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A review by suzemo
Revenant Gun by Yoon Ha Lee
4.0
I think of all of the books in the series, this one was almost my favorite.
I am still operating under the premise that calendrical controls/heresy is all about magic (and we can fight about this all day, but I'm keeping it). This novel opens up with another Revenant Jedao - made of the missing memories that Kel Cheris did not have, which makes for a very interesting read.
The Jedao we absolutely don't know, but kind of know has to find his way in a new awakened world, waging war against the remnants of his own people with other remnants of his own people.
In the middle is Nirai Kujen, a broken genius who has put in place a system that manages to be way more horrific than the one he was trying to fix.
I wish the world building were a little stronger in this piece. While I love a good character driven story, I felt like, even though the groundwork was mostly laid in the previous novels, that we needed a little more information. Or maybe YHL just left it open for more stories. Either way, this book was pretty solid.
And servitors - there were servitor characters and they're fantastic.
I am still operating under the premise that calendrical controls/heresy is all about magic (and we can fight about this all day, but I'm keeping it). This novel opens up with another Revenant Jedao - made of the missing memories that Kel Cheris did not have, which makes for a very interesting read.
The Jedao we absolutely don't know, but kind of know has to find his way in a new awakened world, waging war against the remnants of his own people with other remnants of his own people.
In the middle is Nirai Kujen, a broken genius who has put in place a system that manages to be way more horrific than the one he was trying to fix.
I wish the world building were a little stronger in this piece. While I love a good character driven story, I felt like, even though the groundwork was mostly laid in the previous novels, that we needed a little more information. Or maybe YHL just left it open for more stories. Either way, this book was pretty solid.
And servitors - there were servitor characters and they're fantastic.