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A review by tigermuffin
Midnight at the Electric by Jodi Lynn Anderson
4.0
A gorgeous story but in your mind when you read the word 'gorgeous', make a tender version of the word. I love the gentleness here but it's not a snoozy cozy either (which is good, imho). I'm always on the hunt for books, authors, with a certain kind of voice and I'm happy to find Jodi Lynn Anderson (Robin Sloan is another favorite).
Continue reading this at your peril, as it gets grumpy, directed toward the publisher:
Something that bothered me so much it lost half a star: there were several (3 that really stuck out) typographical errors and one of the best quotes, featured on the dust jacket, is not how it is said in the story! I'm human too and make errors but book publishers...I mean to say...come on! It was not an ARC version. Am I being petty?
"No one wants to disappear. Words pin things down and make them real, and they last so much longer than we do.' (jacket)
"No one wants to disappear. Words made things real, and they last so much longer than we do." (pg 253).
Kinda meta, eh?
Continue reading this at your peril, as it gets grumpy, directed toward the publisher:
Something that bothered me so much it lost half a star: there were several (3 that really stuck out) typographical errors and one of the best quotes, featured on the dust jacket, is not how it is said in the story! I'm human too and make errors but book publishers...I mean to say...come on! It was not an ARC version. Am I being petty?
"No one wants to disappear. Words pin things down and make them real, and they last so much longer than we do.' (jacket)
"No one wants to disappear. Words made things real, and they last so much longer than we do." (pg 253).
Kinda meta, eh?