The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale is a great book, deservedly earning its accolades as a masterpiece and a contemporary classic as it brilliantly weds her substantial gifts as both a poet and a prose writer in the service of one of the most potentially powerful genres, dystopian literature. Her sequel, The Testaments (2019), is not a great book. But it is a good one (and really, Atwood has more than one great book to her credit,
September 20th, 2019. Bill Capossere and Kat Hooper´s rating: 4.5 | Margaret Atwood | SFF Reviews | no comments |
Blossoms and Shadows by Lian Hearn
Japan in 1857 is in turmoil. Internal divisions mean the country is on the brink of civil war, whilst after centuries of isolation, the country has also opened its doors to the west. In the midst of this instability, Tsuru, a doctor’s daughter, wishes to study medicine, but the only expectation her father has for her is to marry.
After the hugely successful TALES OF THE OTORI series, Lian Hearn returns with a very different kind of novel in Blossoms and Shadows (2010).
September 20th, 2019. Ray McKenzie´s rating: 2.5 | Lian Hearn | Edge | SFF Reviews | 1 comment |
The Lost Sisters by Holly Black
Twin sisters Jude and Taryn were taken to live in the Court of Elfhame after their parents were murdered by Madoc, a general in the land of faerie who is now their step-father and guardian. We witnessed how these mortal girls struggled as they came of age in the land of faerie in the first novel in Holly Black’s THE FOLK OF THE AIR series, The Cruel Prince, which was written from Jude’s perspective.
September 20th, 2019. Kat Hooper´s rating: 3 | Holly Black | Audio, Young Adult | SFF Reviews | no comments |
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