Reviews and Comments

Ok, I made it through seven chapters, but this book is really not for me, in more ways than one.

Each chapter is a vignette of the protagonist's life in (apparently) a different parallel universe. Maybe they tie together in the end, I don't know. It doesn't help that I find the main character very unlikable in all her incarnations. It feels very inspired by Cloud Atlas, but not in a good way imo.

A Drop of Corruption was a great followup to The Tainted Cup.

I love the universe, it's so delightfully weird and mysterious. Additionally, I appreciate that Din, despite being A Watson, actually does the majority of solving things and unraveling the story, instead of just floundering around until his Holmes solves everything.

Ink Blood Sister Scribe is a fresh modern fantasy exploring a world where books are magical, in a literal sense. It's fast-paced, well-written, nuanced, and not too predictable or tropey.

Every time I read Ulnemenee, my brain goes "doot doooooot do doo doot"

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I really enjoyed The Ministry of Time.

I was frustrated with the protagonist for big chunks of the book for not realizing obvious things. The author repeatedly tried to defend this with "I bet you're thinking 'I would have realized this right away', but" and in a world where I know time travel exists, I absolutely would!

However, the writing is very good, and it kept me engaged. The combination of themes around time travel, colonialism, and refugee life really worked, and I feel like it allowed them to be explored from different angles.

I'm kind of let down by the inconclusiveness of the ending, but on the other hand they avoided most of the cliché time travel tropes, so overall I guess it balances out.

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Newman keeps me guessing as usual.

After Atlas follows Dee, an ancillary character from After Atlas, in her quest to figure out what the hell is going on.

This one gets very dark, but it's wonderfully written, and I devoured it.

A psychologist volunteers to join a small research and exploration team on an extraplanetary mission, drama ensues.

Ghost Station reminds me of Before Mars in a number of ways, the most important being that I really enjoyed it and it kept me guessing.

Now I'm off to go find something else by S.A. Barnes

I really dig the premise, but the execution bothered me a lot. Maybe they were just trying to do too much in a novella length, or maybe it's just me, but everything just felt rushed and clumsy. 🤷

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What’s that I see at the top of my reading pile?

Oh, NBD, just a copy of my book. Not its final form, but still, the first time I've held it in my hands.

A tangible version of something that’s existed in more abstract, emotional, and digital forms for years.

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