Dr Ms Kat started reading Rose/House by Arkady Martine

Rose/House by Arkady Martine
Basit Deniau’s houses were haunted to begin with.
A house embedded with an artificial intelligence is a common thing: …
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Basit Deniau’s houses were haunted to begin with.
A house embedded with an artificial intelligence is a common thing: …
I know a lot of people really liked this but I found it kind of meh. Fundamentally it's a whodunnit but set on another planet (or moon, I guess), and it has queer characters. But one of them is manipulative and coercive and it did not read as a healthy dynamic to me.
I know a lot of people really liked this but I found it kind of meh. Fundamentally it's a whodunnit but set on another planet (or moon, I guess), and it has queer characters. But one of them is manipulative and coercive and it did not read as a healthy dynamic to me.
This wasn't a bad book but I really struggled to care about any of the characters. Felt like I was just trudging through the last third to get to the end.
This wasn't a bad book but I really struggled to care about any of the characters. Felt like I was just trudging through the last third to get to the end.

Fetter was raised to kill, honed as a knife to cut down his sainted father. This gave him plenty to …

Kai-Enna is the Witch King, though he hasn’t always been, and he hasn’t even always been Kai-Enna!
After being …
@hugh@bookwyrm.social I really enjoyed it. I've been meaning to read her book on colour too.
@hugh@bookwyrm.social I really enjoyed it. I've been meaning to read her book on colour too.

Amina al-Sirafi should be content. After a storied and scandalous career as one of the Indian Ocean’s most notorious pirates, …
Ok this was great. Read the whole thing over the course of 24 hours. Don't want to spoil anything but 5 stars, read it.
Ok this was great. Read the whole thing over the course of 24 hours. Don't want to spoil anything but 5 stars, read it.
5 chapters in and I'm already finding this delightful and a breath of fresh air after trudging through my last book.
5 chapters in and I'm already finding this delightful and a breath of fresh air after trudging through my last book.