by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Series: Shadows of the Apt #1 After reading Children of Time, I wanted to read some of Tchaikovsky’s other stuff, and especially for an early novel this was quite good. It’s also the start to a massive ten-book series. This world is populated by a multitude of human races with insect and arachni...
It's not the book, it's me.This story just didn't work for me. I didn't care enough about the characters and honestly I put it down and picked it up several times and it was a bit of a trudge through it. I don't think that I would be a good reader for the rest of the series. I will look for the aut...
I'm sure every reader knows the feeling of starting a book you're skeptical about and being pleasantly surprised. Empire in Black and Gold was that and so much more. I had continually pushed it down on my TBR list because the whole insect idea just didn't click with me. Eventually I caved thinking t...
So, initially, I thought it was going to be The Lord of the Rings, but with Bug-People. We read that Gandalf sends four young hobbits from the Shire to Bree, where they are to meet Strider. Strider is scary. They are attacked by the roving agents of the Enemy. Some escape, and some don't. The c...
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A pretty good read. I really liked the world and the concept of insect-kinden. Oddly enough, despite being a novel about war and invasion, it didn't seem particularly fast-paced to me. Also, it is obviously not a stand-alone book, and a lot of it sets the stage for the following volumes.There are a ...
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