I just finished The Devils by Joe Abercrombie (good, bloody fun, though I could have done without this AU just substituting "bloodthirsty cannibalistic elves" for Eastern peoples.)
Currently reading:
- Cold Eternity by S.A. Barnes (so far, I'm about a third of the way through and things are both starting to get weird and starting to get frustrating because it's obvious I haven't yet been given enough background to figure out if the weirdness is deliberate or just wonky plotting.)
- Into the Broken Lands by Tanya Huff (started slow, and though it's picking up, it's starting to feel repetitive and I'm REALLY not looking forward to another 66% of the book with some of the characters - there's a few incredibly arrogant and entitled characters that I wish would just get eaten by monsters already, but know that at least the one won't be.)
- The Wonder Engine by T. Kingfisher (entertaining enough, though reading this at the same time as The Devils was really messing with me - totally different tones. Also I feel like in later books she realized, oh, wait, maybe leaning so hard on the "gnoles are like dogs" isn't a good look...? Because yeah, the gnole character being treated like a talking dog in this is not a good look.
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Date: 2025-06-19 06:19 am (UTC)Currently reading:
- Cold Eternity by S.A. Barnes (so far, I'm about a third of the way through and things are both starting to get weird and starting to get frustrating because it's obvious I haven't yet been given enough background to figure out if the weirdness is deliberate or just wonky plotting.)
- Into the Broken Lands by Tanya Huff (started slow, and though it's picking up, it's starting to feel repetitive and I'm REALLY not looking forward to another 66% of the book with some of the characters - there's a few incredibly arrogant and entitled characters that I wish would just get eaten by monsters already, but know that at least the one won't be.)
- The Wonder Engine by T. Kingfisher (entertaining enough, though reading this at the same time as The Devils was really messing with me - totally different tones. Also I feel like in later books she realized, oh, wait, maybe leaning so hard on the "gnoles are like dogs" isn't a good look...? Because yeah, the gnole character being treated like a talking dog in this is not a good look.