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Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield
0.5
I really should just go with my instinct to dnf 🥲 but I had hoped it would get better towards the end.
This really wasn't for me. The writing style felt pretentious, insufferable, meandering, withholding.We don't even really find out what happens in the end, or why, to any of the people who went on the trip. Miri was supremely unlikeable and it confused me to no end how she was OK with letting her life partner live the way she did until she had to let her go.
This really wasn't for me. The writing style felt pretentious, insufferable, meandering, withholding.
The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
4.5
Wholesome for a book about political intrigue. I really liked Maia, but I had a heck of a time trying to remember who was who, even with the cast list in the beginning. Csevet and the nohecharei were best boys (and gal).
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
4.0
Being transported to the past was fascinating, and the implications of her having to make sure her ancestor survived, time passing by slower in the past than in the future, Kevin being stuck in the past for 5 years without Dana - all so thought provoking. Very difficult to read at points due to subject matter where I just had to take a break from reading. The writing style made it easy to actually read though. This is my second book from Butler and certainly not my last