Two more Kage baker books
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rhuOver the weekend I assimilated The Graveyard Game and The Life of the World to Come (and I'm about halfway through Children of the Company.
The Graveyard Game was a decent thriller, and swept me along. The Life... had several problems for me: I found the Inklings unbelievable (yes, I know people that geeky, but I can't believe Dr. Z. would give them that much unsupervised power). The dystopia was a little over-the-top and unrelenting. (OK, I get it already, the mob will take away our right to enjoy ourselves, can my head have a break from being bashed now, please?) The Captain was a cute concept taken too far, I felt. The triune savior scenes were comical but felt like a writing exercise.
In general, my reaction to these books has been (1) she's stretching an interesting story into too many books, and (2) everything reminds me of something else. (In no particular order, some of these have been: All of Me, Ruddigore, Captain Feathersword, Real Science....)
So the series is above average, and I'll keep on reading to find out how the series ends, but I don't think I'll miss it when I'm done.
The Graveyard Game was a decent thriller, and swept me along. The Life... had several problems for me: I found the Inklings unbelievable (yes, I know people that geeky, but I can't believe Dr. Z. would give them that much unsupervised power). The dystopia was a little over-the-top and unrelenting. (OK, I get it already, the mob will take away our right to enjoy ourselves, can my head have a break from being bashed now, please?) The Captain was a cute concept taken too far, I felt. The triune savior scenes were comical but felt like a writing exercise.
In general, my reaction to these books has been (1) she's stretching an interesting story into too many books, and (2) everything reminds me of something else. (In no particular order, some of these have been: All of Me, Ruddigore, Captain Feathersword, Real Science....)
So the series is above average, and I'll keep on reading to find out how the series ends, but I don't think I'll miss it when I'm done.
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