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Apr. 18th, 2015 07:34 pmMirror Empire by Kameron Hurley
Lovely setting, lovely magic, I loved the characters for the first third where they were finding their feet, but then found it hard to stay engaged, hard to care about what happens. I'm starting to think I love Kameron Hurley's writing in theory but I often lamentably don't enjoy her books as much as I want to.
Girl with all the Gifts by M R Carey (aka Mike Carey)
Woodpijn originally recommended this here and I mostly agreed with her, and with the comments on bookatorium. Read woodpijn's review for a non-spoilery recommendation if that's what you want.
However, I hadn't realised when I thought "oh, that sounds interesting" that it was a new book that would show up in book award lists. That made more sense when I realised M R Carey was Mike Carey, the author of the lovely Felix Castor london exorcist urban fantasy books.
It's different to his other books -- it reads like a mainstream slightly-literary novel that happens to have a slightly scifi-nal premise, but is pretty good.
I also agreed with comments that the first two chapters with Melanie being taught and working out what's wrong were extremely strong, and the rest of the book, while good thought-provoking and enjoyable didn't take those bits as far as I'd hoped.
Other films, I don't have much to say about
Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Whip It
Lovely setting, lovely magic, I loved the characters for the first third where they were finding their feet, but then found it hard to stay engaged, hard to care about what happens. I'm starting to think I love Kameron Hurley's writing in theory but I often lamentably don't enjoy her books as much as I want to.
Girl with all the Gifts by M R Carey (aka Mike Carey)
Woodpijn originally recommended this here and I mostly agreed with her, and with the comments on bookatorium. Read woodpijn's review for a non-spoilery recommendation if that's what you want.
However, I hadn't realised when I thought "oh, that sounds interesting" that it was a new book that would show up in book award lists. That made more sense when I realised M R Carey was Mike Carey, the author of the lovely Felix Castor london exorcist urban fantasy books.
It's different to his other books -- it reads like a mainstream slightly-literary novel that happens to have a slightly scifi-nal premise, but is pretty good.
I also agreed with comments that the first two chapters with Melanie being taught and working out what's wrong were extremely strong, and the rest of the book, while good thought-provoking and enjoyable didn't take those bits as far as I'd hoped.
Other films, I don't have much to say about
Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Whip It