Fonda Lee brings her experience with martial arts to Jade City (2017), her first novel for adults and a sprawling tale of family, power, and an intangible but all-too-important element: control. Whether it concerns finances, emotions, or a person’s mobility through the world and their social station, control is at the heart of this novel, and informs every single moment.
Jade City is chiefly concerned with the Kaul clan of No Peak: adult siblings Lan,
December 1st, 2017. Jana Nyman and Kat Hooper´s rating: 4 | Fonda Lee | SFF Reviews | no comments |
The Keeping Place by Isobelle Carmody
This is the fourth book in Isobelle Carmody‘s ongoing THE OBERNEWTYN CHRONICLES, detailing the lives of telepathic Misfits trying to survive in a post-apocalyptic world. After the cataclysm known as the Great White destroyed all know civilisation, humanity has re-emerged across various cities and communities, ruled over by a totalitarian Council and religious fanatics known as the Herders.
The Misfits are those regularly used as scapegoats by those in power; their abilities to heal, coerce, mind-speak,
December 1st, 2017. Rebecca Fisher´s rating: 4 | Isobelle Carmody | Young Adult | SFF Reviews | no comments |
The "body count" bothered me a bit less because being dead seemed more like an inconvenience than anything else... unlike…
Detailed, thoughtful review, Bill. I'm going to read it for two reasons. First, Karen Russell wrote it, and second, it…
this sounds like a fun one
These weird westerns are always interesting and have been popping up more in recent times (it seemed like there was…
Looking forward to reading the review.