Got bored; couldn't bring myself to keep listening to the audiobook and the library copy expired.

Might try it in a physical book format sometime. 

I read this for a book club, not expecting to love it as much as I did. Thanks r/Fantasy for getting this book on my radar, because it's SO good. One of my favourite reads of this year, for sure.

First, I have to comment on the writing style. Griffith's prose is nothing short of poetic. The way it lured me in and kept me firmly rooted in the world of Jeep, with all five senses, has to be commended; most of all, I got lost in her descriptions of Jeep's sky. She perfectly captures the feeling of staring up at the clouds and feeling dizzy at their vastness, and this adds an incredible atmosphere, a presence, to the book. 

The characters, too, I fell in love with. Jeep is full of people - as Griffith has pointed out in her afterthought at the end of the book - not "women", people. Because among hundreds of all-female-planet books, Griffith's is one of the only ones I found that kept her women realistic. They aren't monolithic, nor are they helpless. They are flawed and learning and growing, and different, and morally gray and facing difficult choices and and and--

Griffith's women are realistic in a way I am surprised is so rare in sci-fi. Because they're simply that; real.

The ending felt appropriately climactic, with just enough cliffhanger to leave one wondering. It's not perfect or neatly tied up, but thought has been put into it.

Overall, I couldn't put this book down. Some quotes, I still rotate in my mind, remembering Jeep, remembering Ammonite.

I've been putting off this trilogy for too long, and finally got my hands on a full cast audiobook. And it was so fun!

I could dissect this middle grade fantasy, but honestly, I don't want to. It was easy to suspend my disbelief and enjoy the world building and main story alike. 

This book made me cry and that's gotta be worth something.

While the premise was interesting, the substance of the book didn't hook me. Mostly, I found it boring.

I still feel that the first book of this series (Paladin's Grace) was the best. Even the title of that one is a pun, come ON! Contrary to popular opinion, based on reading the reviews, though, I feel that this one isn't far behind. I really did like it, even if Galen's narrative voice didn't come through as strongly to me as the previous protagonists; Galen and Piper's inner monologues read as indistinct, to me. 

Still, the humour, supporting cast, and world building was fun, and the story was well paced. Seeing these two yearn and pine and be all self sacrificial about it was, frankly, delicious. Can't wait to pick up the next one - what a cliffhanger!

And because this deserves to be stated, Joel Richards' narration was fab as always. Some books are better experienced as audiobooks; this whole series, in my opinion, is a great example of that.

I can't believe I haven't discovered Butler's work sooner - it had been recommended to me and I'd just kept putting it off until now. 

To say I loved this book would not be correct. It's a challenging read, delivered matter-of-factly by a narrator whose very existence, framed by the atrocities she'd witnessed, speaks to how far this fictional America has fallen. I had to put it down a number of times; aspects of it turned my stomach. But I believe it is a necessary read, and I'm surprised at how long ago it had been written. I dread to see some aspects of this specific dystopia realised within my own lifetime. 

Immersive, profound, and hopeful despite it all, Parable of the Sower will stay with me for a long time.

3 stars, with that .5 tacked on for the ending, because while the rest of the book was mediocre, the last few chapters shone. 

A predictable plot with predictable twists, with a protagonist I don't have a strong opinion of, considering she's very YA-ish in her "I'm not like other girls"-ness and that's not my cup of tea. 

But a delightfully executed ending, and fun world building I found myself invested in all the same. Often, endings in this type of book are rushed and rely on some (far too quickly introduced) McGuffin or deus ex machina - not here. 

I've been meaning to read this one for a while because The Raven Cycle series was my EVERYTHING when I was younger. 

The writing is still extremely beautiful, and I'm glad that Ronan, whom I adore, is getting his chance to shine. However, while I knew it was going to be a new cast of characters going in, these ones just aren't as easy to like as the Aglionby Boys (and Blue and her family) had been. The first books were full of magic and wonder, whereas this first installment feels like it's dealing with the "behind the scenes" of said wonder, dissecting the magic until it's mundane. I'm not a fan of where the worldbuilding is going with the Visionaries, either. 

Dreams feel like a solution to too much of the plot's main conflict, and the stakes don't feel serious. It felt like I was reading (or, listening to) a pastiche of the first series. 

An intense and gripping read that I picked up on a whim (I needed an SFF novella for a reading challenge). I read it over the course of a couple of very sleepless evenings, exhausted from work but still eager to get to the end of the chapter. Well-written, exceptionally (unreliably) narrated, Tchaikovsky takes us on a journey to, and past, insanity in this thrilling novella. 

The twist was a punch in the gut - I didn't expect the book to go there. I have so many questions.