A review by rigbees
Drunk on All Your Strange New Words by Eddie Robson

adventurous tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

This is a noir-ish sci-fi book where a translator for an alien species finds herself needing to clear her name after one of the aliens is murdered. While the mystery is intriguing and has a strong pay-off, this book takes a long time to get to that point and feels a little bogged down with worldbuilding. That being said, I think that there are interesting parts to the world being built and I would like to see more stories set in this world. In fact, I think that sequels would probably be even better, as they would be able to get into the story instead of having 3 or 4 chapters of set-up.