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yvkhan's review against another edition
3.0
Mid bc idgaf about Rider, the first recollection of Rider’s was dumb, speaker’s death was entirely avoidable, buildup of tension @ caverns was ultimately whelming — in the absence of real monstrous horror, emotional horror is required, and the novella lacked both imo. bc as a fan of the blacked out lines but perhaps not the discovery of the original documents.
connie__'s review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
ruxandra_grr's review against another edition
3.0
Really enjoyed this third entry in the Tensorate series. I liked the piecing-together-from-different-sources style of storytelling and the world continues to be fascinating and rich. But there's a part of me that feels like this isn't necessarily a complete story? I mean it is, for the main character, the rogue hardboiled detective tensor. But it feels more like a set-up for the next part than anything. It was good to be back with Mokoya, Rider, and even Akeha, even if they were more background characters than anything else. But once again, I feel like something was incomplete here and I'm not sure what.
boggremlin's review against another edition
4.0
My favorite so far--this series is excellent. I second Psyche's description of this installment as an X-Files episode.
sjov's review against another edition
4.0
“Did those who worked here have more time to evacuate than those who worked on the surface? I wonder what they wrote on these desks. I wonder what they kept on those multitudes of shelves.”
mksultra's review against another edition
4.0
The best in the series so far!! Focused on a shorter time period, and I really cared about the narrator in a way I hadn't before. Rider is cool as always, and Akeha is going by 'they' now! Neato neato, good for them, and a nice callback to the first book where they noted that 'him' didn't quite fit, but fit better than 'she'. Still wish I got more Akeha.
emilybolivia's review against another edition
4.5
I LOVE a story told through artifacts! This one was especially well done.
townsendme's review against another edition
5.0
One of my favorite yet in this series! Loved the mystery format and foul mouthed main narrator
sakeriver's review against another edition
I just love this series. This one was an interesting follow-up to the first two novellas, departing from them both stylistically and in perspective. This one takes the form of an epistolary mystery, and I think it works really well. It seems lately that I’ve read several books and stories in which the POV character is not the main character, and I find that interesting. In any case, I’m very interested to see how this series continues.
loganslovelylibrary's review against another edition
3.0
I thought the format of this novella was interesting and well done. And although the writing was excellent and descriptive, the content was just so gruesome and hard to stomach. The storyline was an interesting look into the politics of the world, but it doesn’t quite seem to fit that well with the previous two novellas. An interesting experimental novella, but not my favorite in the series!