Oh, I really liked that
he just had all these different things to deal with - the murder and the other murder and the authentic will question and the ghouls and the politics among the prelates and the fire and probably some other things I've forgotten and none of them really tidy.
I don't know, that really worked for me. I can't remember if I said this already, but that aspect reminded me of Judge Dee stories. Also, I suspect I will forgive a lot if you give me
a riot at the opera.
I hope there will be more. If Katherine Addison just wants to carve out a niche of detective fiction set in fantasy worlds I am here for it [I also really liked Angel of the Crows]
-t, I think I could get behind
all the daily stories if I felt I got some sort of emotional catharsis at the end, but I didn't feel like any of the stories gave me a good pay off. Although, the opera riot was fun. I wanted to know more about the opera itself.
I do love a good fantasy detective story, and would likely read it if she wrote another one because I really liked the narrator.
Yes, I want more Thara stories in particular. I love his combination of emotional damage and sincere desire to be of help wherever he can.
I was disappointed, now that I think about it, with not finding out
what Tura’s secret was,
but if the characters are content with that I suppose I should try to be as well. Or something.
Mary Robinette Kowal's "The Calculating Stars" is on sale on Amazon for $2.99. It's good ... I haven't read the sequels, but I enjoyed this.
I loved that whole series, but the first one was definitely the best.
I tried
The Calculating Stars
earlier this year. The pilot/airplane/operations/maintenance/airshow/flying stuff was so badly done, I rage quit about a third of the way through, never made it to space.
Sometimes, ignorance IS bliss (at least for reading).
I think I read a short story in that series but not the novels. Hm, 2.99 is still a little high for a kneejerk impulse buy, at least the day before payday...
It’s probably available at your library, since it’s the first book and several more are out. I remember enjoying the first one but never read the others!
I decided that I could take the $3 risk
ETA because what I need is more to read. I'm almost finished with Bleak House and I only had 2 books that I pre-ordered and forgot about pop onto my reader this week so my TBR pile is not quite overwhelming enough
