I’m not going to bury the lead – skip it! Right away, the book starts with lots of new words that have a different meaning in the Revenger’s world. And it would be ok, if it wasn’t ten new words per paragraph leaving me with the feeling that something happened, I’m just not sure what. To note, I consume a lot of science fiction, so the normal sci-fi concepts are not new to me.
Time Shards by Dana Fredsti and David Fitzgerald is a good sci-fi novel. We follow multiple characters as they navigate through a time broken world and encounter horrors both natural and man-made. The main protagonist, a young woman, is portrayed well and doesn’t suffer from the usual sci-fi tropes. The story is interesting and pulls off misdirection well. There are a few bumps. The beginning is a bit long and I would’ve definitely cut at least one scene. It felt cliché and uninspired (et tu, Brute). Toward the end there is at least one moment of colossal luck, which irritated…
At the moment I am reading Infinity’s End edited by Jonathan Strahan. It is a collection of sci-fi short stories by 14 different authors and is the seventh and last part of the Infinity Project. The project collected sci-fi stories with particular themes in each volume. I did not know this when I picked the book, but since these are short stories it did not affect my read.
Personally, I enjoy short book recommendations – should I read it? That’s it. Of course, I need to know if your tastes are similar to mine, but that’s it. This is why I’ve chosen to write short book recommendations, which answer two main questions: did I like it and what type of book it was. In that regard, I will be using the following scale: Read it! Meh… Skip it.
