The void is my friend.
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Pages: 611
Purchased from: Kobo
A fantasy tale set in Indian mythology which has a mysterious rot, a kingdom ruled by a religious despot and two women who can’t help but fall in love with each other while planning a revolution.
A nice change of pace after the last two week’s books which weren’t particularly enjoyable to me. Continuing this series’ tradition, the sequel to this novel goes into the wishlist!
Pages: 467
Purchased from: Kobo
Folks, I really didn’t enjoy this one. Right off the bat, the book just drops you into a world without introducing the basics of how it works. Characters just come in with no explanation for their back story which makes this seem like the second book in the series which it isn’t, its the first.
The chapters are very short and the book keeps switching perspectives which makes the book feel very fast but also at the same time not much happens in each chapter so the book felt interminably long.
I will not be reading the sequel to this which for this series of posts, is first. Hell, I don’t think I’ll be be reading a William Gibson book again anytime in the near future.
Pages: 337
Purchased from: Kobo
I found this book tedious to read. While I appreciate the technical merits of the particular style the author is using and the way the buildup to the finale hits you, the journey to get there was quite unenjoyable. I found myself wanting the author to get to the damn point already.
I have another book by Kazuo Ishiguro in my wishlist at the moment, after reading this one I don’t think I want to read that one anytime soon.
For those of you who follow me on Mastodon or Twitter, you’ve likely seen this already but if you are one of those people who prefer RSS, this version of the announcement is for you.
I am super excited to announce the launch of my newsletter Synthicator. Synthicator is a newsletter about all things music and my feelings about music.
For the first time since I started writing things online publicly, I am launching a project where I directly ask people for money to motivate me to continue doing it. I was super nervous about this and I had a lot of self doubt in the preceding months where I was thinking about it.
But as the overused Wayne Gretzy quote says, you miss all the shots you don’t take so I am taking my shot at a paid newsletter, something I’ve never done before.
You can read the first post in the newsletter here. If you do become a paid subscriber, I am truly grateful.
Pages: 549
Purchased from: Kobo
Ever think what would happen if there was a scifi story that combined The Martian and Arrival? Well it would be this book. I never actually read The Martian but the movie is one of the best scifi movies I’ve ever watched. One of the very few movies I actually watched in a movie theatre.
This book was one hell of a ride from start to finish. If you liked The Martian even a little bit, you should definitely read this. Apparently there is a movie in the works for this one as well. Looking forward to it!