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It took me two weeks to finish it. In between reading it, I decided to reread The Exorcist. Still my favorite horror novel not written by Stephen King. That last quarter of WOK was amazing and got me real excited for Words of Radiance in a few weeks. For my monthly graphic novel, I read Joe Hill's A Basketful of Heads. I finally finished the Friday the 13th book today. Really awesome stuff. Then, as a palate cleanser I read How to Survive a Horror Movie by Seth Grahame-Smith. Now, currently reading A Darkness at Sethanon by Raymond E. Feist
That's pretty much Becky Chambers' entire deal. She makes some very pleasant worlds to get cozy in. Glad you enjoyed it!
I absolutely adored the first book and thought the second and third declined. However I know many people who prefer the later ones. I do recommend reading the second, if you like it less than the first I wouldn't bother with the third.
It's true that, that for all the knowledge the author clearly has about games, she doesn't entirely trust the audience to share it. There is a little too much overexplaining at times, but I think it's a reasonable price to pay to keep the book legible to non-gamers.
The second book admittedly has a pretty weird relationship in it, although to discuss it in detail would spoil the hell out of the story. I will say that I didn't really read it as something that the author endorsed, so much as a weird/bad thing that arose from the circumstances of the story. It's less "the author thinks this is okay" and more "maybe it would be better if the author had found a totally different story device to move things forward".
Oops, deleted my post too late. (I ultimately decide that only about half of the things I post on this forum are worth posting.) That's fair, but it was something I felt throughout the entire book, not just the material explaining games. But I still enjoyed it as a whole.
This came out, so now I'm reading Zoey is Too Drunk for This Dystopia. So far, more of the same, which is basically what I expected and wanted.
Finished this last night and by the end I thought it was mostly Just Okay. The writing was good, but the characters talking in anachronisms bothered me all the way through and the ending felt just a little too cute for its own good. I enjoyed my time reading it, but I probably wouldn't read it a second time.
I enjoyed this, ultimately; I liked its realist approach to magic and sci-fi tech throughout. It didn't make a big impact on me or anything, but it was a fun read. Albeit kinda depressing, what with its too-real depiction of a gradual apocalypse (and also brutal depiction of bullying at the beginning).
Took me decades to read Liveship Traders after Farseer, but I did so with my wife reading the Chinese translations a couple of years back and adored them. Farseer for all its strengths still does dabble in tropey teen boy angst which is well-trodden ground in fantasy, where Liveship felt far more fresh between its several perspectives.
I'll be curious what you think of this one. I found it kind of odd but just fine, most other people I know seem to strongly love it or hate it.
It just takes place on the same planet.
This series is one of my absolute favorites. I envy anyone getting to read it for the first time!
So, this was really great. Will definitely check out the sequel some time next year.
