The Traitor Baru Cormorant, Seth Dickinson

 

The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson

Started: May 27, 2025
Completed: June 2, 2025
Recommendation: Recommended
Recommended By: I cannot remember how I came across this book

Review:

What is the right thing to think?  I am horrified by the main character.  The main plot line is horribly confused.  There is a second book (maybe a third).  So, I don't want to give anything away because this book is best read without any idea of what is coming next.  It isn't that there is a particular thrill to be had around every corner but that things are very fluid.  I'm just not sure what to think.  The characters are broadly hideously complex.  The level of calculation in every move is astounding.  I cannot say that I walked away from this book happy, but there is a low level yearning to find out what happens next or, perhaps more importantly, to better understand what already did happen.

The Saint of Bright Doors, Vajra Chandrasekera

 

Started: May 31, 2024
Completed: June 2, 2024
Recommendation: Recommended
Recommended By: Nobody

Review:

This was an odd book.  The reader is clearly brought into a fairy tale world, but it is remarkably immersive.  The characters are interesting largely because of different perspectives and I have to admit that I really liked it when one character looses his shadow and then cannot shadow his eyes from the sun with his hand.  I have to admit that I am left wanting, so I have a sneaking suspicion that there is a sequel in the offing.