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reviewed The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djèlí Clark (Dead Djinn Universe, #0.3)

P. Djèlí Clark: The Haunting of Tram Car 015 (Paperback, 2019, Tor)

The Haunting of Tram Car 015 returns to the alternate Cairo of Clark's short fiction, …

Haunted Review

Was fun to read. In the beginning it was mostly "things happening to the protagonist who's a detective" and less of a detective story, but still enjoyable and the people happening to the protagonist were pretty cool. Also had an interesting setting and got even better in the end.

Read the German translation.

commented on System Collapse by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

Martha Wells: System Collapse (Hardcover, 2023, Tordotcom)

Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse.

Following the events …

Is anything known about a successor? I tried searching for info but with the TV series going on right now I didn't find info on a potential new book.

commented on System Collapse by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

Martha Wells: System Collapse (Hardcover, 2023, Tordotcom)

Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse.

Following the events …

The cryptic first half was a bit less easy to read but still enjoyable, after that it only got better and better.

Now I'll have to wait for the next one to be released

commented on Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)

Martha Wells: Fugitive Telemetry (2021, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom)

No, I didn’t kill the dead human. If I had, I wouldn’t dump the body …

Content warning Final Spoiler

Mithu M. Sanyal: Identitti (Hardcover, German language, 2021, Carl Hanser Verlag)

Was für ein Skandal: Prof. Dr. Saraswati ist WEISS! Schlimmer geht es nicht. Denn die …

Wie ich das Buch wahrgenommen habe

Ich wusste vor dem Lesen nicht so recht, was mich erwarten würde, habe es wegen der Reviews hier dann aber doch angefangen und bin schwer begeistert von der Art, wie hier so viele Fragen rund um Identität halbwegs niedrigschwellig behandeln werden, ohne dass es sich wie ein Sachbuch liest. Kann es nur empfehlen.