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Alien Clay (2024, Orbit)
I think I find a jocular first person narrative really irritating. I wish Adrian Tchaikovsky would write fewer books but make them all as good as children of time (not the sequels).
Audiobook. Brutal but brilliant.
An eerie, striking debut by an award-winning author for fans of Emma Stonex, Francine Toon …
I liked the sound of the premise but actually too contrived and unrealistic in reality so a bit unsatisfying. Plus didn't like the ending
Will not help you to sleep at night
Soldier Sailor (2024, Scribner)
I'm glad I read this at a safe distance (16yrs) from having young children, some of it is a bit visceral. Thought the last few chapters let it down though.
Boring! Too much description of metro stations. Mostly dull characters + unrealistic premise, I honestly didn't see the point of this book.
"The Pandominion: a political and trading alliance of a million worlds. Except that they're really …
Really enjoyable sci-fi/space opera