Critiques et Commentaires

A very good work of fantasy playing with deeper concepts than “magical secret orphan prince” tropes. The long time I spent reading it is unrelated to its quality (but more related to my brain's bandwidth capacity these last 6 months). The characters are compelling, the Aragorn-type is way more human than Tolkien’s Aragorn and the bad guys are well rounded and have interesting motivations. On the other hand I don’t remember if the book passes the Bechdel Test and the women roles could have been bigger.

Haven’t had the mental bandwidth to read it since April, but I don’t want to abandon a book by Kay

I love how Yoon Ha Lee manages to do so much in a sf setting.

Finished this novel by @samitbasu@mastodon.social on the backdrop of Indian PM Narendra Modi visiting Macron for Bastille Day celebrations. Fitting, really, when in France there's talks of generalized surveillance of the population (like the ability for the police to unlock your phone to record people).

A fun and engaging read, with an interesting magic system.

Heard a lot of good things from this book!