Tak! commented on Under the Eye of the Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami
From one of Japan's most brilliant and sensitive contemporary novelists, this speculative fiction masterpiece envisions …
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Tak! reviewed Saints of Storm and Sorrow by Gabriella Buba (Stormbringer Saga, #1)
In this an enthralling Filipino-inspired epic fantasy, a nun concealing a goddess-given gift is unwillingly …
Saints of Storm and Sorrow
4 stars
Content warning spoilers
Despite the overt themes of colonialism and religious imperialism, Saints of Storm and Sorrow feels primarily like a story about toxic relationships - Catalina's abusive partnership with Lunurin, Alon's self-destructive infatuation with Lunurin (and Lunurin's knowing, cynical usage of it), Alon's father's abusive treatment of Alon, even the goddess's relationship with Lunurin.
The hollywood ending feels good, but I have to wonder if any of these characters is undamaged enough to live Happily Ever After.
Tak! quoted Saints of Storm and Sorrow by Gabriella Buba (Stormbringer Saga, #1)
In this an enthralling Filipino-inspired epic fantasy, a nun concealing a goddess-given gift is unwillingly …
The sea breezes keened of death in Lunurin’s ears, a cacophony of voices urging her to act.
— Saints of Storm and Sorrow by Gabriella Buba (Stormbringer Saga, #1)
enne📚 commented on Saints of Storm and Sorrow by Gabriella Buba (Stormbringer Saga, #1)
In this an enthralling Filipino-inspired epic fantasy, a nun concealing a goddess-given gift is unwillingly …
I added this to the July poll for #SFFBookClub.
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Tak! commented on In Universes by Emet North
For fans of Emily St. John Mandel and Kelly Link, a profoundly imaginative debut novel …
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Tak! quoted The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
In the near future, a civil servant is offered the salary of her dreams and …
Never tell a workplace or a lover anything that might cause them to terminate your relationship until you’re ready to leave.
Tak! quoted The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
In the near future, a civil servant is offered the salary of her dreams and …
Content warning alcohol
She came back with a glass of chilled red wine, which I hadn’t realized was a drink you could get on purpose.
Tak! quoted The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
In the near future, a civil servant is offered the salary of her dreams and …
Perhaps he’ll die this time.
Tak! commented on The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
In the near future, a civil servant is offered the salary of her dreams and …
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Tak! commented on Countess by Suzan Palumbo
A queer, Caribbean, anti-colonial sci-fi novella, inspired by the Count of Monte Cristo, in which …
I really dig the premise, but the execution bothered me a lot. Maybe they were just trying to do too much in a novella length, or maybe it's just me, but everything just felt rushed and clumsy. 🤷
Tak! quoted Countess by Suzan Palumbo
A queer, Caribbean, anti-colonial sci-fi novella, inspired by the Count of Monte Cristo, in which …
It had been a productive day. Too productive.
— Countess by Suzan Palumbo
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Tak! quoted Countess by Suzan Palumbo
A queer, Caribbean, anti-colonial sci-fi novella, inspired by the Count of Monte Cristo, in which …
Space colonization had not been the great equalizer the capitalist billionaires had advertised.
— Countess by Suzan Palumbo
Tak! quoted Countess by Suzan Palumbo
A queer, Caribbean, anti-colonial sci-fi novella, inspired by the Count of Monte Cristo, in which …
Acting Captain Virika Sameroo abandoned her seat and stood ramrod stiff behind the Oestra’s navigator after it jolted through the Invictan region skip gate.
— Countess by Suzan Palumbo
Tak! commented on Countess by Suzan Palumbo
A queer, Caribbean, anti-colonial sci-fi novella, inspired by the Count of Monte Cristo, in which …
The #SFFBookClub pick for April 2025
Security expert Dora left her anarchist commune over safety concerns. But when her ex-girlfriend Kay …
Short and bitter
5 stars
These Fragile Graces, This Fugitive Heart is a vignette about working through guilt and self-loathing toward self-forgiveness.
There's a lot going on in terms of themes: gender, transhumanism, anarchy and fascism, cloning, all mixed into a more standard crime plot.
Although the main thread is satisfactorily wrapped up, there's definitely room to explore the world further - I want more Dora!