
Scott Lynch: The Lies of Locke Lamora
Scott Lynch’s The Lies of Locke Lamora presents an interesting approach to speculative fiction, somewhere on the borderline between fantasy and steampunk, with an exciting plot and well-rounded characters: enough to make me at least contemplate also reading the next books of the Gentleman Bastard series. However, this seems to be another series featuring excessive […]
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Jim Butcher: The Aeronaut’s Windlass
The week’s longest read and, perhaps surprisingly, not its best one. To start with the plus side, this novel’s most interesting characters (and its single most outstanding feature) are the cats — not merely Rowl, the feline protagonist, but all of them; not least also Naun, the giant black tomcat leader of a tribe of […]
Read MoreJim Butcher: The Aeronaut’s Windlass — Reading Progress Update: 288 of 768 Pages
“‘I should think it would reduce one’s chances of being preyed upon by footpads,’ she observed. Benedict grinned. ‘Oh, of course. Crews like that never pick on anyone from their home habble. Too easily identified to the authorities. And their leaders would never allow it.’ ‘Leaders?’ Bridget asked. ‘ They aren’t just … like, packs […]
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