Tag Archives: Fantasy

Patricia A. McKillip – Ombria in Shadow (2002) Review

Posted on June 5, 2019 by

“In that house who could assume that even fire and water would not conspire?” The main character of this novel is the shadowy city Ombria itself, and the Byzantine dealings of its royal house. But first there is Lydea, mistress … Continue reading →

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Patricia A. McKillip – The Changeling Sea (1988) Review

Posted on May 15, 2019 by

The Changeling Sea is (and I have a feeling that I’ll be saying this about every McKillip novel) a short, dreamlike fairy tale. It is mostly about loss and longing. The 14 year old Peri lives with her mother at … Continue reading →

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J.R.R. Tolkien – The Fall of Gondolin (2018) Review

Posted on April 23, 2019 by

There is a special breed of people who have read and loved JRR Tolkien’s The Silmarillion (1977). To them, the title The Fall of Gondolin must ring some bells. After all, the story of Gondolin is present in that mighty … Continue reading →

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Robert Jackson Bennett – City of Miracles (2017) Review

Posted on April 13, 2019 by

City of Miracles is a truly excellent final part in what is an odd, unusual but compelling little series. Each entry has a different protagonist and this time it is the turn of everyone’s favourite northman: Sigrud. Some devastating stuff … Continue reading →

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Josiah Bancroft – The Hod King (2019) Review

Posted on February 14, 2019 by

Also in this series: Senlin Ascends (2013) Arm of the Sphinx (2015) By this point in the series, Thomas Senlin’s search for his kidnapped wife feels increasingly hopeless. He knows where she is, but he can’t just walk up. And, … Continue reading →

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Mortal Engines (2018) Review

Posted on February 1, 2019 by

Mortal Engines starts with a wonderful piece of comedic world building. The city of London is now a giant moving vehicle, and while the movie is doing some basic introduction of young adult characters, we see all the familiar London … Continue reading →

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Robert Jackson Bennett – City of Blades (2016) Review

Posted on January 30, 2019 by

Also in this series: City of Stairs (2014) It’s a couple of years later and the bookish but inventive Shara Komayd is now a bigwig in Saypur, and old general Mulaghesh is finally retired, as Shara promised her, to some … Continue reading →

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Favorite books of 2018 and year in review

Posted on December 30, 2018 by

2018 has been an exceptionally good year in terms of my own consumer decisions. I have never read so many books that I would wholeheartedly recommend to others. I started some amazing series and took up some rereads and golden … Continue reading →

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Robert Jackson Bennett – City of Stairs (2014) Review

Posted on December 17, 2018 by

Also in this series: City of Blades (2016) City of Miracles (2017) City of Stairs is one of those novels where you have to sit down and spend some quality time with it – pour the novel some tea, listen … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) Review

Posted on December 8, 2018 by

I was looking forward to this film because I enjoyed the previous Fantastic Beasts quite a lot, and I was ready for Harry Potter stories without Harry Potter and all those other characters. The Crimes of Grindelwald was a pretty … Continue reading →

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