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readerjane) wrote2019-05-04 07:17 am
readerjane) wrote2019-05-04 07:17 am
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What I'm reading...
Having thoroughly enjoyed Martha Wells' Murderbot series, I'm now trying her Raksura series, which starts with The Cloud Roads.
TCR has an isolated, alienated protagonist in common with Murderbot. I wonder if that's a theme for Wells? The abilities of species and of classes within the species seems a little hand-wavey, but I do like the characters very much, and that's more important to me, so all to the good.
I was charmed by the way, even though clutch-mates are given coordinated names, their relationships can still be mistaken. One might think the character named Branch was a sibling of Root, but it turns out Branch's sibling is actually River. It makes sense - in our world, one can't assume that one Smith is related to another.
Had a "Yikes, I think I know why the baddies have been able to track our hero" moment a few chapters ago. Now it's sounding more like I was wrong, but the actual reason might be even more horrifying. Time will tell...
TCR has an isolated, alienated protagonist in common with Murderbot. I wonder if that's a theme for Wells? The abilities of species and of classes within the species seems a little hand-wavey, but I do like the characters very much, and that's more important to me, so all to the good.
I was charmed by the way, even though clutch-mates are given coordinated names, their relationships can still be mistaken. One might think the character named Branch was a sibling of Root, but it turns out Branch's sibling is actually River. It makes sense - in our world, one can't assume that one Smith is related to another.
Had a "Yikes, I think I know why the baddies have been able to track our hero" moment a few chapters ago. Now it's sounding more like I was wrong, but the actual reason might be even more horrifying. Time will tell...