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A review by tikimoof
The Cloud Roads by Martha Wells
4.0
Hey, inadvertently filled the 'flying protagonist' bingo square, so yay! I think I saw this book in a list of epic fantasy written by women, and it happened to come off of the library reserve list first. It was pretty good! The prose wasn't amazing and provocative or anything, but it was a solid read.
Everybody seemed to species of humanoid shapeshifters, with all of their different societies, and nobody was blatantly an allegory for anything in the real world, which is nice to have in fantasy.
SPOILERS AHEAD
The general theme was one of finding acceptance. In this case it was when one has found their own people, but there were implications elsewhere in the book that the main character could have been content simply with being himself, had he allowed it.
It doesn't hurt that he had traits that his people specifically needed that gave everybody a way to warm up to each other by degrees, but hey, everybody wants to be special.
END
It ended on a good enough note that I'll try reserving the next one from the library, but we'll see when I get around to it. 24 more bingo squares, and I think Deadhouse Gates is going to be my grimdark option. Maybe I'll use the next one of this series as a cleanser.
Everybody seemed to species of humanoid shapeshifters, with all of their different societies, and nobody was blatantly an allegory for anything in the real world, which is nice to have in fantasy.
SPOILERS AHEAD
The general theme was one of finding acceptance. In this case it was when one has found their own people, but there were implications elsewhere in the book that the main character could have been content simply with being himself, had he allowed it.
It doesn't hurt that he had traits that his people specifically needed that gave everybody a way to warm up to each other by degrees, but hey, everybody wants to be special.
END
It ended on a good enough note that I'll try reserving the next one from the library, but we'll see when I get around to it. 24 more bingo squares, and I think Deadhouse Gates is going to be my grimdark option. Maybe I'll use the next one of this series as a cleanser.