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septimusbrown 's review for:
All the Birds in the Sky
by Charlie Jane Anders
Very enjoyable, unusual, atypical book. Anders has written a daring story by defying convention. Reading some of the other reviews, it seems like many people aren't able to cope with a book going in unexpected directions or defying genre-based expectations. Yes, it starts off YA but turns a very adult corner. It's a refreshing mix of science fiction and fantasy. It's a love story that refuses to follow the standard romance formula. It's awash with unusual characters and offbeat comedy.
All the Birds in the Sky won the 2017 Nebula, the 2017 Locus, and was nominated for the 2017 Hugo award. And for good reason. But scroll through the reviews here and you'll see that it's not for everyone. I'll be a jerk and come out with it--it's too smart for some. People like McDonald's and Tom Clancy because they know what they want and they want what they know. If you can't handle a book that breaks a comfortable genre mold, then give this a pass. Otherwise, check it out.
Okay okay, so I didn't love every single aspect. I felt like the middle was a bit sprawling. I went from this-is-the-best-book-ever to this-book-is strange-but-still-okay to hey-cool-ending-interesting-book-overall.... so I should probably give All the Birds a 4/5. But yeah, I'm dismayed at all the bad reviews, so 5/5 it is.
All the Birds in the Sky won the 2017 Nebula, the 2017 Locus, and was nominated for the 2017 Hugo award. And for good reason. But scroll through the reviews here and you'll see that it's not for everyone. I'll be a jerk and come out with it--it's too smart for some. People like McDonald's and Tom Clancy because they know what they want and they want what they know. If you can't handle a book that breaks a comfortable genre mold, then give this a pass. Otherwise, check it out.
Okay okay, so I didn't love every single aspect. I felt like the middle was a bit sprawling. I went from this-is-the-best-book-ever to this-book-is strange-but-still-okay to hey-cool-ending-interesting-book-overall.... so I should probably give All the Birds a 4/5. But yeah, I'm dismayed at all the bad reviews, so 5/5 it is.