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What are you currently reading, and general thoughts so far? (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by TheaoneAndOnly27@kbin.social to c/books@lemmy.ml

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Hey there, I am curious what everyone is reading and how you are feeling with it. I started demon copperhead yesterday, made it about 70 pages in and decided to read the first book in the chthulu CaseBooks. It's a kinda retelling of Sherlock Holmes but with a Lovecraft quist.

I am digging it so far, about 50% through and it's a fun ride.

So what are you all reading?

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[–] zalack@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I've been reading City of Last Chances by Adrian Tchaikovsky. I read Children of Time a few months ago and it instantly became my new favorite book. Been blowing through his bibliography every since.

City of Last Chances is the first fantasy book of his I've read and I'm digging it so far. The prose is evocative of a stage play in places, and the world building is on point. It tells the story of an occupied city teetering on the edge of revolution.

I love books that take place over a short interval of time. The Heroes by Joe Abercrombie comes to mind. So far the entire book has taken place in a week or less and is starting to wrap up. You really get to sink your teeth into this particular moment of this particular city.

Highly recommend if it can stick the landing, but Tchaikovsky has yet to miss on that front so I'm not particularly worried.