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A review by icarusabides
Made Things by Adrian Tchaikovsky
3.0
Enjoyable little novella about a city with a magic based caste system, an orphan thief protagonist, and a group of magic puppet like homunculi made from all manner of different materials like wood, metal, candlewax, and even pages from magical books.
I enjoyed it but would have liked more depth to the story. It's a quick entertaining read with enjoyable characters, an interesting world, a fascinating magic system but it resolves everything a little too quickly and conveniently. There's not quite enough time spent with with the characters which is a shame considering how enjoyable some of them are.
There's so much more I want to explore about the homunculi's origin, goals, and societal structures nevermind the rest of the characters and the world. I would have loved another 100 to 150 pages but hopefully there's at least future novella or novels at some point.
I enjoyed it but would have liked more depth to the story. It's a quick entertaining read with enjoyable characters, an interesting world, a fascinating magic system but it resolves everything a little too quickly and conveniently. There's not quite enough time spent with with the characters which is a shame considering how enjoyable some of them are.
There's so much more I want to explore about the homunculi's origin, goals, and societal structures nevermind the rest of the characters and the world. I would have loved another 100 to 150 pages but hopefully there's at least future novella or novels at some point.