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Will

whami@bookwyrm.social

Joined 3 years, 8 months ago

A numbers geek reading SFF to maintain some hope in this world.

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Currently Reading

John Scalzi: Starter Villain (2023, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom)

Inheriting your mysterious uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might imagine.

Sure, there …

Go into it with no expectation except fun

Like most Scalzi books this is a great story and a lot of fun. If you want some escapism then you've come to the right place. If you're looking for something deeper, this will not be satisfying at all.

Ruthanna Emrys: A Half-Built Garden (EBook, 2022, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom)

On a warm March night in 2083, Judy Wallach-Stevens wakes to a warning of unknown …

Great Concepts; Poor Story

I am torn on this book. The author has so many wonderful ideas and the book is completely worth reading for that alone. On the other side though, I feel she did not do a very good job of building a story to showcase those ideas. At times it felt like the ideas were running the entire narrative, causing characters to behave oddly out of pattern just to move the story on to the next idea. Reading this often felt like a grind to get to the end, but I kept turning pages because the concepts were so engaging.