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Courts reviewed Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (The Locked Tomb, #3)

Tamsyn Muir: Nona the Ninth (2022, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom)

No One Expected Nona To Exist

5 stars

...is what the back of the book says. And Tamsyn Muir again successfully makes you guess what the everlasting fuck is happening, excuse my language. I was prepared after Harrow, but it's still such a mindfuck. You think you're getting new information about the Locked Tomb universe and how it happened, but at no point are you certain that things are what they are. I absolutely love it. Can't wait for Alecto to be published.

Courts finished reading Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (The Locked Tomb, #3)

Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (The Locked Tomb, #3)

Courts wants to read The Dragonbone Chair (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, #1) by Tad Williams

Tad Williams: The Dragonbone Chair (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, #1) (2005)

The Dragonbone Chair (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, #1) by Tad Williams

The Dragonbone Chair is a fantasy novel by American writer Tad Williams, the first in his Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn …

Courts wants to read Männer, die die Welt verbrennen by Christian Stöcker

Christian Stöcker: Männer, die die Welt verbrennen (Hardcover, german language, 2024, Ullstein)

Männer, die die Welt verbrennen by Christian Stöcker

Die Welt steckt in der Endphase eines Kulturkampfs: Gier gegen Gerechtigkeit, Zerstörung gegen Nachhaltigkeit, Zynismus gegen Empathie. Nichts zeigt dies …

Courts wants to read The Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi (Jean le Flambeur, #1)

Hannu Rajaniemi: The Quantum Thief (2010, Gollancz)

The Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi (Jean le Flambeur, #1)

Jean le Flambeur gets up in the morning and has to kill himself before his other self can kill him …

Courts started reading Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (The Locked Tomb, #3)

Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (The Locked Tomb, #3)

Courts reviewed The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (Hainish Cycle)

Ursula K. Le Guin: The Left Hand of Darkness (Paperback, 2010, Ace Books)

On the planet Winter, there is no gender. The Gethenians can become male or female …

Not Sure About this One

4 stars

I have mixed feelings about this book. I think it was the best of the three Hainish novels I've read so far, and I can appreciate the fact that the theme of a gender-changing alien race was somewhat revolutionary at the time.

However, I have to admit that I had to push through this book. I've read another review that likened it to homework, and that sums it up quite well for me, too. Maybe my expectations were too high and I have read it at the wrong point in time, just like in school when you have to read something that you cannot appreciate at the moment, but strikes you as profound at a different time.

So yeah, this novel leaves me a bit stumped about what to say. I liked it well enough to not stop reading, but have to admit that it could have been half as …

I have mixed feelings about this book. I think it was the best of the three Hainish novels I've read so far, and I can appreciate the fact that the theme of a gender-changing alien race was somewhat revolutionary at the time.

However, I have to admit that I had to push through this book. I've read another review that likened it to homework, and that sums it up quite well for me, too. Maybe my expectations were too high and I have read it at the wrong point in time, just like in school when you have to read something that you cannot appreciate at the moment, but strikes you as profound at a different time.

So yeah, this novel leaves me a bit stumped about what to say. I liked it well enough to not stop reading, but have to admit that it could have been half as long. The journey over the ice was the most exciting part.

Courts finished reading The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (Hainish Cycle)

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (Hainish Cycle)

On the planet Winter, there is no gender. The Gethenians can become male or female during each mating cycle, and …

Courts wants to read What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher

T. Kingfisher: What Moves the Dead (Hardcover, 2022, Tor Nightfire)

What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher

From T. Kingfisher, the award-winning author of The Twisted Ones, comes What Moves the Dead, a gripping and atmospheric retelling …

Courts wants to read Halting State (Halting State, #1) by Charles Stross

Charles Stross: Halting State (Halting State, #1) (2007)

Halting State (Halting State, #1) by Charles Stross

Halting State is a novel by Charles Stross, published in the United States on 2 October 2007 and in the …

Courts wants to read There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm

qntm: There Is No Antimemetics Division (Hardcover, 2021, Independently Published)

There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm

An antimeme is an idea with self-censoring properties ; an idea which, by its intrinsic nature, discourages or prevents people …

Courts wants to read I'm Starting to Worry about This Black Box of Doom by David Wong

David Wong, Jason Pargin: I'm Starting to Worry about This Black Box of Doom (2024, St. Martin's Press)

I'm Starting to Worry about This Black Box of Doom by David Wong, Jason Pargin

Outside Los Angeles, a driver pulls up to find a young woman sitting on a large, black box. She offers …

Courts started reading The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (Hainish Cycle)

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (Hainish Cycle)

On the planet Winter, there is no gender. The Gethenians can become male or female during each mating cycle, and …

Courts rated As Yet Unsent: 5 stars

Tamsyn Muir: As Yet Unsent (2021, Tor.com)

As Yet Unsent by Tamsyn Muir (The Locked Tomb, #2.5)

Chronicles Judith Deuteros, Coronabeth Tridentarius, and Camilla Hect's time with Blood of Eden directly following the events of Gideon the …

Courts finished reading As Yet Unsent by Tamsyn Muir (The Locked Tomb, #2.5)

As Yet Unsent by Tamsyn Muir (The Locked Tomb, #2.5)

Chronicles Judith Deuteros, Coronabeth Tridentarius, and Camilla Hect's time with Blood of Eden directly following the events of Gideon the …

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Courts reviewed Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (The Locked Tomb, #3)

No One Expected Nona To Exist

5 stars

Courts finished reading Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (The Locked Tomb, #3)

Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (The Locked Tomb, #3)

Courts wants to read The Dragonbone Chair (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, #1) by Tad Williams

The Dragonbone Chair (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, #1) by Tad Williams

Courts wants to read Männer, die die Welt verbrennen by Christian Stöcker

Männer, die die Welt verbrennen by Christian Stöcker

Courts wants to read The Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi (Jean le Flambeur, #1)

The Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi (Jean le Flambeur, #1)

Courts started reading Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (The Locked Tomb, #3)

Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (The Locked Tomb, #3)

Courts reviewed The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (Hainish Cycle)

Not Sure About this One

4 stars

Courts finished reading The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (Hainish Cycle)

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (Hainish Cycle)

Courts wants to read What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher

What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher

Courts wants to read Halting State (Halting State, #1) by Charles Stross

Halting State (Halting State, #1) by Charles Stross

Courts wants to read There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm

There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm

Courts wants to read I'm Starting to Worry about This Black Box of Doom by David Wong

I'm Starting to Worry about This Black Box of Doom by David Wong, Jason Pargin

Courts started reading The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (Hainish Cycle)

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (Hainish Cycle)

Courts rated As Yet Unsent: 5 stars

As Yet Unsent by Tamsyn Muir (The Locked Tomb, #2.5)

Courts finished reading As Yet Unsent by Tamsyn Muir (The Locked Tomb, #2.5)

As Yet Unsent by Tamsyn Muir (The Locked Tomb, #2.5)