Reviews and Comments

This was absolute trash. A good story hiding in there but it was in need of a good edit and a good editor (seriously, "poring" and "pouring" are not the same word). Felt like I was reading fanfic half the time.

I enjoyed this and was secretly relieved that it wasn't as terrifying a story as The Twisted Ones. Still creepy but much lower key horror than TTO.

This was ok but a bit navel-gazey, which is fine if that's what you're after. I read a lot of it before going to sleep and while very tired so I maybe didn't take in as much of that introspection as I should have.

Starting on the Hugo nominations (that I haven't already read).

This turned out to be a pretty grim book. It's a lovely story about witches until you reach the genocide.

Look in the end I enjoyed reading this but I don't know if I'd recommend it to anyone. It's long and it's depressing. I enjoyed a lot of the nerd detail, and its very aligned to the sort of work I do (or at least my discipline); your average reader wouldn't get as excited about seeing Integrated Assessment Modelling or Dynamic Adaptive Policy Pathways mentioned or featured in fiction as me. If you are inclined to climate doomerism, definitely don't read this.

72% through what may be the most depressing book I've ever read. It's compelling - I want to finish it - but it cuts a bit too close. And it's very long.

This book is starting to grow on me. Still only a quarter through it but less concerned about whether I'm going to end up finishing it.

Someone recommended this to me (I can't remember who - maybe through work?) and it was discounted on the Kobo store so I bought it. Let's see what it's like.