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You Cannot be Unchosen

The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera

April 15, 2025 by LittlePlat Leave a Comment

It’s been a while since I’ve had so much difficulty writing a book review. This has nothing to do with my current work load, or even with the book being bad—far from it, the book is absolutely brilliant. You can see why it won a Nebula. It’s just surreal And a little opaque. But in a very impressive way. Especially when you consider that this is the author’s debut novel.  The Saint of Bright Doors is the story of a young man named Fetter, who […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, autocracy, Buddhism, magical realism, Religion, Vajra Chandrasekera

LittlePlat's CBR17 Review No:5 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, autocracy, Buddhism, magical realism, Religion, Vajra Chandrasekera ·
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Corruption and Colonization (And Kaiju)

A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett

April 14, 2025 by LittlePlat Leave a Comment

Yes, Robert Jackson Bennett is back! I am an unabashed fan of most of his writing, and was massively impressed when I first read The Tainted Cup, about a year ago. It was delightfully weird and just a little bit creepy; a Holmes and Watson style investigation in a Roman-style setting, topped off with some mycology-based body horror. In The Tainted Cup, the greatest threat the Empire of Khanum faced was not just the murders, but the Leviathans—kaiju-like creatures that emerge from the sea to wreak […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, autocracy, Kaiju, Murder Fantastical, Mushroom Mushroom, mystery, Robert Jackson Bennett, Shadow of the Leviathan, Sherlock and Watson, Slavery

LittlePlat's CBR17 Review No:4 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, autocracy, Kaiju, Murder Fantastical, Mushroom Mushroom, mystery, Robert Jackson Bennett, Shadow of the Leviathan, Sherlock and Watson, Slavery ·
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