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About Amalthea

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Amalthea's Reviews:

How High We Go In the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu

How High We Go In the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu

October 21, 2022 by Amalthea Leave a Comment

How High We Go In the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu is a novel that depicts a global pandemic that is unleashed when an ancient virus is released from permafrost that is melting due to climate change. Most descriptions of this book that I’ve seen note that the novel had been mostly written before our current pandemic arose, and I feel somewhat compelled to say that as well. The novel wasn’t inspired by the Covid pandemic, but reading this book very much made me grapple with […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Sequoia Nagamatsu

Amalthea's CBR14 Review No:3 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Sequoia Nagamatsu ·
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Iron Widow

Anger and Iron: Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

April 2, 2022 by Amalthea 1 Comment

In the world of this book, humans are in constant battle with alien insect creatures. Mecha robots, piloted by 2-person male-female teams, are critical to the battle efforts. However, the female member of the team is mainly used as kind of battery for the mecha – generally dying during battle as their life force is drained by the mecha. Human society is centered around this war – glorifying battle – and in order to ensure a steady supply of women volunteered for battle, their families […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Xiran Jay Zhao

Amalthea's CBR14 Review No:2 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Xiran Jay Zhao ·
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Diving In

Daughter of the Deep by Rick Riordan

February 3, 2022 by Amalthea 2 Comments

This is my first review and I am excited that it is for a Rick Riordan book (because it’s the book I happened to be reading this week). I first read a Percy Jackson book because my 9-year-old son wanted me to read it, so we could talk about it together. After reading the first chapter, I found myself compelled to read the next and the next, needing to know what happens to Percy. And then I read through the rest of the series, then […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #youngadult, Rick Riordan

Amalthea's CBR14 Review No:1 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #youngadult, Rick Riordan ·
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