Maree

Juicy

4.5 stars

Spookily precient, borderline Gibson in speculative tech, scarily feels like not a huge leap to Amazon/Apple/Google levels of market control dystopia, one or two distracting unbelievable or convenient resolutions to brush aside plot hole problems

An engaging examination of the power of the market to guide policies around freedoms many take for granted until they are too quickly taken away during some upheaval or event, or technology enabling advance.

I want to read more by this author

Three and a half rounded up to four

It was a bit messed up reading this dystopian novel while the local environment was a bit dystopian and friends were getting caught up in the fires and the air being toxic

Weird, but good weird

4.5, stunningly complex

Uh that last paragraph

Such an important book

I'm not crying you're crying

Slippery

Gibson X clockwork orange

Not as fun as the first in the series. The ratio fey magics to bipolar-positive snark was lower, but still fun.

Amazing artwork and gripping to the punchline

Loved this compilation

There was definitely some interesting things in there but too few spread over too many pages made it a slow take

Harrowing

Plash!

3.5 rounded up.

While it did have some cool ideas the execution was a little tiresome in places. Loved reading all the local place names and the inside jokes.

It felt like a Doctor Who episode in parts.

It made me think about what would I imagine if I could imagine a world into existence.

The jokes about the boring world because not a great writer were also pretty self deprecating and funny.

A great read

4.5 rounded up. Loved the lesson on Borderline without being schooled. Mixed well with the overall fey magical story.

Magical

A beautiful watercolor and monochrome tale of childhood

Gritty.

Ok so there are female protagonists and the artwork be pretty but really not sure why the gushy praise for this.

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