So wide in scope and imagination. I really enjoyed the blend of elements from different genre fictions (history, sci-fi and fantasy). For a book this long the ending felt super rushed to me, kind of like, "Oh. It's over. OK."
Reviews and Comments
Easily distracted reader. Also on Mastodon.
Favourites:
Fiction: Ali Smith, Ursula Le Guin, Image Comics Non-fiction: Andreas Malm, automation and Luddism, vegan cooking Poetry: Edna St. Vincent Millay, Emily Dickinson
This link opens in a pop-up window
Hannah rated The House in the Cerulean Sea: 4 stars
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
A magical island. A dangerous task. A burning secret.
Linus Baker leads a quiet, solitary life. At forty, he lives …
Hannah rated Dune (Dune Chronicles, #1): 3 stars
Dune (Dune Chronicles, #1) by Frank Herbert
Dune is a 1965 science-fiction novel by American author Frank Herbert, originally published as two separate serials in Analog magazine. …
Hannah finished reading Dune (Dune Chronicles, #1) by Frank Herbert
Dune is a 1965 science-fiction novel by American author Frank Herbert, originally published as two …
Hannah rated Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again: 4 stars
Hannah rated Breaking Things at Work: 5 stars
Breaking Things at Work by Gavin Mueller
"In the nineteenth century, English textile workers responded to the introduction of new technologies on the factory floor by smashing …
Hannah rated The murder on the links: 2 stars
The murder on the links by Agatha Christie
Belgian detective Hercule Poirot is summoned to France after receiving a distressing letter with a urgent cry for help. Upon …
Hannah rated Happy: Why more or less everything is absolutely fine: 4 stars
Hannah rated The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot #1): 3 stars
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot #1) by Agatha Christie
The Mysterious Affair at Styles is a detective novel by British writer Agatha Christie. It was written in the middle …
Hannah rated Capitalist Realism: 5 stars
Capitalist Realism by Mark Fisher
Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative? explores Fisher's concept of "capitalist realism," which he takes to describe "the widespread sense …
Hannah rated How to Blow up a Pipeline: 4 stars
How to Blow up a Pipeline by Andreas Malm
Why resisting climate change means combatting the fossil fuel industry
The science on climate change has been clear for a …
Hannah rated Post-Growth Living: 4 stars
Post-Growth Living by Kate Soper
An urgent and passionate plea for a new and ecologically sustainable vision of the good life
The reality of runaway …
Hannah rated Feeling good : the new mood therapy / David D. Burns: 4 stars
Hannah rated Utopia for Realists: 3 stars
Utopia for Realists by Rutger Bregman
Utopia for Realists: The Case for a Universal Basic Income, Open Borders, and a 15-hour Workweek (alternatively subtitled And How …