This short story was a good read, particularly interesting for its setting, an uchronic New Orleans. This aspect I loved, it was cleverly done, beautifully evocative and food for thoughts. In fact it was maybe too much for such a short story, which is a little unbalanced for that, sometimes penalised with some pieces of …
Auteur : helenelouisechimere
Lectrice et autrice auto-éditée de romans jeunesse
The Mysterious Affair at Styles – Agatha Christie
I've probably read nearly all the AC's novels a long time ago, but don't remember much of many of them and decided to reread them in English. I love the author, for the mysteries but also for her characters' subtlety. But for this one I was surprised to find the story not much enjoyable. My …
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Foundryside – Robert Jackson Bennett
(I thank Netgalley and Quercus Books - Jo Fletcher Books for sending me the ARC in exchange for my honest review) Foundryside was an excellent fantasy read, enjoyable, without any of the excesses of its genre, and with good characters, neatly distinctive, some good dialogues and much inventivity. A lot of mysteries are disclosed along …
Rogue Protocol – Martha Wells
I love Murderbot and will read and buy (I've already got this lovely paper book one) any novella of the series. Still this one, if a very good read, wasn't my favourite. If I was happy to meet Bootie again (she has a secret name, probably not this one!) her dry humour, her exasperated patience …
Battlestar Suberbia -Chris McCrudden
I'm in two minds about this book. In a way it was very entertaining, with interesting characters, a story well developed with plenty of action, mysteries and revelations. The author has worked a lot to imagine the background, which comes with many details, quite funny, for a very coherent whole - but, alas, not a …
The Moons of Barsk – Lawrence M. Schoen
(I thank Netgalley and Macmillan-Tor/Forge for sending me the ARC in exchange for my honest review) I read, two years ago, "Barsk, the elephant graveyard" and it was an incredible read. The kind of read I, even after having read thousands of books as I've had, will never forget. I'm getting more and more touchy …
For Us Humans – Steve Rzasa
(I thank Netgalley and Gilead Publishing for sending me the ARC in exchange for my honest review) I'm nearly always interested by reading books about aliens, especially in everyday life, with a lot of practical details. In a way this book answered my wishes, in another it didn't. Some points are never broached, or incidentally, as …
Dans la toile du temps – Adrian Tchaikovsky
Ce petit pavé de SF est traduit chez nous aux Éditions Denoël, collection Lunes d'encre, sous le titre inspiré "La toile du temps". C'est une SF ambitieuse et passionnante, que j'ai trouvée très agréable et facile à lire, malgré sa longueur et son alternance de poids de vue à chaque chapitre. C'est un récit lent, …
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Convoitise – Charlotte Munich
J'ai lu ce roman d'urban fantasy française il y a quelques temps, et je l'avais beaucoup apprécié. Un de ses points forts, outre une belle inventivité, est un réalisme presque brutal. Ce n'est pas insoutenable à lire, loin de là, les rebondissements et épreuves sont parmi les classiques du genre, mais il n'y aucune concession …
Children of time – Adrian Tchaikovsky
It's always a great pleasure when one writer takes time and care to write a deep and thorough story about themes that fascinate me as, in this book, "natural" time travel and "artificial" natural evolution. This fantastic read must enthral you since the very beginning as the text is long, and thorough, quite slow in …
