Finished Ghost Story by Jim Butcher.
That was some story! Quite different, but also quite similar (to the rest of the series). Also, part of the ending was expected, but was surprised by the rest. Looking forward to where the story goes from here.
Also read The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski. The first Witcher book.
I read it quite a while ago, but hadn’t finished the series, so got a boxed set and reading it now. I had forgotten how Fairy Tales heavy this book is.
Bingo squares (for both boooks): Author from a Different Continent (hard mode), Now a Major Motion Picture, Short and Sweet, Based on Folklore, Off your TBR Pile, also possibly Jerk with a Heart of Gold.
What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening to lately?
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Just finished “Shroud” by Adrian Tchaikovsky. I’m a fan of his works but I’m not entirely sure how I feel about this one. It was an interesting mix of No Man’s Sky meets Project Hail Mary with a dystopian corporate bent; but I’m not entirely sure that it worked? Act 1 could (or possibly should) have been a lot longer, and beyond that I shouldn’t continue because Spoilers ;)
No Man’s Sky meets Project Hail Mary is one hell of a synopsis, sad that it didn’t work out.
Is this standalone or part of a series?
Standalone. I wanted very much to like it but it seemed underdeveloped tbh. An extra hundred pages might have smoothed out some of the narrative issues; Tchaikovsky seems to do some “tell don’t show” tricks with his writing that keep the plot moving at the price of a richer experience
Interesting. I haven’t read any of Tchaikovsky work yet, but he is mentioned so much here that I should try to rectify this soon.