Tag: science fiction book
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A Whole Space Opera In Martha Wells’ Network Effect
After a few months away from Martha Wells’ The Murderbot Diaries, I have returned to tackle the full-length novel Network Effect, fifth in The Murderbot Diaries and the only full-length novel in the series. The good vibes and wild shenanigans of Murderbot and its clients, crew, and friends still prove to be hilarious, intense, and…
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Familiar Faces for Murderbot in Martha Wells’ Exit Strategy
I’ve been waiting since All Systems Red, patiently reading Artificial Condition and Rogue Protocol, and we have arrived. Finally, we have the Murderbot novel that brings us back to the beginning with our friends from the Preservation. Exit Strategy is one great big hostage situation, and it is a world of fun reading it. I…
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Be Mesmerised by Samantha Harvey’s Orbital
Another Booker Prize-winning novel has made its way up my tbr. Orbital by Samantha Harvey is a stunning literary science fiction masterpiece that will leave you mesmerised, awestruck, and ever thankful for our beautiful planet earth. If there was ever an ode to Mother Earth and to humanity, it is within these pages. Life on…
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More Sci-Fi Magnificence in Artificial Condition by Martha Wells
Artificial Condition by Martha Wells, the second instalment in The Murderbot Diaries, is just as humorous, emotional, relatable, and incredible as All Systems Red. The more I read this series, the more I love Martha Wells and her glorious brain, but the more I also find my appreciation for sci-fi growing. It has a dark…
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The Book of the Unnamed Midwife: Meg Elison’s Intense Sci-Fi Masterpiece
Winner of the 2014 Philip K Dick Award for Distinguished Science Fiction, Meg Elison’s The Book of the Unnamed Midwife is an incredible science fiction read that is confronting, chilling, and wonderfully constructed. If you are one for adult dystopian, end-of-the-world science fiction that leans a little dark and heavy, then this is the book…
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All Systems Red by Martha Wells is Sci-Fi Genius
It’s about time I started The Murderbot Diares, and oh my, you best bet Martha Wells has turned into one of my favourite authors as a result of reading All Systems Red. I didn’t know what to expect, thinking maybe it would be similar to Becky Chambers The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet…
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Alexandra Bracken’s The Darkest Minds Series Review
It has been a long time in the making doing my reread of The darkest Minds series by Alexandra Bracken, but I have finally completed it and had the time to ruminate on my feelings. Now, it is about time I get to posting my review of the trilogy. Note there is a fourth book…
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Love on the Brain – Another Banger by Ali Hazelwood
Love on the Brain, Ali Hazelwood’s second novel in her STEM romance series, is just as cute and funny as The Love Hypothesis. It takes a slightly different route with industry positions and company rivalry mudding the waters – not to mention past beef between our main characters – but the romance is just as…
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In The Afterlight by Alexandra Bracken Breaks My Heart
It all comes down to this. The actions and decisions in Alexandra Bracken’s The Darkest Minds Trilogy have culminated in In the Afterlight, an action-packed finale rife with high tension, character conflicts, and a main character perspective so layered and different you can’t help but feel for Ruby in the midst of this mounting finale.…
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The Multiple Universes of Claudia Gray’s A Thousand Pieces of You
It’s been a while since I picked up Claudia Gray’s A Thousand Pieces of You, the first book in the series. It is a YA sci-fi with multiverses and a romantic subplot, so it has a lot going on. But I’m a sucker for multiple dimensions and historical fiction flare, as we all know at…