allweatherreader's reviews
61 reviews

medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I think this might be my favourite Kingfisher, after Nettle and Bone. It's quite dark in places, as she usually is, but it's so lovely. Perfect retelling of Sleeping Beauty.

Long Live Evil by Sarah Rees Brennan

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adventurous dark emotional funny fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Ooooh. This was right on the edge of too silly, for me, but somehow it wasn't. This is an isekai/portal fantasy, in which a young woman with stage four cancer gets popped into a high fantasy, extremely high drama setting, and finds herself the villain ('villain') of the piece; hilarity, gore, betrayal, love and all that good stuff ensues. Overblown fantasy has always been my jam, and this is both a love letter to and a gentle lampoon of it, so even though some of the Americanisms made me actually cringe, if that sounds good to you, I recommend.

Valuable Humans in Transit and Other Stories by qntm

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challenging funny informative fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? N/A
Loveable characters? N/A
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.5

I really enjoy this person's writing. I think the genre is best described as science-horror? The stories are mostly tech-based, futuristic thought experiments, with chilling implications (of course). I'm all about that. It's like micro-dosing Adrian Tchaikovsky.

Favourites: 'Lena', 'cripes does anyone remember Google People', and 'I don't know, Timmy, being God is a big responsibility'.

The Winter Spirits: Twelve Ghostly Tales for Festive Nights by Catriona Ward, Natasha Pulley, Laura Purcell, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Bridget Collins, Jess Kidd, Andrew Michael Hurley, Stuart Turton, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Elizabeth Macneal, Susan Stokes-Chapman, Laura Shepherd-Robinson

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4.0

Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater

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2.5

Starter Villain by John Scalzi

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4.0

Knock Knock, Open Wide by Neil Sharpson

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dark emotional sad medium-paced