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Raichu

Raichu

The second Sally Lockhart novel, The Shadow in the North, was a huge improvement over The Ruby in the Smoke. It had a pretty deep ending for being so light in tone.
 
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Raichu

Raichu

Raichu said:
The second Sally Lockhart novel, The Shadow in the North, was a huge improvement over the Ruby in the Smoke. It had a pretty deep ending for being so light in tone.
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Waiting for the third and fourth, The Tiger in the Well and The Tin Princess, to arrive in the mail.

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Beautiful Child 2

Beautiful Child 2

Sally Lockhart was the queen of my childhood. The quartet was my gateway into more grown-up reads when I was a kid. I love how Pullman never condescended to younger readers - these books really go to some places.
 
truman

truman

Finished Our Share of Night and it was so good. Absolutely horrific (and slightly erotic). I was surprised how gay it was. The ending felt rushed though, which is a tough pill to swallow for a book that's almost 600 pages.
 
Raichu

Raichu

Beautiful Child 2 said:
Sally Lockhart was the queen of my childhood. The quartet was my gateway into more grown-up reads when I was a kid. I love how Pullman never condescended to younger readers - these books really go to some places.
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They really do. I'm reading The Tiger in the Well and it's lowkey terrifying. It's the best of three I've read so far though.
 
Raichu

Raichu

I'm reading a book called A Psalm For The Wild-Built by Becky Chambers. It was recommended to me by a colleague. The descriptions are beautiful and the world is interesting (and unique for sci-fi), but I'm going to need more character development and conflict going forward (though the recommender did say it was a "cozy read"). It's so short that I'll finish it regardless.

One of the problems I have with this book is the main character goes into the business of being a tea monk and is bad at it. But then it suddenly the best tea monk in the land in the next chapter. There's no development between these two states.
 
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constantino

constantino

Raichu said:
I'm reading a book called A Psalm For The Wild Built by Becky Chambers. It was recommended to me by a colleague. The descriptions are beautiful and the world is interesting (and unique for sci-fi), but I'm going to need more character development and conflict going forward (though the recommender did say it was a "cozy read"). It's so short that I'll finish it regardless.

One of the problems I have with this book is the main character goes into the business of being a tea monk and is bad at it. But then it suddenly the best tea monk in the land in the next chapter. There's no development between these two states.
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Oh I LOVED the first two instalments of Becky Chambers' Wayfarers series, but didn't care as much for the third. I'm not a sci-fi person usually but there's something about her world-building that really does it for me.
 
Dan!

Dan!

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Oh I am ready mother

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Raichu

Raichu

Raichu said:
I'm reading a book called A Psalm For The Wild Built by Becky Chambers. It was recommended to me by a colleague. The descriptions are beautiful and the world is interesting (and unique for sci-fi), but I'm going to need more character development and conflict going forward (though the recommender did say it was a "cozy read"). It's so short that I'll finish it regardless.

One of the problems I have with this book is the main character goes into the business of being a tea monk and is bad at it. But then it suddenly the best tea monk in the land in the next chapter. There's no development between these two states.
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Okay. This is slaying in a quiet way. Lots of lush scenery and interesting meditations on life. It reminds me of a cozy and less conflict heavy version of the videogame Nier: Automata.
 
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Raichu

Raichu

I finished A Psalm For The Wild-Built. It was not the most ambitious book and I would like to read something with the same tone/ideas/atmosphere with a bit more meat to it. But for it was, it was a pretty beautiful experience.
 
Ashling92

Ashling92

she/her
Just finished The God of the Woods. Overall I enjoyed it, would probably give it 4 stars. A mystery that kept me guessing until very close to the end, although at times it did feel like there were too many characters and viewpoints.
 
Celestial Mosaic

Celestial Mosaic

They/Them
Just finished The Antique Hunters Guide to Murder by CL Miller and it was a great little read, even if most of the characters were easy to suss out. Despite that I didn't twig the main culprit of it.
Coincidentally I started reading it the same day my Mum started it too (we inadvertently bought the book without the other knowing we had it) and in the time it took me to read this one, she polished that and the follow up off. I am amazed at how fast she gets through books despite having a job and looking after the house, and the odd nap in between.

Currently starting on Demi Moore's biography, I need a little break from fiction.
 
Raichu

Raichu

Raichu said:
I finished A Psalm For The Wild-Built. It was not the most ambitious book and I would like to read something with the same tone/ideas/atmosphere with a bit more meat to it. But for it was, it was a pretty beautiful experience.
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Now reading the sequel to this, which is called A Prayer For The Crown-Shy. It doesn't seem to have as much energy so far, but it's early stages, so we'll see.
 
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