Category: Books

Pages: 432
Purchased from: Kobo

This book feels like a spiritual predecessor to A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine which is quite possibly one of my most favourite sci-fi books of all time. This book deals with the themes of colonialism/imperialism, identity and empire just like Martine’s book does. The books are obviously not 1-to-1 copies but if you liked Martine’s book you really should check this one out.

I found the way the book deal with the concept of split personalities particularly interesting. I am very curious how the concept is further developed in the sequels to this which I have added to my wishlist.

Pages: 556
Purchased from: Kobo

Meandering and confusing, this one is filled with way too many threads spanning multiple timelines leading to a tangled mess that doesn’t entirely get untangled by the time the end approached.

The book needed some more editing to make the narrative a bit tighter because there is an interesting story underneath, there’s just a lot of extraneous stuff on top of it.

Pages: 603
Purchased from: Kobo

A perfectly average sci-fi novel. I don’t have anything particularly strong to say about this one. The premise of the novel is the most interesting bit of it and all of that doesn’t come fully into play until the very end of the book which leaves me primed for the sequel.

I did add the sequel to the wishlist but I don’t see myself getting to it anytime soon.

Pages: 373
Purchased from: Kobo

This reimagining of The Iliad is very well written and a easy entertaining read. Greek mythology is not especially an area of interest for me but this book makes me want to read more reimaginings of classic Greek works and specifically more of Madeline’s works.

Did I mention that this book is hella gay? Yeah, it definitely is.

I have another book by Madeline Miller in my wishlist (Circe) and I am definitely planning on reading that at some point in the future.