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hopefully someone will notice.

nothing amazing and new in the cyberpunk genre. It doesn’t need to be as it’s a pretty gripping thriller. I was hooked by the personal story with a backdrop of a world I might ever know 100 percent and enjoyed the ride.

Closing out story arcs can be tricky. I enjoyed many moments of the story, but I agree with another review that it does feel there was less bite in this one.

Regardless as a fan of Reynolds prose and turns of phrase there were great moments that made me slyly grin and that’s worth the price of admission in this universe.

This series always makes me feel more Human than human. Sometimes it just comes via the character arc of a mantis shrimp is all.

A great additon to the series which just makes me want to see more.

Enjoyable to see the foundation of the Scouring being laid out, but for me just as the Horus Heresy it’ll most likely be individual story highlights which pique my interest.

The writing was enjoyable and Wright is great in the setting, but it is hard to come away as invested as the story spans a number of divergent PoVs which interesting I only the start.

Still some great moments lore wise. Heck even made me feel for Dorn a bit with his moment of questioning some actions, which should count for something!

The conceit of the new PoVs could either make or break the book for you. I personally enjoyed it but will admit the parts I thought I’d enjoy more fell flatter then expected.

The most familiar PoV remained strong throughout and continues to do a lot of heavy lifting compared

I continue to be intrigued where this is going and was actually pleasantly surprised that some of my theories were correct, but not exactly as I’d have envisioned.

Having bounced of Jonathan Strange, but also impressed by Clarke’s prose and story chops I was excited for Piranesi.

This is a book that will stay with me for a long time and will be on my recommendation list for those who want to dabble in more fantastical stories that they don’t usually read

King doesn’t always hit for me due to unknown reasons, yet this never was a problem with The Dark Tower. There’s just something about the feel to these books that puts me right into the dreamlike and myth making mid-world mood that makes me want to do a quick reread every so often.

Even if one doesn’t continue to the end of the series to see if Roland will ever stand in Can’-Ka No Rey. Will he ever understand his Ka? It’s still such a pleasure to follow the man in black who flees across the desert for at least one tale.

Long days and pleasant nights, stranger…

Hits similar notes as other stories with a personification of Death, but I truly enjoyed the framing. I did enjoy it with the setting being India and Andrade’s pitch perfect art made it amazing to just admire each page.