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All the Birds in the Sky
by Charlie Jane Anders
Well that just flew by! I picked this up after an advert and review in SciFi Now and what a great recommendation that turned out to be. I guess at heart this is a love story or at least an entangled relationship story. At first it reads a lot like a YA book which is no bad thing but quickly moves the characters into adulthood. I quite liked this change but it did feel at times that the author had forgotten about the events of the children at times as much as they had. Until the end when the tree came back into the story. So in the end quite an intentional break and something that Patricia in particular had to remember.
This novel has so many good points its got magic and secret magic societies, its kind of Steampunk in tone with all the crazy tech developments at times and has a figure through the story in Milton who is some sort of Tony Stark style supergeek who in the end goes more than a bit nuts. And of course Peregrine. The AI that became a trusted friend for Patricia and which Laurence pretty much forgets about - "Is a Tree Red?" this is perhaps the oddest phrase to put forward as a reason for the causal event for an AI to gain true intelligence. Its also up there with 42 as just a plain odd thing to put into a book as a central part of the story. It works though but perhaps could have been more central to the characters.
I thought the characters worked well and the pace of the story was really good, its a real page turner.
Great first novel I'd highly recommend it as good holiday reading as long as you don't mind a bit of philosophical musings.
This novel has so many good points its got magic and secret magic societies, its kind of Steampunk in tone with all the crazy tech developments at times and has a figure through the story in Milton who is some sort of Tony Stark style supergeek who in the end goes more than a bit nuts. And of course Peregrine. The AI that became a trusted friend for Patricia and which Laurence pretty much forgets about - "Is a Tree Red?" this is perhaps the oddest phrase to put forward as a reason for the causal event for an AI to gain true intelligence. Its also up there with 42 as just a plain odd thing to put into a book as a central part of the story. It works though but perhaps could have been more central to the characters.
I thought the characters worked well and the pace of the story was really good, its a real page turner.
Great first novel I'd highly recommend it as good holiday reading as long as you don't mind a bit of philosophical musings.