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Nicole Kornher-Stace: Firebreak (2021)

One young woman faces down an all-powerful corporation in this all-too-near future science fiction debut …

Entertaining

The general idea of a VR world with a game that everyone plays reminded me of ready player one. I liked the setting. The story is darker and there's less humour. Enjoyed the read.

W.G. Sebald: Austerlitz (2002, Gardners Books)

Beautiful Prose

It's been decades since I read the book. I remember that I found the content boring, but Sebald's language was beautiful. The way he connected sentences. I remember one sentence being longer than a single page. I've no idea about the translation, I read it in german. Schöne Sprachpoesie.

reviewed All Systems Red by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)

Martha Wells: All Systems Red (EBook, 2017, Tordotcom)

"As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure."

In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, …

Entertaining, but lacks depth

It's a short story, interesting, funny sometimes, but overall lacks depth. Good for a quick read, but I won't bother reading the rest of the series.