pickAs much as I enjoyed this novella and want to read more about the world and the characters I feel like the size was just right. I was also pleasantly surprised to find out it's a trilogy so I do get to read more without being weighed down by a filler arc.
Started the tagged on my break. It‘s so tiny for a hardcover. I normally get my books from work but we don‘t have this one. Past me put it on hold at my local but I have no recollection of doing so. I had to look up the book when the hold notice came in. I can definitely see why I did though.
I told my daughter I was going to choose Crooked Kingdom for this post and she said “Pekka Rollins?!?!?” I do not know what is wrong with that child. COLM FAHEY. He was a real dad. Flawed but able to see those flaws when pointed out to him and willing to do anything to help his son.
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so-so53/100 I did enjoy the world building and the unique alien species, but I found the ending disappointing and vague. I am assuming the author plans a sequel, because this was left too open to really qualify as a conclusion. Too many unanswered questions, too many dangling plot points. If there is a sequel, I'd probably read it just to see what happens to the friendroe. 3.5/5 #Read2025 #LitsySciFiBookClub
pick📚📚📚📚📚 Fast moving quest story set in the future and in space/ other planets. Interesting collection of characters too. #LSFBC
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Well, I‘m reading Six of Crows, so life is rough. I tried to switch to another, happier, series for coping, but I‘m not in the mood. (Why is there no “sad smile” emoji?)
Work is off for 3 weeks; however, it‘s unpaid so it‘s not that great. But the Dodgers won the first two games of their series against the Yankees and I did not expect it so that makes me happy. ⚾️ 😊
pickListened to the audio of this one. Great fun YA adventure game book.
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I could sum this book up as an Indian Jones wanna be in a SciFi setting. I liked the idea but I thought the execution was all wrong. It felt like the characters rushed from one heist to the next with something always going wrong in between and yet it was too quickly resolved. I think less scenes and more time spent struggling to find a resolution would have worked better. I also thought some of the interactions between
pickI really enjoy discovering new worlds and aliens cultures. The Frenro and the Belzoar, in particular, were well drawn up. The human main character was complex. This is a morally ambiguous sci-fi novel that makes you think. Different species just do the best they can, and they all screw it up.
