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matchaboba

matchaboba@wyrms.de

Joined 3 years ago

99% space operas and general sc-fi, 1% feminist lecture.

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reviewed World Engines by Stephen Baxter (World Engines book 1)

Stephen Baxter: World Engines (Paperback, 2020, Orion Publishing Group, Limited) No rating

Hundreds of years in the future, on a stagnating and almost empty Earth, a space …

Very mid

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I will give both books the same rating because I read them without pause in between and I cannot remember where one end and the other began.

I would describe this book as mid. It was interesting enough that I finished reading it. I like the characters enough but overall it was waaaaay too slow. I have the feeling a good editor could’ve made this book a success for me. I understand the idea of the book and I really like it, but I think the execution is just not that good.

Stephen Baxter: World Engines: Creator (2020, Orion Publishing Group, Limited)

Sequel to World Engines: Destroyer. The combined crews of crashed spaceships from different realities must …

Very mid

I will give both books the same rating because I read them without pause in between and I cannot remember where one end and the other began.

I would describe this book as mid. It was interesting enough that I finished reading it. I like the characters enough but overall it was waaaaay too slow. I have the feeling a good editor could’ve made this book a success for me. I understand the idea of the book and I really like it, but I think the execution is just not that good.

The three-body problem (Hardcover, 2018, Head of Zeus)

"1967: Ye Wenjie witnesses Red Guards beat her father to death during China's Cultural Revolution. …

I tried. 2 times. I failed.

I really tried liking this book. I tried 2 times. I don't know if it's badly translated (I am reading it in german) or if it's always like this. But to me personally it's just waaay to slow and boring. I just don't understand why the book is written this way. Why is so much time spend on the past of the woman? Why is no character interesting?

Lauren Fleshman: Good for a Girl (Hardcover, 2023, Penguin Press) No rating

Fueled by her years as an elite runner and advocate for women in sports, Lauren …

Listened to as an audio book during my long runs. It's informative but often waaaaay too deep into her childhood...