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bigethan

bigethan@sfba.club

Joined 1 year, 6 months ago

Love to read! All things!

Though sweet spots are Science Fiction and Fantasy and humorous Young Adult stuff. I generally read in bed, so my preference is for less stressful stories. My favorite stories that ones that are both Quirky and Unexpected.

Due to book experiences being very dependent on the reader, I belive that reviews should be short.

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reviewed The World We Make by N. K. Jemisin (The Great Cities, #2)

N. K. Jemisin: The World We Make (Hardcover, 2022, Little, Brown Book Group Limited)

Pulls the series together

Cool things happen in this book! It's not mind-blowing, but it's much more unpredictable than the first book and has some compelling character development. Though wouldn't really recommend the series unless you're someone who likes thinking about cities.

reviewed The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin (Great Cities, #1)

N. K. Jemisin: The City We Became (Paperback, 2020, Little, Brown Book Group Limited)

In Manhattan, a young grad student gets off the train and realizes he doesn't remember …

Cool premise, but only the first half

This book has a cool core idea, but it doesn't do too much with it and the plotline is a little too predictable and brief. I'm still in for the second book (it's a duology), but mostly because it's N.K. Jemisin

reviewed Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin (Tales of the City, #1)

Armistead Maupin: Tales of the City (1994, HarperPerennial)

The acclaimed best-seller by the author of Significant Other, Babycakes, and Sure of You follows …

San Francisco Pulp!

In a good way! All of the characters are pretty one dimensional, the only way out is through, and it's pretty much chaos the whole time. The good stuff is in the reflections the characters have while going through their lives with everything turned up to 11. Great summer reading.