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reading tofu reviewed Pet by Akwaeke Emezi

No cover — Akwaeke Emezi: Pet (Paperback, 2021, Knopf Books for Young Readers)

The highly-anticipated, genre-defying new novel by award-winning author Akwaeke Emezi that explores themes of identity …

Interesting stuff

4 stars

Good read. There was a thing throughout the book that I didn't like on the world building but it became an important part of the story which was cool. Interesting protagonist with a very good description of how she perceived stuff. The different forms of communications were also good.

reading tofu commented on Pet by Akwaeke Emezi

The highly-anticipated, genre-defying new novel by award-winning author Akwaeke Emezi that explores themes of identity …

So many names to remember 🫣 I'm always struggling with that. Though the names are rememberable

reading tofu started reading Pet by Akwaeke Emezi

The highly-anticipated, genre-defying new novel by award-winning author Akwaeke Emezi that explores themes of identity …

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reading tofu commented on Hammajang Luck by Makana Yamamoto

Makana Yamamoto: Hammajang Luck (Paperback, Harper Voyager)

No rating

Edie is done with crime. Eight years behind bars changes a person—costs them too much …

Enjoyed it, don't want to write a review so I boosted 2 that I both somewhat agree with.

reading tofu commented on Der Astronaut by Andy Weir

Andy Weir: Der Astronaut (Paperback, deutsch language, 2021, Heyne Verlag)

Als Ryland Grace erwacht, muss er feststellen, dass er ganz allein ist. Er ist anscheinend …

Content warning Frage, Kleiner Spoiler, relativ früh

Warum schmilzt das Parrafin (und das Lötzinn?) am Sonnensystem-Gruppenmodell nicht, das Ryland zurücksendet? Bei den Temperaturen beim Zielschiff?

reading tofu commented on Der Astronaut by Andy Weir

Als Ryland Grace erwacht, muss er feststellen, dass er ganz allein ist. Er ist anscheinend …

Ich lese "Mikroskop" ständig als "Microslop" 🫠

reading tofu commented on Halfway to Better by Susan Kaye Quinn (Halfway to Better)

Susan Kaye Quinn: Halfway to Better (Twisted Space LLC)

Halfway to Better is a collection of six short solarpunk stories, each exploring a near-future …

Can't find the stories 3-6 or the whole thing anywhere in epub :/ It's even free at some online platforms, but none that I'm using.

First two stories were very enjoyable

Can't find the stories 3-6 or the whole thing anywhere in epub :/ It's even free at some online platforms, but none that I'm using.

First two stories were very enjoyable

reading tofu rated Denial of Service: 3 stars

Aiki Mira: Denial of Service (Paperback, Deutsch language, 2025, FISCHER Tor)

Denial of Service by Aiki Mira

Vollautomatisiert, supersmart … und tödlich. Aiki Miras visionärer SF-Thriller über die Zukunft unserer Städte.

In Frankfurt am Main sind …

reading tofu finished reading Denial of Service by Aiki Mira

Vollautomatisiert, supersmart … und tödlich. Aiki Miras visionärer SF-Thriller über die Zukunft unserer Städte.

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Bin ich nicht wirklich warm mit geworden.

reading tofu reviewed Gesang der Fledermäuse by Olga Tokarczuk

Olga Tokarczuk: Gesang der Fledermäuse (EBook, German language, 2019, Kampa Pocket)

Übersetzt von Doreen Daume.

Ein Dorf an der polnisch-tschechischen Grenze. Im Sommer tummeln sich …

Review

4 stars

War am Anfang nicht ganz überzeugt, die Protagonistin hat mich im Laufe des Buches aber sehr für sich eingenommen. Schön geschrieben, die Zitate gut gewählt finde ich, generell schön philosophische und weltanschauliche Aspekte sehr natürlich untergebracht in einer spannenden aber nicht zu aufregenden Geschichte.

reading tofu reviewed Am Samstag gehen die Mädchen in den Wald und jagen Sachen in die Luft by Fiona Sironic

Fiona Sironic: Am Samstag gehen die Mädchen in den Wald und jagen Sachen in die Luft (Hardcover, HarperCollins, Ecco Verlag)

Eine erste Liebe zwischen Festhalten und Vernichten, Aussterben und Weiterleben

Es brennt. In den …

Am Samstag gehen die Mädchen in den Wald und jagen Sachen in die Luft

4 stars

Hat mir gut gefallen, wurde dem Namen gerecht denke ich. Düster, liest sich trotzdem schnell weg, mir gefällt die Schreibe. Schönes Spiel mit Technik.

Es waren zwei falsche Pokemonfakten enthalten und ich frag mich, ob das Absicht war.

reading tofu finished reading The Stone Sky by N. K. Jemisin (The Broken Earth, #3)

N. K. Jemisin: The Stone Sky (Paperback, 2017, Orbit US)

The Moon will soon return.

Whether this heralds the destruction of humankind or something …

Content warning Heavy spoilers/questions

I liked this a lot again, the settings, the story, the characters, the style of writing. Especially the Syl Anagist part.

I still can't make sense of a lot of stuff though, mostly guardians. If they're already semi-controlled by earth through the needles, what exactly does the "contamination" change? Schaffa's transformation seemed pretty dubious to me. Also why is the group of contaminated guardians still on guardian business like purging antarctic fulcrum? How do they get to Corepoint if they can't travel through the core? I didn't think Stone Eaters would transport them? There's probably some other means of transportation but still. Some more questions that I forgot.