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Beyond the Shadows

by Brent Weeks

Finished 2024-04-18

There was a lot I really liked about this book but much more than any other Weeks book I’ve read, it spent way, way too much of its time musing on the breasts and bodies of its female characters. Weeks has definitely done some of this in other books and there’s some level to which you can write this off as “we’re seeing the world through the eyes of a young male character” or whatever, but it was just too much in this book. It dragged the book down a lot, to an extent that I almost DNF’ed.

Just Another Missing Person

by Gillian McAllister

Finished 2024-04-06

Shadow's Edge

by Brent Weeks

Finished 2024-04-04

End of Story

by A.J. Finn

Finished 2024-03-26

Honestly the mystery wrapped up really nicely with nothing coming out of thin air and yet I didn’t figure basically any of it out. A very satisfying mystery with what I think is a well-handled “trans!” twist that doesn’t belittle the character, reduce her to the twist, or treat her as abnormal. But I’m an outsider there as a cis dude so maybe I’m off base.

The Golden Enclaves

by Naomi Novik

Finished 2024-03-20

I really enjoyed the first two books but this one took it to a whole new level and I loved it. A great end to the trilogy.

The Last Graduate

by Naomi Novik

Finished 2024-03-15

A Deadly Education

by Naomi Novik

Finished 2024-03-02

Yellowface

by R. F. Kuang

Finished 2024-02-25

The Lies of Locke Lamora

by Scott Lynch

Finished 2024-02-16

Picked up this book at a friend’s recommendation years ago but put it down because it seemed grimdark. It isn’t! It’s not always totally light but it’s a lot more intrigue and adventure and heist kind of stuff once you get past the intro. Great fun overall. Did not know where the book was taking me until it was over, but in this case that wasn’t a bad thing. It wrapped up (mostly) well.

Hyperion

by Dan Simmons

Finished 2024-01-29

I really enjoyed this book and then it … ended before it was over. I know there are sequels but it felt like all the POV stories that were told, each of which I really enjoyed and I loved how they were told so differently, were leading to something at the end that the book just doesn’t provide. That’s disappointing. I’ll probably read at least one of the sequels in a while, but like … it seems like at least the first sequel would just have to be a part of this book.

A Conjuring of Light

by V. E. Schwab

Finished 2024-01-11

Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia

by David Graeber

Finished 2023-12-27

Hild

by Nicola Griffith

Finished 2023-12-18

What She Did

by Carla Kovach

Finished 2023-11-29

Totally serviceable genre book. The resolution was pretty obvious from pretty early on, but I didn’t guess everything .

Parasite

by Mira Grant

Finished 2023-10-24

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Beyond the Shadows

Just Another Missing Person

Shadow's Edge

End of Story

The Golden Enclaves

The Last Graduate

A Deadly Education

Yellowface

The Lies of Locke Lamora

Hyperion

A Conjuring of Light

Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia

Hild

What She Did

Parasite