Tak! commented on At the Feet of the Sun by Victoria Goddard (Lays of the Hearth-Fire, #2)
Cliopher Mdang has been appointed Viceroy of Zunidh by his beloved Radiancy, the Last Emperor, …
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Tak! commented on The Hands of the Emperor by Victoria Goddard
An impulsive word can start a war. A timely word can stop one. A simple …
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The best possible ending to this would have been for the emperor to get hit by a bus (or the in-universe equivalent) immediately upon walking out the door
Tak! commented on The Beautiful Decay by Veo Corva (Tombtown, #2)
Something strange is happening in sleepy subterranean Tombtown. Necromancers are disappearing. The crypt is changing. …
Hi lovely folk,
I am surprised and delighted to say that my novel The Beautiful Decay is up for various awards at the Queer Indie Awards!
If you enjoyed it, it would mean a lot if you'd vote for it. 💙
Discoverability is incredibly difficult as a self-published author and awards can be a big help.
Voting closes 26th Jan!
Hi lovely folk,
I am surprised and delighted to say that my novel The Beautiful Decay is up for various awards at the Queer Indie Awards!
If you enjoyed it, it would mean a lot if you'd vote for it. 💙
Discoverability is incredibly difficult as a self-published author and awards can be a big help.
Voting closes 26th Jan!
Tak! reviewed How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
Beginning in 2030, a grieving archeologist arrives in the Arctic Circle to continue the work …
How High We Go in the Dark
4 stars
A series of bleak, gritty glimpses of what's in store for us over the next few decades.
The tone is lightened a bit here and there with injections of optimism, but I think it works against itself a little when the optimism feels unwarranted.
The way that the characters from the different stories are linked reminds me a bit of Cloud Atlas (although I only saw the movie (sorry)).
A series of bleak, gritty glimpses of what's in store for us over the next few decades.
The tone is lightened a bit here and there with injections of optimism, but I think it works against itself a little when the optimism feels unwarranted.
The way that the characters from the different stories are linked reminds me a bit of Cloud Atlas (although I only saw the movie (sorry)).
Tak! commented on How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
Beginning in 2030, a grieving archeologist arrives in the Arctic Circle to continue the work …
Wow, the second story is bleak. Do not recommend for people with children in their lives.
Wow, the second story is bleak. Do not recommend for people with children in their lives.
Tak! reviewed Bookshops and Bonedust by Travis Baldree
Viv's career with the notorious mercenary company Rackam's Ravens isn't going as planned.
Wounded …
Bookshops & Bonedust
4 stars
I was pleasantly surprised.
My takeaway from Legends & Lattes was that it was a cozy fantasy adaptation of a modern concept àla Pratchett, but I didn't get a particular feeling of depth.
With Bookshops & Bonedust, it's the converse - I felt like it was mainly a story about Viv and her forced journey of self-discovery, while all the rest of it was just set dressing.
I was pleasantly surprised.
My takeaway from Legends & Lattes was that it was a cozy fantasy adaptation of a modern concept àla Pratchett, but I didn't get a particular feeling of depth.
With Bookshops & Bonedust, it's the converse - I felt like it was mainly a story about Viv and her forced journey of self-discovery, while all the rest of it was just set dressing.
Tak! commented on How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
Beginning in 2030, a grieving archeologist arrives in the Arctic Circle to continue the work …
The #SFFBookClub January pick is How High We Go In The Dark, by Sequoia Nagamatsu. Thank you to all who voted and/or suggested books.
The #SFFBookClub January pick is How High We Go In The Dark, by Sequoia Nagamatsu. Thank you to all who voted and/or suggested books.
Tak! reviewed Wondrous Journeys In Strange Lands by Sonia Nimr
Award-winning historical fantasy and literary folktale. Winner of the presigious Etisalat award.
In a …
Wondrous Journeys in Strange Lands
3 stars
I enjoyed the setting, and some of the substories were compelling, but as a whole it was too rambling and incohesive for me.
I feel like it would have worked better as a series of stories about different people from the same village or whatever instead of repeatedly being like "despite being in the middle of this incredibly urgent life crisis, the main character decides to spend six months teaching an older woman to fold laundry" or "despite having a very bad outcome two chapters ago, the main character decides to engage in exactly the same dangerous behavior with no additional precautions"
I enjoyed the setting, and some of the substories were compelling, but as a whole it was too rambling and incohesive for me.
I feel like it would have worked better as a series of stories about different people from the same village or whatever instead of repeatedly being like "despite being in the middle of this incredibly urgent life crisis, the main character decides to spend six months teaching an older woman to fold laundry" or "despite having a very bad outcome two chapters ago, the main character decides to engage in exactly the same dangerous behavior with no additional precautions"
Tak! commented on Wondrous Journeys In Strange Lands by Sonia Nimr
Award-winning historical fantasy and literary folktale. Winner of the presigious Etisalat award.
In a …
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Ah, so it's a nested stories story
Tak! commented on Wondrous Journeys In Strange Lands by Sonia Nimr
Award-winning historical fantasy and literary folktale. Winner of the presigious Etisalat award.
In a …
Let's see if I finish this one in time for #SFFBookClub
Let's see if I finish this one in time for #SFFBookClub
Tak! rated Hidden Pictures: 4 stars
Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak
A mystery about a woman working as a nanny for a young boy with strange and disturbing secrets.
Tak! commented on Wondrous Journeys In Strange Lands by Sonia Nimr
Award-winning historical fantasy and literary folktale. Winner of the presigious Etisalat award.
In a …
The #SFFBookClub selection for December 2023
Tak! rated The Border Keeper: 4 stars
The Border Keeper by Kerstin Hall (Mkalis Cycle, #1)
She lived where the railway tracks met the saltpan, on the Ahri side of the shadowline. In the old days, …
Tak! reviewed Sisters of the Forsaken Stars by Lina Rather (Our Lady of Endless Worlds, #2)
The sisters of the Order of Saint Rita navigate the far reaches of space and …
Sisters of the Forsaken Stars
4 stars
Very much in the same vein as the first one, but it doesn't quite have the same punch now that the setting has already been introduced and explored
Very much in the same vein as the first one, but it doesn't quite have the same punch now that the setting has already been introduced and explored
Tak! reviewed Sisters of the Vast Black by Lina Rather (Our Lady of Endless Worlds, #1)
Years ago, Old Earth sent forth sisters and brothers into the vast dark of the …
Sisters of the Vast Black
4 stars
I didn't know what to expect from a novella about a convent of space nuns wandering the vacuum inside a gigantic sea slug, and that's what I got
I didn't know what to expect from a novella about a convent of space nuns wandering the vacuum inside a gigantic sea slug, and that's what I got