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A review by bibliophilicjester
Linesman by S.K. Dunstall
4.0
4.5?! I absolutely loved this book, and I'm so glad I picked the trilogy to read for the space opera September solo challenge, bc I want to continue very soon! Excellent excuse. Lol.
EDIT: I realized I should use murderbot for the entire series solo challenge?! I reread/re-listen to the audiobooks constantly, and it seems silly not to use them. Like I'm up to reread number 31 I think. Just in 2021 lol. But I still want to continue this series asap! So this book I guess is for space opera written by a woman! Slash two women, bc sk dunstall is the pen name of two sisters ☺️
I read their other series first and decided to go back to this one...which doesn't always work, quality-wise. But this was great!! I enjoyed Ean most, but I think Rossi is the worst on purpose, you know? Every time he called someone sweetheart I cringed, but at least it wasn't a gender specific thing haha. He's just an ass to everyone. Fergus is a treasure and I hope to see a lot more of him.
Really, everything with the lines is fascinating to me. I love how Ean's approach is so different and unconventional. Other linesmen (especially other tens) are mostly awful to him, but he sort of expects it by now and takes it all in stride, so it never got to the point for me where it was too much bullying. Bc that def triggers me often.
There's so much going on with politics, betrayals, coups, sabotage, leverage, etc., and again, I love it. I haven't retained many of the names of worlds, but they sound familiar when they come up. I also really appreciate how none of the names were similar, which is such a little thing in general, but a big thing to those of us with shit memories
EDIT: I realized I should use murderbot for the entire series solo challenge?! I reread/re-listen to the audiobooks constantly, and it seems silly not to use them. Like I'm up to reread number 31 I think. Just in 2021 lol. But I still want to continue this series asap! So this book I guess is for space opera written by a woman! Slash two women, bc sk dunstall is the pen name of two sisters ☺️
I read their other series first and decided to go back to this one...which doesn't always work, quality-wise. But this was great!! I enjoyed Ean most, but I think Rossi is the worst on purpose, you know? Every time he called someone sweetheart I cringed, but at least it wasn't a gender specific thing haha. He's just an ass to everyone. Fergus is a treasure and I hope to see a lot more of him.
Really, everything with the lines is fascinating to me. I love how Ean's approach is so different and unconventional. Other linesmen (especially other tens) are mostly awful to him, but he sort of expects it by now and takes it all in stride, so it never got to the point for me where it was too much bullying. Bc that def triggers me often.
There's so much going on with politics, betrayals, coups, sabotage, leverage, etc., and again, I love it. I haven't retained many of the names of worlds, but they sound familiar when they come up. I also really appreciate how none of the names were similar, which is such a little thing in general, but a big thing to those of us with shit memories