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Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo
5.0
This series keeps getting better. Bardugo mastered the art of Book 2, digging deeper into her characters and bringing new light on other parts of their histories and actions. The story makes sense in a way that some series don't (their either spin their wheels or take off in utterly strange directions)The "Fold" is truly terrifying -- but so is Bardugo's heroine, Alina, who has Skywalker-esque battle going within her own soul about her potential power for "the Dark Side." The Russia-phile description and context continues to be a big plus. I'm looking forward to book 3!
Boy Nobody by Allen Zadoff
3.0
This was engaging, "thrilling," interesting, as a boy assassin filters into other people's lives and kills with an injection from a pen. So why not a total thumbs up? I felt like I was being manipulated for the soon to be released film. This read way too much like the pitch for a blockbuster (as it will be, with Jaden Pinkett-Smith rumored to be in the running for the lead). I want something different from a book than a movie. Of course, both can be equally good, but they are good in different ways. The book, for me, has to have more nuance, more depth, more exploration of character and ideas. The film can be rock-em, sock em, or whatever, but it's fundamentally a different aesthetic experience.