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The Seventh Bride (2015, 47North) 4 stars

Young Rhea is a miller's daughter of low birth, so she is understandably surprised when …

light reading

4 stars

I liked this a lot - maybe a little less than "Nettle and Bone" by the same author because it's not quite as snarky. It's super wholesome and put me in a light mood. The characters are very likable and down to earth, plus it has a lot of fresh ideas and plays on common fantasy tropes, which I liked.

Terror gegen Juden (Paperback, Piper) No rating

In Deutschland hat man sich an Zustände gewöhnt, an die man sich niemals gewöhnen darf: …

Content warning antisemititische gewalttaten in der linken szene der 70er jahre

Imago (Paperback, 2021, Aspect) 4 stars

Child of two species, but part of neither, a new being must find his way. …

satisfying

4 stars

it is really interesting how I ended up being sympathetic with jodahs, my perspective towards the ooloi has changed a lot over the course of the story. some very interesting thoughts on biopolitics and human nature (the "human conflict" especially) and an entertaining read. as it has already been pointed out by other readers the gender essentialism is hard to endure sometimes. i think ooloi is a pretty cool gender though ^^

The long way to a small, angry planet (Paperback, 2015, Hodder & Stoughton) 5 stars

When Rosemary Harper joins the crew of the Wayfarer, she isn't expecting much. The Wayfarer, …

i really really like this book is so imaginative and it questions so many things we take for granted. but so far it hasn't even once questioned capitalism. and it is implied that everybody believes the earth became uninhabitable was because of human overpopulation... yuck!

the thing that tells us becky chambers did not forget, but decided not to write about other forms of living together, is that the ansible is commonly used for communication.