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A young woman discovers a strange portal in her uncle’s house, leading to madness and …
Content warning metaspoilers maybe
Gave me similar vibes as Annihilation (in a good way), but also gave me some closure in the ending (in a good way).
I was seven years old the first time my uncle poisoned me...
Outwardly, Jovan is …
A great fantasy novel revolving around a civil war in a small country, but focusing mainly on the experiences and interactions of the two main characters. I enjoyed the nuance around the different factions' and characters' motivations, as well as the fact that the protagonists were regular people in particular situations and not Chosen Ones. Apart from being in a different world, the fantasy treatment is very subtle and well-judged. I'm looking forward to finding out what the sequel has in store!
Natalie Chan gained her corporate citizenship, but barely survived the battle for Tribulation.
Now corporate …
I nibbled my way through this one in tiny chunks, because it's bleak in the same very plausible way that made me walk away from black mirror.
I enjoyed that it focused on a different character than the first installment, which allowed the narrative to come from a different direction and give a new perspective on events. An intriguing (while bleak) look at transhumanism/posthumanism in a setting of unfettered capitalism.
Terminally ill salvage pilot Ash Jackson lost everything in the war with the alien Vai, …
Very novel take on the repercussions of a first contact scenario. It's also a rare instance of a story set in a military environment that doesn't revolve around fighting the war.
“Come home.” Vera’s mother called and Vera obeyed. In spite of their long estrangement, in …
This is my third Sarah Gailey book, and every single time I finish one, I think "That woman has lived through some shit, I hope she's ok."
Just Like Home is a book about good and evil and belonging and terror and growing up and death and family, but not in the ways I expected.
Wealth. Power. Murder. Magic. Alex Stern is back and the Ivy League is going straight …
A satisfying continuation of the series, but whereas Ninth House was gritty, dark, contemporary supernatural fantasy, Hell Bent is verging into YA supernatural. Which is fine, but the gritty darkness was what I liked most about Ninth House.
Earth is failing. In a desperate bid to escape, the spaceship Enkidu and its captain, …
Content warning plot arc metaspoilers maybe? also for Nona the Ninth
This one took me on a very Nona the Ninth-like journey, from "I am following the plot and know what is going on" to "I am no longer following the plot, what the hell is going on" to "Wow, I did not see that coming"
When a young woman clears out her deceased grandmother’s home in rural North Carolina, she …
This is the best/worst book to have just gotten into when a bout of insomnia strikes, so you can lie reading in a dark, silent house while the level of creepiness steadily builds, and something outside makes a tok-tok-tok noise
Two years ago, Csorwe and Shuthmili defied the wizard Belthandros Sethennai and stole his gauntlets. …
This is one of those books I finished with a profound sigh and a feeling of loss