Barbarius wants to read Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente
Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente
"Mankind will not get to fight for its destiny. They must sing. A century ago, the Sentience Wars tore the …
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Mostly reading sci-fi, fantasy, and comics/graphic novels, but occasionally some other stuff too.
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82% complete! Barbarius has read 43 of 52 books.
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Barbarius started reading Batman: Killing Time by Tom King (Batman: Killing Time, #1-6)
Batman: Killing Time by Tom King, David Marquez, Alejandro Sánchez (Batman: Killing Time, #1-6)
Three villians, one Dark Knight, and a deadly just gone wrong.
Catwoman, The Riddler, and The Penguin join forces …
Barbarius finished reading Socialism, utopian and scientific by Friedrich Engels
Socialism, utopian and scientific by Friedrich Engels
Socialism: Utopian and Scientific is a short book first published in 1880 by German-born socialist Friedrich Engels. The work was …
Barbarius reviewed Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann
Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Story (original German title: Glennkill: Ein Schafskrimi) is 2005 …
Not as good as I was hoping
2 stars
The entire story being told from the flock's perspective – which is obviously very different in both perspective and starting baseline knowledge – is an interesting writing device, but ultimately that's about it. You end up finding out more than the sheep through conversations they overhear-but-don't-understand, which I found really unsatisfying. That is, the sheep ultimately act as narrator bystanders to the events occurring around them, much of which they don't understand, resulting in a sort of "second-hand narration". While it wasn't bad, per se, I don't think I'll be recommending it any time soon...
The entire story being told from the flock's perspective – which is obviously very different in both perspective and starting baseline knowledge – is an interesting writing device, but ultimately that's about it. You end up finding out more than the sheep through conversations they overhear-but-don't-understand, which I found really unsatisfying. That is, the sheep ultimately act as narrator bystanders to the events occurring around them, much of which they don't understand, resulting in a sort of "second-hand narration". While it wasn't bad, per se, I don't think I'll be recommending it any time soon...
Barbarius finished reading Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann
Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Story (original German title: Glennkill: Ein Schafskrimi) is 2005 …
Meh...
Barbarius started reading Socialism, utopian and scientific by Friedrich Engels
Socialism, utopian and scientific by Friedrich Engels
Socialism: Utopian and Scientific is a short book first published in 1880 by German-born socialist Friedrich Engels. The work was …
Barbarius commented on Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann
Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Story (original German title: Glennkill: Ein Schafskrimi) is 2005 …
This hasn't really gripped me, thus far...
This hasn't really gripped me, thus far...
Barbarius commented on Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann
Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Story (original German title: Glennkill: Ein Schafskrimi) is 2005 …
Most of the mystery here so far seems to be from the fact that sheep aren't people, and thus, don't know what people know...
Most of the mystery here so far seems to be from the fact that sheep aren't people, and thus, don't know what people know...
Barbarius started reading Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann
Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann
Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Story (original German title: Glennkill: Ein Schafskrimi) is 2005 novel by Leonie Swann. It …
Barbarius finished reading Aliens vs. Avengers by Jonathan Hickman (Aliens vs. Avengers (2024), #1-4)
Aliens vs. Avengers by Jonathan Hickman, Esad Ribić, Ive Svorcina (Aliens vs. Avengers (2024), #1-4)
What happens when the perfect organism meets a planet of superhumans?
From legendary creators Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribic—the …
Barbarius started reading Aliens vs. Avengers by Jonathan Hickman (Aliens vs. Avengers (2024), #1-4)
Aliens vs. Avengers by Jonathan Hickman, Esad Ribić, Ive Svorcina (Aliens vs. Avengers (2024), #1-4)
What happens when the perfect organism meets a planet of superhumans?
From legendary creators Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribic—the …
Barbarius finished reading Privacy's Defender by Cindy Cohn
Privacy's Defender by Cindy Cohn
A personal chronicle of three key legal privacy battles that have defined the digital age and shaped the internet as …
Content warning the raven scholar spoilers
@Tak@gush.taks.garden Now that you explicitly point out all the things the author didn't do, I realise that I appreciated them as well. @picklish@books.theunseen.city I also would argue that the whole "fantasy tournament" thing is less of a prominent element than it could, or I expected it to, have been. I think it's consistent background noise, but I was okay with that. Moreso because the aforementioned lazy outcome didn't eventuate.
Barbarius reviewed American Geography by Matt Black
Six years, 100,000 miles and 46 states: American Geography is a daunting exploration of poverty …
Basically what I got from this was
3 stars
...that the US is a failed state that doesn't care about anyone at all. Why would anyone live there?
This pictures are great, though.
...that the US is a failed state that doesn't care about anyone at all. Why would anyone live there?
This pictures are great, though.