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Alexandra Rowland: A Choir of Lies (2019, Gallery / Saga Press)
A young storyteller must embrace his own skills—and the power of stories—to save a nation from economic ruin, in the …
A young storyteller must embrace his own skills—and the power of stories—to save a nation …
Good follow-up: expands the story without repeating it
Alexandra Rowland: A conspiracy of truths (Paperback, 2019, Saga Press)
Arrested on accusations of witchcraft and treason, Chant finds himself trapped in a cold, filthy jail cell in a foreign …
Arrested on accusations of witchcraft and treason, Chant finds himself trapped in a cold, filthy …
A surprising story about stories shaping history.
Comme mentionné dans mon commentaire sur le même titre, j’ai trouvé que le style péchait par trop de fioritures et le rythme par trop d’irrégularité. Et les cliffhangers, ça fait quand même passé. En plus de ça ma copie du livre avait des problèmes typographiques/SR (espaces avant/après les ponctuations)
En revanche le propos est vivant, l’histoire tient en haleine si on passe outre les défauts.
« Un peu », « assez », « plutôt »… il s’agirait pour l’auteur d’avoir le courage de ses description, là il dilue trop souvent ses adjectifs sans raison
Tigana is a 1990 fantasy novel by Canadian writer Guy Gavriel Kay. The novel is …
A very good work of fantasy playing with deeper concepts than “magical secret orphan prince” tropes. The long time I spent reading it is unrelated to its quality (but more related to my brain's bandwidth capacity these last 6 months). The characters are compelling, the Aragorn-type is way more human than Tolkien’s Aragorn and the bad guys are well rounded and have interesting motivations. On the other hand I don’t remember if the book passes the Bechdel Test and the women roles could have been bigger.
Ester's family was torn apart when a manticore killed her mother and baby brother, leaving her with nothing but her …
Tigana is a 1990 fantasy novel by Canadian writer Guy Gavriel Kay. The novel is …
Haven’t had the mental bandwidth to read it since April, but I don’t want to abandon a book by Kay
They say there is no water in the City of Lies. They say there are no heroes in the City …
Gita Chithra embarks on a mission through space to save the robot she loves as …
Qven was created to be a Presger translator. The pride of their Clade, they always had a clear path before …
Commander Niaja vrau Erezeng is up against an enemy that doesn’t just destroy all the …
I love how Yoon Ha Lee manages to do so much in a sf setting.
“They'd known the end times were coming but hadn’t known they’d be multiple choice.”
Joey is a Reality Controller in …
“They'd known the end times were coming but hadn’t known they’d be multiple choice.”
Joey …
Finished this novel by @samitbasu@mastodon.social on the backdrop of Indian PM Narendra Modi visiting Macron for Bastille Day celebrations. Fitting, really, when in France there's talks of generalized surveillance of the population (like the ability for the police to unlock your phone to record people).