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The Ancillary trilogy ends with the tremendously satisfying Ancillary Mercy

Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie

March 22, 2021 by TylerDFC 2 Comments

Note: Ancillary Mercy is the third book in the Imperial Radch series, following Ancillary Justice and Ancillary Sword. The trilogy is one long story and should be read from the beginning.   I spent a lot of my review for Ancillary Sword snarking about the unpronounceable names of characters and places. I did this because the plot itself was kind of a mess and not super engaging. Apparently, Ann Leckie took my feedback to heart, went back in time, and wrote Ancillary Mercy. It is the only way I can explain the leap […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, ancillary mercy, ann leckie, imperial radch, justice of toren, TylerDFC

TylerDFC's CBR13 Review No:9 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, ancillary mercy, ann leckie, imperial radch, justice of toren, TylerDFC ·
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A Tale of Ralph and Carls in the Imperial Radish

Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie

March 10, 2021 by TylerDFC Leave a Comment

Note: Ancillary Sword is the second book in the Imperial Radch series, following Ancillary Justice. Because I had once been a ship. An AI controlling an enormous troop carrier and thousands of ancillaries, human bodies, part of myself. At the time I had not thought of myself as a slave, but I had been a weapon of conquest… – Ancillary Sword Like most of us on CBR, I read a lot and I read many series at once. Usually, when returning to a series it […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, ancillary sword, ann leckie, breq, imperial radch, justice of toren, TylerDFC

TylerDFC's CBR13 Review No:8 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, ancillary sword, ann leckie, breq, imperial radch, justice of toren, TylerDFC ·
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The trajectory of choices

The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel

March 8, 2021 by TylerDFC 3 Comments

I spent the last several minutes trying to locate a passage in The Glass Hotel that demonstrated both the quality of the writing and the premise of the novel. I came up short. The problem with The Glass Hotel, which is a very good book bordering on great, is at times it feels steeped in metaphor that has no clear meaning the reader can ascribe. Takeaways from the novel will likely vary from reader to reader and I think it may change depending on the […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Emily St. John Mandel, novel, ponzi scheme, The Glass Hotel, TylerDFC

TylerDFC's CBR13 Review No:7 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Emily St. John Mandel, novel, ponzi scheme, The Glass Hotel, TylerDFC ·
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Second verse, not as good as the first!

The Scorpion's Tail (Nora Kelly #2) by Preston & Child

February 26, 2021 by TylerDFC Leave a Comment

The man’s demise was clearly written in his expression: the mouth open as if screaming, protruding tongue brown and mottled as a dried morel, desiccated lips drawn back from brown teeth in a rictus of pain and horror. – The Scorpion’s Tail Note: This book is the second in a spinoff series connected to the 20+ volume Agent Pendergast novels. No knowledge of either series is needed to enjoy this but the main characters featured in The Scorpion’s Tail, archeologist Nora Kelly, and Special Agent […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: corrie swanson, Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child, nora kelly, Preston & Child, the scorpion's tail, TylerDFC

TylerDFC's CBR13 Review No:6 · Genres: Fiction, Suspense · Tags: corrie swanson, Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child, nora kelly, Preston & Child, the scorpion's tail, TylerDFC ·
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Reader, I murdered him. And him. And him. Him too. But they were all bad.

Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye

February 24, 2021 by TylerDFC 2 Comments

(He) was felled by a strangely skillful blow-as if I had studied the act, when in fact I had simply decided that he should stop being alive. – Jane Steele Stop me if you have heard this one. A girl in mid-1800’s England is orphaned at a young age and sent to a cruel school for young women to learn to be a governess. She later becomes a governess for the ward of a rugged and brooding man, falls in love, flees when the love […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: jane eyre, Jane Steele, Lyndsay Faye, mystery, TylerDFC

TylerDFC's CBR13 Review No:5 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: jane eyre, Jane Steele, Lyndsay Faye, mystery, TylerDFC ·
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