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How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
Lacklustre and monotonous, not only did How High We Go in the Dark fail to grip my attention but it also failed to elicit an emotional response on my part. It was a bland and repetitive affair, which is a pity given the hype around it. It didn’t help that a few weeks ago I…
2 STARS, Adult, America, American, AMERICAN AUTHOR, apocalyptic, asian american, DEATH, different styles (1st/2nd/3rd povs), doctors, dystopia, environmental, existentialism, family, GRIEF, illness, interconnected stories, japan, male authors, pandemic, parenting, post-apocalyptic, published in 2022, read in 2022, SCI-FI, SPACE, spaceships, SPECULATIVE FICTION, weak prose, weak worldbuilding -
Storm of Locusts by Rebecca Roanhorse
Usually, I don’t go back on DNFs (there’s plenty more books in the sea and all that) but I also get that sometimes my enjoyment of a book depends on me getting to read it at the ‘right time’. The reason why I’d DNFed Storm of Locusts after reading just a chapter or so was…
1st pov, 4.25 stars, action, Adult, America, American, AMERICAN AUTHOR, apocalyptic, bi side characters, Black & Black heritage authors, FANTASY, female authors, FOLKLORE, found family, friendships, gods, indigenous, indigenous author, lgbtq+ side, MAGIC, monsters, myths, native american & first nation, Native American & First Nation authors, PARANORMAL, post-apocalyptic, published in 2019, read in 2021, Rebecca Roanhorse, Religion, road trip, SPECULATIVE FICTION, Storm of Locusts, the sixth world, the sixth world series, URBAN FANTASY -
Severance by Ling Ma
“To live in a city is to take part in and to propagate its impossible systems. To wake up. To go to work in the morning. It is also to take pleasure in those systems because, otherwise, who could repeat the same routines, year in, year out?” Severance is an engrossing and, given the…
1st pov, 4 STARS, Adult, ALIENATION, America, American, apocalyptic, asian american, China, chinese american author, Contemporary, contemporary malaise, cultural dissonance, dark humor, ennui, female authors, illness, Ling Ma, LITERARY FICTION, migration/immigration, millennial, mumblecore, near future/alternate reality, NEW YORK, no quotations marks, office, pandemic, post-apocalyptic, pregnancy, published in 2018, re-reads, read in 2020, read in 2022, sardonic humor, satire, Severance, SPECULATIVE FICTION, surreal, survival, the female malaise, work culture -
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin — book review
Rusting Earth…The Fifth Season is a spectacular read. “This is what you must remember: the ending of one story is just the beginning of another. This has happened before, after all.” Reviewing The Fifth Season is no small feat. We have N.K. Jemisin’s writing style, her intricate and all-encompassing world-building, and her unflinching and emotionally…
5 STARS, ABSOLUTE FAVOURITE, action, adrenaline fuelled reads, Adult, apocalyptic, Black & Black heritage authors, BOOK REVIEW, Booklr, different styles (1st/2nd/3rd povs), environmental, fantastic worldbuilding, favourite authors, female authors, FOLKLORE, gay side characters, GRIEF, high fantasy, hugo winners, lgbtq+ side, morality, motherhood, mothers & daughters, myths, N.K. Jemisin, nature, philosophical, post-apocalyptic, POWERS, queer side characters, re-reads, read in 2016, read in 2020, revenge, REVIEWS, SCI-FI, social issues, SPECULATIVE FICTION, survival, terrific prose, The Fifth Season, tragedy, trans side characters, trauma, violence -
THE LAST: BOOK REVIEW
The Last by Hanna Jameson ★★★★✰ 4.5 of 5 stars “You know what we think of as right and wrong don’t exist anymore. Everything that happened before, it has no meaning now.” The Last is a very compelling read. The story has plenty of atmosphere, well-rounded characters, and poses a lot of interesting questions. I wouldn’t necessarily…
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