More high concept than I expected it to be going in. Some very interesting characters who might have benefitted from a bit more time as POV chapters but definitely an enjoyable read.
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thatch_bamblebrush reviewed Desolation road by Ian McDonald
thatch_bamblebrush rated A Loyal Character Dancer: 3 stars

A Loyal Character Dancer by Qiu Xiaolong (Inspector Chen Cao, #2)
Inspector Chen’s mentor in the Shanghai Police Bureau has assigned him to escort U.S. Marshal Catherine Rohn. Her mission is …
Virga: Cities of the Air
4 stars
thatch_bamblebrush rated Driftwood: 4 stars

Driftwood by Marie Brennan
Who is Last?
Fame is rare in Driftwood- it’s hard to get famous if you don’t stick around long enough …
thatch_bamblebrush rated To Hold Infinity: 4 stars
thatch_bamblebrush rated A Colony in a Nation: 4 stars
thatch_bamblebrush rated Fall; or, Dodge in Hell: 3 stars
thatch_bamblebrush rated Vehicle: 4 stars

Vehicle by Jen Calleja
In a time when looking into the past has become a socially unacceptable and illegal act in the Nation, a …
thatch_bamblebrush rated Perhaps the Stars: 5 stars

Perhaps the Stars by Ada Palmer (Terra Ignota, #4)
From the 2017 John W. Campbell Award Winner for Best Writer, Ada Palmer's Perhaps the Stars is the final book …
thatch_bamblebrush rated The mirror & the light: 4 stars

The mirror & the light by Hilary Mantel
The 3rd and final book in Hilary Mantel's trilogy of Thomas Cromwell. The other two books in the trilogy being …
thatch_bamblebrush rated Saturnin: 5 stars
thatch_bamblebrush reviewed Off Armageddon Reef by David Weber
Review of 'Off Armageddon Reef' on 'Storygraph'
3 stars
<spoiler>Very heavy handed fanfiction for a idealised christian monarchy; detracts from otherwise serviceable novel</spoiler>