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jugglebird's review
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
fast-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
vae's review
4.0
Not as satisfying as the first (probably because of length!) but still a wonderful world full of women holding each other up and Karen remains a wonderfully imperfect woman.
qdony's review
4.0
(3,5/5)
Lo que más me gusta es la voz en primera persona de Karen, pero la historia principal también vale la pena y está muy medida para una novela corta como esta. Los toques steam punk están muy bien dosificados y le dan un carácter especial, y el tratamiento de la cuestión de las desigualdades de género está bien incorporado. Por otro lado, la resolución, en una segunda fase del libro, del conflicto emocional entre Karen y Priya resulta un poco anticlimático y peca (para mi) de falta de naturalidad.
Recomendable, y si se ha leído "Karen Memory" imprescindible.
Lo que más me gusta es la voz en primera persona de Karen, pero la historia principal también vale la pena y está muy medida para una novela corta como esta. Los toques steam punk están muy bien dosificados y le dan un carácter especial, y el tratamiento de la cuestión de las desigualdades de género está bien incorporado. Por otro lado, la resolución, en una segunda fase del libro, del conflicto emocional entre Karen y Priya resulta un poco anticlimático y peca (para mi) de falta de naturalidad.
Recomendable, y si se ha leído "Karen Memory" imprescindible.
chukg's review
5.0
Good to see the characters from the first one again. This one was almost a 'bottle episode' -- it mostly happens in one place. The characters develop and we meet some new ones, but I could see this being summed up in a couple of paragraphs of their life story.
onceandfuturelaura's review
2.0
Our heroines go out for dinner and a show. Dinner is disrupted and the show delayed. A fine old building is destroyed by a localized earthquake. Victorian spiritualists and a Victorian Skeptic trade barbs. Also there is a disgruntled miner.
The prose is nice but not much happens. Felt like one of those "day in the life" episodes genre shows do when they've overspent their FX budgets.
The prose is nice but not much happens. Felt like one of those "day in the life" episodes genre shows do when they've overspent their FX budgets.
guerrichache's review
adventurous
funny
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
jakinabook's review
adventurous
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
felecia's review
3.0
Very different flow than the previous book. While it focused more on relationships, it did not feel as "real" as the first book.
somasis's review
3.0
Not quite as wonderful as the original, I think it was trying to tell two big stories in a little novella and ended up doing each only passably well. The Tommyknocker was fantastic, lots of action/adventure/etc. I also really appreciated the quieter moments at the end with Karen and Priya. I can get how the ending might be a let down after all the intensity of the Tommyknocker, but...I really liked Bear's interest in telling their story after their happily-ever-after. Here are two people who have to come together and realize that loving each other isn't enough to make a future together, they need to find a way to make their lives fit, making allowances, being considerate. That was pretty great, but like I said, it would have taken a full novel of both stories to satisfy me.