It took me a while to fully get into this, but by the end I loved it. Also the Ativahika are my new favourite aliens.
I think it was this moment that pIt took me a while to fully get into this, but by the end I loved it. Also the Ativahika are my new favourite aliens.
I think it was this moment that pushed me from a 4.5 rating to a 5
‘Forgiveness is not easy. Forgiveness is a train with many stops, and it takes forever to get where you are going. And you cover a lot of territory along the way, not necessarily by the most direct route, either. That’s why forgiveness is a process, and as much a blessing for the person who was wronged as for the person who did the wronging.’
Military sciffy is not my usual, but I'm really enjoying these. Yep, they have dreadful covers, but Miles and co make up for it.Military sciffy is not my usual, but I'm really enjoying these. Yep, they have dreadful covers, but Miles and co make up for it....more
Can't believe it took me so long to finally crumble under the insistence of people that I MUST READ her books.
I'm an idiot.
(fwiw, I did side eye a fewCan't believe it took me so long to finally crumble under the insistence of people that I MUST READ her books.
I'm an idiot.
(fwiw, I did side eye a few things - notably the no longer bisexual, but monogamous line. Um...yeah. bisexual people don't switch off one half of their interest because monogamy, but eh... I am too tired to fight that battle with a book.)...more
Told in four parts that circle back to the opening narrator, The Time Roads is a precise, clever book. The writing is spare, sometimes to the point ofTold in four parts that circle back to the opening narrator, The Time Roads is a precise, clever book. The writing is spare, sometimes to the point of feeling distant, but elegant.
In an alternate history where Ireland is its own kingdom, and Anglian and Prussian (and other) forces are using time as a weapon (that's a simplistic way of putting it, but I don't want to spoiler too much), the Queen of Eire is both building and caught in a web of espionage and counter-espionage. She and her compatriots must deal with time-travelling terrorism, in order to keep her Union of Nations strong, and to stop a fascist future movement.
There's lots to take away from this - the deft writing, the winding and unwinding paths of time, mathematics and time machines, spying, palaces and universities, traitors! All the things! Despite this, the book as a whole feels fragile, like a glass-blown solar system balanced on a needle point. For me, certainly, I think it's one that will benefit from a careful reread.
Interesting take on humanity/machine but I'm not sure if the ending worked for me.Interesting take on humanity/machine but I'm not sure if the ending worked for me....more
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