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 |
Belgarath the Sorcerer & Polgara the Sorceress by David and Leigh Eddings
As a reviewer I find it a bit challenging to justify my review of these books; they are exactly what they say on the tin. If you like Belgarath and Polgara, you’ll like these books. If you don’t, you won’t. If you don’t know who they are, don’t read them (but you might consider THE BELGARIAD, which contains the background you would need).
If you’re like me and read book reviews just because,
May 25th, 2018. Nathan Okerlund´s rating: 3 | David Eddings | SFF Reviews | 2 comments |
Searching for Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede
It’s been more than 5 years since I read Dealing with Dragons, the first book in Patricia C. Wrede’s ENCHANTED FOREST CHRONICLES. I loved the way the story, written in 1990, ridiculed and subverted the princess stereotype. It stars Cimorene, a teenage princess who runs away to avoid marrying a handsome but dull prince. She ends up working as a housekeeper and librarian for a dragon. (Housekeeper and Librarian seem like “female” roles,
September 14th, 2015. Kat Hooper´s rating: 3 | Patricia C. Wrede | Audio, Children | SFF Reviews | 2 comments |
Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
It’s been 3000 years since Ender Wiggin, as a child, was tricked into committing xenocide. While he and his sister Valentine traveled the universe and benefited from the effects of space-time relativity, Ender’s name has been reviled on Earth and all the inhabited planets. He is infamous for his childhood deeds, but almost everyone thinks he’s been dead for centuries. They don’t realize that the man who holds the respected position of Speaker for the Dead is actually Ender Wiggin. And they don’t know that the Hive Queen of the Buggers still lives and that Ender has vowed to find her a new home.
February 15th, 2012. Kat Hooper´s rating: 5 | Orson Scott Card | Audio, Hugo Award, Nebula Award | SFF Reviews | 2 comments |
Silence in Solitude by Melissa Scott
Silence in Solitude smartly continues Melissa Scott’s Roads of Heaven (Silence Leigh) trilogy, keeping the storyline fresh and invigorating by taking readers down unexpected new paths. This sophomore entry opens with Silence in training on the planet Solitudo Hermae to become the first female magus in history. Her sponsor, the magus Isambard, has agreed to train her in exchange for her taking him along once she discovers how to reach long-lost Earth.
Just to recap, Scott has developed an interesting,
January 22nd, 2011. Thomas M. Wagner (guest)´s rating: 3.5 | Melissa Scott | SFF Reviews | no comments |
Dark Moon by Meredith Ann Pierce
Ever notice how the second parts of trilogies are often the weakest? This is not always the case, but it often happens in both books and movies, and it definitely occurs here. Dark Moon is the second part of The Firebringer trilogy, which began with the fascinating Birth of the Firebringer and ending with the explosive The Son of Summer Stars. But smack dab in the middle is Dark Moon,
April 25th, 2008. Rebecca Fisher´s rating: 3 | Meredith Ann Pierce | Young Adult | SFF Reviews | no comments |
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