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Andy P.

otterlove@bookwyrm.social

Joined 1 year, 4 months ago

I mostly listen to sci-fi and fantasy audiobooks. Lots and lots of audiobooks. Also on Mastodon as @otterlove@mastodon.art

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Robert Jackson Bennett: Tainted Cup (2024, Random House Worlds) 4 stars

An eccentric detective and her long-suffering assistant untangle a web of magic, deceit, and murder …

So far I’m really enjoying this one, a murder mystery in an alternate world where bio-engineering is the main technology and kaiju keep attacking the coastal cities. Sherlock Holmes + Attack on Titan + Pacific Rim.

Peter Watts: Blindsight (2008, Tor Books) 3 stars

Two months since the stars fell...

Two months since sixty-five thousand alien objects clenched around …

Tries too hard to look smart

3 stars

Some very interesting ideas about aliens, intelligence, and the self but not in a form I can say I actually enjoyed reading. This is probably a polarizing book.

Katherine Addison: The Angel of the Crows (Paperback, 2021, Tor Books) 3 stars

This is not the story you think it is. These are not the characters you …

Content warning Minor spoilers for the beginning