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No ground-breaking revelations for someone who follows [a:Amanda Palmer|1010543|Amanda Palmer|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1297527121p2/1010543.jpg] around the internet, but a lovely chatty-style book. Very readable, enjoyable, and frank, with a few tears thrown in because of reasons.
Having already been a regular blog reader, and having read all this before (as well as the introspection that is touched on here, but expanded later on the blog), this book wasn't as great as I wanted it to be. I already went on that journey with Wheaton.
But I do always like to read the backstory of blog posts, and especially how we spin writing to make ourselves look better or hurt less. I did enjoy the explanation of the blog posts part of the book.
And I am glad Wheaton came to the point where he could embrace his life on a spaceship, and his life beyond.
But I do always like to read the backstory of blog posts, and especially how we spin writing to make ourselves look better or hurt less. I did enjoy the explanation of the blog posts part of the book.
And I am glad Wheaton came to the point where he could embrace his life on a spaceship, and his life beyond.
Highly recommend following [b:The Calculating Stars|33080122|The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut, #1)|Mary Robinette Kowal|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1539850192s/33080122.jpg|53735352] with this one, because not only is it a stronger outing, it's also the resolution to a story that ended up being split into two books.
A lot of the reviews of this are along the lines of Chalion, but not. That's exactly what this book is. It is closer to [b:Paladin of Souls|61904|Paladin of Souls (Chalion, #2)|Lois McMaster Bujold|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1388350884s/61904.jpg|819610] than [b:The Curse of Chalion|61886|The Curse of Chalion (Chalion, #1)|Lois McMaster Bujold|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1322571773s/61886.jpg|1129349] in feel, focusing more on theology than politics, and the meshing of old tribal theology with the Quintarian gods. Of course there's also a bit of romance chucked in for good measure and a happily ever after (mostly). Of the three it is my least favourite, but that doesn't mean it wasn't a good read in it's own right - especially if you enjoyed the previous Chalion books.
dark
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It's GGK, innit? Sometimes I really dig the one-character-in-the-sweeping-world interactions, and sometimes I don't so much. This one was not as strong for me, but there is a payoff both for the characters, and for the reader embedded in his world-building.
I thought for a long time I didn't like Harry Potter, after having read this book, and then I thought I should get over that and give the series a go, starting with a re-read of the first book. Screaming fans over the world might have a point, right?
This was not the book I remembered, and I really enjoyed reading it.
This was not the book I remembered, and I really enjoyed reading it.
For what is essentially LOTR With Chicks, it's a much more readable story than Tolkein's trilogy. I was doing all right with the usual eye-rolling fantasy tropes until I got to the 'Mountains of Dhoom'. Yeah, the book is nearly 25 years old, but really. Overall though, I enjoyed it and will probably slog through the rest of them.
adventurous
challenging
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes