette de Bodard, featuring everybody's favourite MurderHusbands.
Murder, magic, mayhem, a surprising amount of tea and some excellent parenting advice. An absolute delight.
Owen Blacker rated Tim Gunn: 4 stars
Owen Blacker rated High Aztech (Ben Bova Presents): 4 stars
Owen Blacker rated Portrait of a Thief: 5 stars
Owen Blacker rated Amnesty: 5 stars
Owen Blacker rated The Jade Setter of Janloon: 5 stars
The Jade Setter of Janloon by Fonda Lee
The rapidly changing city of Janloon is ruled by jade, the rare and ancient substance that enhances the abilities and …
Owen Blacker rated The Sugared Game: 4 stars
The Sugared Game by KJ Charles
It’s been two months since bookseller Will Darling saw Kim Secretan and he doesn’t expect to see him again. What …
Owen Blacker rated Battle of the Linguist Mages: 5 stars
Owen Blacker rated Good Year: 5 stars
Polis Loizou: Good Year (2022, Fairlight Books)
Good Year by Polis Loizou
Rural Cyprus, 1925. Despo is recently married, heavily pregnant and deeply afraid. The twelve days of Christmas are beginning – …
Owen Blacker rated The Kaiju Preservation Society: 5 stars
The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi
Jamie’s dream was to hit the big time at a New York tech start-up. Jamie’s reality was a humiliating lay-off, …
Owen Blacker rated I'm So (Not) over You: 5 stars
Owen Blacker rated Escape from Yokai Land: 5 stars
Escape from Yokai Land by Charles Stross
Regular readers of Charles Stross’s Laundry Files might have noticed Bob Howard’s absence from the events of The Nightmare Stacks …
Owen Blacker reviewed Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin
Y: The Last Man meets The Girl With All the Gifts in Gretchen Felker-Martin's Manhunt, …
Review of 'Manhunt' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
I'll write this up properly soon, but figured I should add some words to my review, given its being hate-bombed by bigots who haven't read it.
This book is amazing. It's incredibly uncomfortable to read, obviously, as it is full of visceral horror and the protagonists are, like real human, horny and messy af. But Manhunt is an exceptional, beautifully-crafted view of a dystopia in which transphobes' talking points are extrapolated to their logical democidal conclusion.
I will buy every book this wonderful woman writes.