I just finished
Playing for Keeps by Mur Lafferty. I admit that I bought it mainly because when Mur starts talking, I am so mesmerized by her voice I would probably do almost anything she asks, and when she was gearing up for the book's Amazon launch date, she was asking in lots of places in the podsphere. Despite the fact I'm generally not a huge fan of super-hero fiction, I bought on The Day as requested. (Yes, I have to hope that Mur and I never meet in person, and that she's made some sort of ethical commitment to Use Her Powers Only For Good.
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I can't say too much without entering spoiler territory, but I was pleasantly surprised by the complexity of the situation and the characters. I had expected something much simpler than it turned out to be. While I can't say the setting seems very real to me -- in a relatively short book, something had to get shortchanged, and it was clearly "place" -- it worked well enough to contain the action. While I'm not nearly as effusive as some of the Amazon reviews, and I certainly wouldn't say it was profound or anything, it was a solid and entertaining piece of work, the plot kept me guessing and the characters got me involved.
Still working on Karen Armstrong's
A History of God and for light snacks in-between:
SteampunkMods please EP-ize those links...
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« Last Edit: January 03, 2009, 05:34:53 AM by Heradel »
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