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Wild Woila

wildwoila@wyrms.de

Joined 2 years, 2 months ago

I have #mecfs so I have a lot of time for reading, mostly #fantasy and #SciFi but I'm happy to dip into nearly anything.

Ratings: 1 star: I didn't like it 2 stars: it was okay 3 stars: I liked it 4 stars: I really liked it 5 stars: it was brilliant

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Wild Woila's books

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Everina Maxwell: Ocean's Echo (2022, Little, Brown Book Group Limited) 4 stars

More of a political thriller

4 stars

This is an enjoyable, high-stakes science fiction novel. There is a romance element, but I feel it takes a backseat to the political intrigue and military-action-thriller-ishness of it. Interesting world building, and here we learn more about the alien Remnants which were first introduced in Winter's Orbit, and which provide much of the power and mystery of Maxwell's Resolution universe.

I would certainly recommend this to fans of tense science fiction with plenty of political intrigue and military action. (That's not my thing, so much, but I still enjoyed it.) Also recommended if you enjoy reading about societies where non-heterosexual and non-cisgendered identities are perfectly normal. (And that definitely is my thing.)

Everina Maxwell: Ocean's Echo (Hardcover, 2022, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom) 4 stars

Rich socialite, inveterate flirt, and walking disaster Tennalhin Halkana can read minds. Tennal, like all …

Very likeable despite foibles

4 stars

A queer romance set in a space-faring future where humans have developed telepathic abilities. Two telepaths are thrown together by political expediency, and despite initial incompatibility (they are both very different sorts of neurodiverse) they build a strong partnership, and eventually love. The two protagonists are well portrayed, and very likeable despite their foibles.

Helen Hoang: The kiss quotient (2018) 3 stars

"A heartwarming and refreshing debut novel that proves one thing: there's not enough data in …

A bit silly & obvious but reasonably well done

3 stars

An autistic woman decides she needs to learn how to have good sex, and falls big time for the escort she arranges to teach her. All a bit silly & obvious but reasonably well done, and the sex is explicit & steamy without being ridiculous. I do wonder if autistic traits can be magically turned off by Mr Right, though ....

reviewed The Trouble with Peace by Joe Abercrombie (The Age of Madness, #2)

Joe Abercrombie: The Trouble with Peace (Paperback, 2021, Orbit) 4 stars

Conspiracy. Betrayal. Rebellion. Peace is just another kind of battlefield...

Savine dan Glokta, once Adua’s …

His usual hefty dose of backstabbing and dry wit

4 stars

A cynical take on the deep power of finance & capitalism in an age of rapid industrialisation. Numerous players (pawns) strive for 'power' with varying degrees of cunning & strategy. Provides his usual hefty dose of backstabbing and dry wit, and a touch less graphic violence.

Maaza Mengiste: The shadow king 4 stars

ETHIOPIA. 1935.

With the threat of Mussolini’s army looming, recently orphaned Hirut struggles to adapt …

Operatic, impressionist

2 stars

(2 stars = it was okay)

The invasion of Ethiopia by Italy under Mussolini. Brutal violence and horrific use of modern weaponry against poorly armed but committed defenders. Operatic & impressionist, oft-times too much.

reviewed Wormwood Abbey by Christina Baehr (The Secrets of Ormdale, #1)

Christina Baehr: Wormwood Abbey (Paperback, 2023, Independent Publisher) 4 stars

As a Victorian clergyman’s daughter, Edith Worms has seen everything — until a mythical salamander …

A period fantasy set in Victorian England - with dragons!

4 stars

A period fantasy set in Victorian England - with dragons! Excellent characters who are all very nice to each other and share some fine adventures. A good easy comfort read.

reviewed Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie (Imperial Radch, #3)

Ann Leckie: Ancillary Mercy (Paperback, 2015, Orbit) 5 stars

For just a moment, things seem to be under control for the soldier known as …

More with our other favourite rogue AI

3 stars

More with our other favourite (but much less violent) rogue AI. Perhaps too much time spent on emotional intricacies rather than plot. The alien Translator and the Ship/Station AIs are quite pleasing though.