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Tak! commented on The Beautiful Decay by Veo Corva
Something strange is happening in sleepy subterranean Tombtown. Necromancers are disappearing. The crypt is changing. …
Tak! commented on Witch King by Martha Wells
Kai-Enna is the Witch King, though he hasn’t always been, and he hasn’t even always …
Someone asked about a copy of the Dramatis Personae for Witch King since it would be handy for audiobook readers. I'm kind of drowning in doctor appointments right now so I'm going to put it and a link to the map here: marthawells.dreamwidth.org/631012.html
Tak! rated Witch King: 4 stars
Witch King by Martha Wells
Kai-Enna is the Witch King, though he hasn’t always been, and he hasn’t even always been Kai-Enna!
After being murdered, …
Tak! reviewed Translation State by Ann Leckie
The mystery of a missing translator sets three lives on a collision course that will …
Translation State
5 stars
Good space opera, but also packed full of text and subtext about things like identity and authority
Tak! commented on The Beautiful Decay by Veo Corva
Something strange is happening in sleepy subterranean Tombtown. Necromancers are disappearing. The crypt is changing. …
(Fallout 4 voice) Larry… Larry never changes.
Tak! reviewed The Beautiful Decay by Veo Corva
Something strange is happening in sleepy subterranean Tombtown. Necromancers are disappearing. The crypt is changing. …
The Beautiful Decay
5 stars
The characters have matured since Books & Bone (except Larry), and the plot has gotten more epic, but the atmosphere is still cozy and inviting.
The Beautiful Decay is living (undead) proof that gripping epic fantasy doesn't have to be grimdark.
Tak! commented on The Beautiful Decay by Veo Corva
Something strange is happening in sleepy subterranean Tombtown. Necromancers are disappearing. The crypt is changing. …
Content warning spoiler (chapter 39)
This fight with Mykol and Usther and Smythe is very Resident Evil
Tak! reviewed The First Binding by R.R. Virdi
All legends are born of truths. And just as much lies. These are mine. Judge …
The First Binding
1 star
This is so shamefully, outrageously derivative of The Name of the Wind that it reads like fanfiction
Tak! commented on A Half-Built Garden by Ruthanna Emrys
On a warm March night in 2083, Judy Wallach-Stevens wakes to a warning of unknown …
"Oh cool, A Half-Built Garden is up for a Utopia Award! Voting open through the end of the month: file770.com/2023-utopia-award-nominees/ "
Tak! commented on Too Like the Lightning by Ada Palmer
"The world into which Mycroft and Carlyle have been born is as strange to our …
The #SFFBookClub selection for June 2023
Tak! wants to read The First Binding by R.R. Virdi
All legends are born of truths. And just as much lies. These are mine. Judge …
Tor recommended this for bards, so here I go…
Tak! rated The Babylon Eye: 5 stars
The Babylon Eye by Masha du Toit
Elke Veraart is in prison. She used to be an eco-terrorist, hunting down poachers to protect endangered species. Now she’s …
Tak! rated Unnatural Magic: 5 stars
Unnatural Magic by C. M. Waggoner
Onna can write the parameters of a spell faster than any of the young men in her village school. But …
Tak! reviewed The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher
A young woman discovers a strange portal in her uncle’s house, leading to madness and …
The Hollow Places
5 stars
Content warning metaspoilers maybe
Gave me similar vibes as Annihilation (in a good way), but also gave me some closure in the ending (in a good way).