Review: Dawn

Dawn by Octavia E. Butler
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Rating: Interesting, well written

I'd have liked this take on alien abduction far better if the ending had actually been an ending, instead it seemed abrupt and unsatisfying, rather just a chapter ending to the next book.

The aliens were sufficiently different and hard to understand so there was definitely that strength. The protagonist was torn between willingness to cooperate and wish to be free of the manipulation. And what was truth and what was not was a decided addition to the whole plot line.

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Review: Children of Time

Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Rating: Wow, really really liked it!

Generation ships, uplift, global wars, aliens (?)

What an imaginative and deeply thought and well-executed look at the far future. I can't say much more to spoil it, but read it!

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Review: A Sorcerer's Treason

A Sorcerer's Treason by Sarah Zettel
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Rating: Interesting in parts, but it never really captured my interest enough to read it faster.

The setting is imaginative, as is the magical system. The main character is certainly complex and worthy of caring about, yet this book took me nearly a month to read because I never really felt compelled to get back to it until the last quarter of the book when the threads finally began to come together.

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Review: The Cuckoo's Calling

The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I enjoyed this mystery quite a bit. Interesting characterization, complex plotting, lots of twists and turns.

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Review: Black Sun Rising

Black Sun Rising by C.S. Friedman
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Did Not Finish. I really disliked the main character. On top of that I was listening to the audio version and didn't like the narrator. Got about 2/3 of the way through and decided I really didn't much care what happened.

I decided I really didn't care enough about the righteous prig of a main character to continue on. Maybe he'd eventually grow out of it, but I got tired of waiting for that.

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Review: Saucer State

Saucer State by Paul Cornell
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

I'm still not a comic book fan.

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Review: Golden Son

Golden Son by Pierce Brown
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I've been listening to the audio version of the series, and I have to say the reader is excellent.

The story itself is compelling and heart-breaking and discouraging all at once. Darrow is complex and driven and torn asunder from his own conflicting wants/needs/hopes.

Rating: Highly recommended

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Review: The Hanging Tree

The Hanging Tree by Ben Aaronovitch
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Yet another impressive entry to the series. Peter and Nightingale continue to entertain.

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