Cillian
Brilliant and devastating, as only Banks can do. The relationship between Lededje and Demeisen is one of my favorites in the whole Culture series (and also, best take on a space battle I’ve ever read).
Veppers is a terrifyingly believable villain and I had to pause the book a couple times because of it.
Altogether a great read.
Brilliant and devastating, as only Banks can do. The relationship between Lededje and Demeisen is one of my favorites in the whole Culture series (and also, best take on a space battle I’ve ever read).
Veppers is a terrifyingly believable villain and I had to pause the book a couple times because of it.
Altogether a great read.
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Set in a fantasy world with society and technology roughly comparable to 1700s England, but with sorcery and alchemy, and also the fae mythos.
While it does have aspects of Wells’ writing that I love, this is her first book and kind of shows. Exposition and world building wasn’t very elegant so it was difficult to keep track of some of the characters and factions. Kade’s personality was (I think) meant to reflect the “capricious nature” of her fae mother but it came across much more like that of a very immature woman, which made me not a fan of the relationship that developed between her and an older man.
Set in a fantasy world with society and technology roughly comparable to 1700s England, but with sorcery and alchemy, and also the fae mythos.
While it does have aspects of Wells’ writing that I love, this is her first book and kind of shows. Exposition and world building wasn’t very elegant so it was difficult to keep track of some of the characters and factions. Kade’s personality was (I think) meant to reflect the “capricious nature” of her fae mother but it came across much more like that of a very immature woman, which made me not a fan of the relationship that developed between her and an older man.
Like all good gothic stories, sometimes the mysteries are a little more exciting than the answers. Great book though.
Like all good gothic stories, sometimes the mysteries are a little more exciting than the answers. Great book though.
Entertaining if a little cliché.
Entertaining if a little cliché.