Micah rated The Raven Tower: 4 stars

The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie
Listen. A god is speaking. My voice echoes through the stone of your master's castle. The castle where he finds …
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Listen. A god is speaking. My voice echoes through the stone of your master's castle. The castle where he finds …
Listen. A god is speaking. My voice echoes through the stone of your master's castle. The castle where he finds …
With the possibility of starvation as a constant companion, Laios's party continues advancing deeper into the dungeon. The adventurers have …
Content warning Hilarious recipe text
AAAAAAAAAA!! DELICIOUS CRIME! <3
Freshly Stolen Vegetables and Chicken Stewed with Cabbage Accompanied by Plundered Bread
Ingredients: Spicy Chicken and Whole Stewed Cabbage Chicken (400 grams) Cabbage (stolen, 1 head) Carrots (stolen, 2) Onions (stolen, 2 med.) Cayenne pepper Salt and pepper Water
Crepes Wheat flour (stolen, 60 grams) Salt Water Olive oil
Bread Bread flour (stolen, 250 grams) Water (160 ml) Bread starter (stolen) Sugar Salt Olive oil[1]
This was my first Ann Leckie book, and I liked it! I found the world-building from the perspective of a god that thinks on much longer time-scales than that of humans (or even other Gods) surprisingly interesting, definitely enjoyed the way this character's narration built the world for me quite a bit more than what's happening so far in Ancillary Justice.
On a remote, icy planet, the soldier known as Breq is drawing closer to completing her quest.
Once, she was …
B Team leader Lieutenant Harry Wilson counters hostile alien forces, angry humans and unpredictable elements from the universe in order …
Pretty interesting so far. I was kinda getting sick of 2nd person narration after running into it in another recent read, but this one at least does it a teensy bit better switching it up between 2nd person and 1st person than Harrow the Ninth.
How do you tell your part in the biggest tale in history?
I ask because it's what I have to …
A very different book from previous entries in the Old Man's War series. Probably my least favorite so far, but still pretty decent and set up some interesting changes in the series' universe. Curious to see what direction Scalzi takes it in in the next two.
"She answered the Emperor's call.
She arrived with her arts, her wits, and her only friend.
In victory, her world …
Content warning Plot consistency vs. last book
Too friggin twisty compared to the first book, you took 70% of the book for Gideon to show up?! Like come on, it was obvious she still had to be around somewhere in Harrow's brain since Harrow kept trying to use a two-hander instead of a rapier.