Tag: fantasy
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Staying in Your Lane
The variance of this collection, and of Harris’ work, got me thinking about the limitations or boxes authors find themselves getting pushed into.
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Not about the Politics
An incredibly put together book that challenges the reader’s perception of politics, family and people. But don’t be fooled by the pretty cover.
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The Flying Temeraire
Basically the best dragon-fantasy ever written. Imagine a dragon with a crew of airmen fighting in the Napoleoic wars. And if that doesn’t interest you I don’t know what will.
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Pirates and Female Autonomy
So much more than a swashbuckling tale of Mary Read, pirate. This book explores identity, gender and female autonomy with a detailed and compassionate eye.
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Losing the Plot
Trilogy crashes and burns in a mess where the characters have no consistency, the plot goes nowhere, and 50% of the words are internal narration. What a waste.
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Subversions and Systemic Inequality
This book took the magic-school premise, walked it over to the dark side and then dialled it up to 11. Its a book about systemic inequality, racism, and being f*** angry at the world.
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The Wrong Vehicle
An author more interested in forwarding a political agenda than delivering a good story.
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Who’s story is it?
A story with excellent vibes and gut-renching betrayals of trauma, but with no structure it limps to a listless halt.
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Trying to Make the Bugs into Features
A long and impassioned rant about a book that fails on almost every conceivable angle written by a author who smugly suggests the problem must be the reader.
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Literary Fiction Pretending to be Fantasy
Dont be fooled by the pretty cover this is literary fiction all the way. But does use the fantasy elements to good effect.