Semiosis by Sue Burke
“The war had begun long before we arrived because war was their way of life.” I am not exactly sure what to make of this book in part because it pivots multiple times from start to finish. I almost wish it wasn’t the book it is, and is instead the book I thought it would be. That’s not really a fair criticism, except that the opening section of the book is very good and interesting, and then quickly pivots away from what I found to […]
Semiosis by Sue Burke
If this was later in the year, or closer to my CBR goal, I probably wouldn’t bother to review it. It’s fine. The writing is fine. There are too many characters, but most of them are fine. The story leaves some things unexplained, but overall it’s fine. The “just fine” reviews are the hardest to write! A group of people calling themselves Pacifists leave a struggling Earth to go settle a new planet. The first half of the book jumps generations each chapter: the original […]
