Tagged: Science Fiction

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Book Review - Alexander X

Review – Alexander X by Edward Savio

Before I finished listening to the audiobook of Alexander X, I was already searching online to see if the next in the series was out.Β  It was obvious that that must be another instalment...

Blog Post All Systems Red

Review – All Systems Red by Martha Wells

When you find a book that resonates, is fun, interesting, engaging and well written, you can’t help but wallow in the warm glow of bookish love. Murderbot is a character that will either grow on you (before the end of chapter 1) or you will adore instantly, there are no other options.

Book Review - The Upper World

Review – The Upper World by Femi Fadugba

This is a book with the focus on children. Yes they are technically teenagers, but who are held accountable as adults.Β  Children who are fulfilling adult obligations within their homes and on the streets.Β  Even at school there is only a cursory attempt to treat them as minors. Femi Fadugba takes these issues and more, and crafts a a book that crosses genres, it is fantasy, it is science fiction, yet it is poignantly contemporary.

Godless - Mute Cat Chronicles - Book 2

Review – Godless by Derek Porterfield

Godless by Derek Porterfield, picks up directly where Book 1 of the Mute Cat Chronicles ended. We pause for a moment and then are flung back into this ripping yarn about resistance in a techno-religious city. When power corrupts who will take a stand?

Review – The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa

There are many things to like about The Memory Police, the narrative structure, the well drawn characters and world building. Another aspect that I can’t let go unsaid was the delicate way information was revealed. I didn’t realise just how chaotic the island was until I (the reader) was invested in the story and found myself, like the islanders equally wounded by this calamitous place. But its thought provoking insight into the power and relevance of memory is what lingers and will not be easily forgotten.