Superior Glokta has a problem. How can he defend a city surrounded by enemies and …
AAAAAAA
5 stars
Holy. Shit. Idk whether to laugh or cry so I'm just doing both.
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Chungledown Bim reviewed Nine Goblins by T. Kingfisher
Whinin' Niners ftw
4 stars
Short & cute, much like a goblin. It's an art to pack this much world, character, & pathos into a novella while keeping everything so rich, so cosy. Tbh the story suffers a bit but the story is secondary so I didn't mind at all.
Chungledown Bim reviewed The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie
Logen Ninefingers, infamous barbarian, has finally run out of luck. Caught in one feud too …
This is now a The Bloody-Nine fan account
4 stars
ahaha, yes! What an absolute treat! We're getting the party together & settling into the world. Can't wait to see how the adventure unfolds
Chungledown Bim reviewed The Killing Moon by N. K. Jemisin
FOLLOWING HER SERIES, HUGO, NEBULA, AND WORLD FANTASY-NOMINATED DEBUT SERIES, N. K. JEMISIN RETURNS WITH …
👍
4 stars
Loved it. A fairly standard fantasy tale but oh, what flavour. The author has meticulously constructed a gorgeous world, mythos & magic system - & lets you just figure it out. Will definitely pick up the second book & probably everything else Jemisin has ever written too.
Chungledown Bim reviewed The Steerswoman by Rosemary Kirstein
The Steerswoman is the first novel in the Steerswoman series. Steerswomen, and a very few …
Not bad! 3.5
3 stars
Well-written if a little flat at times. If I'd discovered this series in the 90s I'd have been all about it, (TWO female leads!) but it just doesn't seem to have the social pith I'm after these days. Still, Bel is rad as hell, might give the next book a go one day.
Chungledown Bim reviewed Artificial condition by Martha Wells
It has a dark past - one in which a number of humans were killed. …
I love Murderbot
4 stars
Wild that these books are so cosy. Devoured in about an hour, they're snug little reads that dont need much from you, which is very nice. Mystery, action, media, its got it all! (Loved our new friend ART, I hope it returns.)
Multiverse of meh
3 stars
Content warning Spoiler for a story twist, cw death, animal harm, self harm
It's a little flat. Fantastical but enough racism to just sort of suck the air out of it. I really resented the >>spoiler<< dead dog switcharoo even though I kinda saw it coming. When the >>spoiler<< dead mum turned up alive then the >>spoiler<< dead dad did too then dead friend then dead great aunt ... it was a bit of a struggle to not just nope out.
The worldsbuilding is solid. The characters are solid. Representation of POC is great. One character is in a pan polycule, which is rad. The rest is OK, (pacing, plot, etc.) just very predictable. It's fairly YA but for the self harm. (One day I'll happen upon a novel for grown-ups & faint dead away)
Chungledown Bim reviewed Undercover by Tamsyn Muir
When a stranger comes to town, secrets are sure to come out. New York Times …
wonderful
5 stars
Too short- more, more!
Chungledown Bim reviewed Atlas Six by Olivie Blake
Each decade, only the six most uniquely talented magicians are selected to earn a place …
Great until it's not
3 stars
What world building! What a magic system! What a premise, & setting, I can't wait to find out more!
...and after the book just sort of fizzles out & ends, I'm still waiting.
The characters are all disappointing, particularly the women. The (annoying) Madonna, the (annoying) Whore, & the one who is also there. The fellas aren't a lot better. I feel like The Atlas Six could have been The Atlas Two, which would have made for far more interesting & complex characters to have boring conversations with each other.
Why though, why have daily classes that are never involved in the story? What's in them? Do the characters sit frozen & silent until later that evening when a boring conversation between two ppl happens?
Still, there's a bit of fucking & definitely some Gay Yearning ™️ so I didn't hate it. Love a bit of YA magic academy, wouldn't …
What world building! What a magic system! What a premise, & setting, I can't wait to find out more!
...and after the book just sort of fizzles out & ends, I'm still waiting.
The characters are all disappointing, particularly the women. The (annoying) Madonna, the (annoying) Whore, & the one who is also there. The fellas aren't a lot better. I feel like The Atlas Six could have been The Atlas Two, which would have made for far more interesting & complex characters to have boring conversations with each other.
Why though, why have daily classes that are never involved in the story? What's in them? Do the characters sit frozen & silent until later that evening when a boring conversation between two ppl happens?
Still, there's a bit of fucking & definitely some Gay Yearning ™️ so I didn't hate it. Love a bit of YA magic academy, wouldn't read any more in the series though.
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue is a 2020 fantasy fiction standalone novel written by …
fun
4 stars
I definitely haven't read this before but there's a very strong sense of déjà vu that permeates entire book. Just adds to the enjoyment, really. Love a supernatural romance- even if this was a bit more gentle in both of those departments than I'd usually prefer, still good 👍