A review by chirson
All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders

3.0

Well, I really liked the birds.
SpoilerIt's too late! Practically too late, almost too late - that part was awesome.


And most of the moody, atmospheric bits with Patricia.

And Peregrine.

Laurence... was kind of unbearable though.

Aggrandizement was very Pratchettesque, which is not a bad thing;
Spoilerthough I would have liked it to lead somewhere
.

And while I can appreciate the syncopated pacing as an idea, it didn't work for me. I guess I would have liked there to be more transitions, more traditional storytelling to the parts of the story that were put together.

(So far, my least favourite of Nebula/Hugo 2016/17 bunch.)