Nomad Scry

I was really enjoying the world, characters, story... And then there were those entirely out of character choices at the very end.

I'm perfectly fine with the most absurd story - as long as it is internally consistent. This ending breaks that.

I like the ideas and there's nothing wrong with the writing, which is on part with the prior books, but there are too many characters and too many of them are Culture ships. Perhaps it's just a factor of the audiobook medium but the communications between Minds were opaque and confusing.

I really enjoyed the story. It went places I wasn't expecting. Characters acted out of character and then we would learn why. Good story.

Then there's the politics, which are surprisingly relevant to (2025) current events. The story doesn't shy away from the consequences of the theories and policies in a way that I think is admirable and worthy of consideration. Good story.

It's my own fault. I knew what I was reading going in. But damn, I'm just so bored with every third chapter ending with a 20 minute sex scene. I really like epic fantasy/doorstopper with a primarily female POV and that's slim pickings if I veto romantasies. So, I really liked this but this is also my last straw for this genre. Sadly.

I was halfway through when it hit me that Nesta is Nynaeve.

Sticks the landing.

In the end, it's all futile and nothing is changed.

The English blithely screwed over the natives wherever they went but it's impressive how much of a shit Churchill was and how little of that made it into my education. His name should be remembered in the same way that Hitler and Stalin are.

This is very much a middle book - how effective (or useless) it is won't be known until I read the next book. The most interesting stuff mostly happens outside the society, with many many hints about interesting things to come.

The audiobook is (again) a pain to get into because each character has their own voice actor and, despite how good each narrator is (and they are), it's difficult for me to adapt to each voice in order to understand what they're saying. I'm positive I missed parts of the story due to shifting narrators.

While this one is still a "special boy/girl" sci-fantasy, I did like the constant edging of foreshadowing betrayal immediately followed by descriptions of how nice a character is. In fact, when a significant betrayal did come, I didn't believe it and more than halfway expect to find it reversed later on the series. The ratio of fantasy to sci-fi felt weird to me but I couldn't say why.

Interesting subversion of certain tropes and well crafted telegraphing. It didn't hit quite right for me, probably because I'm currently in an argument with the "special boy/girl" model of fantasy.

I'm glad I read this. The ENIAC 6 deserve more respect and more awareness of how much they brought to programming. I expected the quiet sexism of having their work accepted but not their value as people. I wasn't expecting modern jackasses to try to erase their contributions and deny their importance.

Nicely different. I hope there will be sequels.

Beyond issues with the male narrator sounding like an excited 13 year old and not a tired 18 year old, I really enjoyed my time here... So much so, that I've immediately begun the sequel. 

Fantastic. 

On the one hand, very good advice for sincere decent folks. On the other hand very good advice for malicious manipulative people (think: used car salesman.) And on the other other hand, a big fuck you to Autistics not interested in roleplaying as a bubbly and effervescent neurotypical. 

Cute and smart.  Just a touch long but very enjoyable. 

Don't listen. Read. 

Unengaging. There are horrors here but they are consistently glossed over. 

For a 16 hr book, this was 10 hrs to long. The first 12 hours could have been done in 1st or 3rd person in 2 hours and had a four (I really liked it) it five (I loved it) star rating. 

At one point Harrow find herself in the military almost entirely so the author can make a pun about baristas. The entire scene contributes nothing to the story. 

Excellent resource for those suspecting their ADHD and those recently diagnosed. Possibly not as applicable for women? 

This is what I would consider to be a “junk” read. Delightful and fun, and exactly on trope. Despite the protagonist being an adult, the tenor of the story is decidedly YA - which makes the explicit sex scenes feel a little jarring and out of place. 

This is the first book in a five book series, and the next one is due later in 2023. 

This is a 4.5 star book that's been misfiled as fantasy. If I'd known it wasn't fantasy, I wouldn't have read it.

Interesting but utterly bonkers. 

While I liked this story quite a lot, I will admit that I had to hit up Wikipedia after finishing to make sure I had actually understood the final events.