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sotolf

sotolf@bookwyrm.social

Joined 4 years, 2 months ago

I'm mostly a sci-fi reader, preferring happy feelgood stories, and competency porn, but reading a lot of different stuff makes me happy :)

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reviewed Ghost ship by Sharon Lee (Liaden)

Sharon Lee, Miller, Steve: Ghost ship

Theo Waitley is an ace starship pilot - and pure maverick. Her mom is a …

Enjoyable, but feels more like half of a book than a standalone

I did enjoy this one, but it feels a bit spread out and not as focused and good as most other books in the series, some of the stories were more enjoyable than others, so it was a bit much of speeding through the less enjoyable ones to get to the good bit, after the half way point that started to get better though, and it wasn't really an issue anymore.

Steve Miller, Sharon Lee: Mouse & dragon : a new Liaden universe novel

Aelliana Caylon has endured much, and finally, she appears to have won all: a spaceship, …

Out of order reading, but good book

This one really hit in the fields a couple of times, some really good moments, it's a bit hampered by my reading it out of order, so I kind of knew a lot of what was going to happen, but I did still really enjoy the book :)

reviewed Saltation by Steve Miller (Liaden, #12)

Steve Miller, Sharon Lee: Saltation (2011, Baen)

Theo Waitley is a Nexus of Violence. Thrust mid-year into a school for pilots far …

Really enjoyable coming of age

This one just gripped me and didn't want to let me loose, Such a fun book, even better than the last one, it also helped that Theo is getting a bit older, so it's a bit easier for me to "live through her" Just so much fun, and I really enjoy seeing the universe from a bit of a different angle.

Sharon Lee, Miller, Steve: Fledgling                            Liaden Universe Novel (2010, Baen Books)

Theo Waitley has lived all her young life on Delgado, a Safe World that is …

Wonderful coming of age story

I really enjoyed this book a lot, to be honest in the start I didn't think I would, it's a coming of age story featuring a young girl, the characters felt stiff and weird in the start, and it was just kind of cold and a weird setting.

But it really grew on me we see how family bonds prevail, and the adventures she's going on, the good and not so good people they meet as they go along.

Yeah, the character is a bit of a Mary Sue, they can do everything and always does well more or less, but it's just a really fun book that made me feel good, and I really loved it.

Mike Brooks: Dark Run (Keiko, #1)

The Keiko is a ship of smugglers, soldiers of fortune and adventurers, travelling Earth’s colony …

Decent book not bad, not great

This was a very formulaic one, it felt kind of like paint by numbers, it's decently entertaining when you're doing it, but it's kind of not so satisfying.

I grew to like the characters towards the end, but the whole grim-punk universe didn't really appeal to me that much.

It's well written though, and have enough driving mysteries that I wasn't in danger of not keeping on reading.

Steve Miller, Sharon Lee: I Dare (Ace)

I DARE The dynamic conclusion to the Agent of Change series in Lee and Miller's …

Really fun Big book, with heart

I really enjoyed this book, it leans quite a lot on those that came before it, and creates a really nice story on the characters of world that has been created earlier. I really had a blast with this one, and seeing it coming together at the end was also really fun. Great characters, great story in a great world :)

Steve Miller, Sharon Lee: Scout's Progress (2002, Ace)

Aelliana Caylon is a brilliant mathematician, but is convinced by her brother she has no …

Really enjoyed this one

I really enjoyed this book, it's pretty slow, follows some really nice people that are working together and going through things. And some romance in there. One of my favourites of the series so far.

Steve Miller, Sharon Lee: Scout's Progress (2002, Ace)

Aelliana Caylon is a brilliant mathematician, but is convinced by her brother she has no …

It took me a bit to get into this one, but around the 20% mark I got absolutely sucked in, and I'm really enjoying it, one of the ones in the series that I've liked the most so far :)

Nathan Hystad: The Ancients (2018, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform)

The threat of invaders is gone, and Earth has been bartered away as a price …

Okay adventure with a cliché ending

Yeah, this one was okay, it was kind of a fun adventure story, the ending was very cliché though, and maybe a bit too well telegraphed this time around, it also just didn't feel as good as the others in the series, I hope the next one does it better.

Steve Miller, Sharon Lee: Local Custom (2002, Ace)

Master trader Er Thom knows the local custom of Liaden is to be matched with …

Decent story, with a disliked trope

The story was pretty good, and I enjoyed most parts of it, not a big fan of the "Evil meddling mother in law" trope, it just brings me nothing, I know they will be together in the end. I liked the other parts of the story, this one is more of a love story than sci-fi, still good, but leaning maybe a bit more in that direction than what I wanted, especially since it leant towards actually doing an interesting linugistics kind of story.