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Will Sargent

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Charlie N. Holmberg: The Paper Magician (2014, 47North) 3 stars

Ceony Twill arrives at the cottage of Magician Emery Thane with a broken heart. Having …

Review of 'The Paper Magician' on 'Storygraph'

3 stars

It's okay, but it's very paint by numbers "Mr Darcy" romance stuff. I'm not sure the protagonist has any interests at all besides her mentor / love interest. Put it like this -- if it were a movie, it would fail the Bechdel test.

Becky Chambers: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (EBook, 2015, Hodder & Stoughton) 4 stars

Follow a motley crew on an exciting journey through space-and one adventurous young explorer who …

Review of 'The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet' on 'Storygraph'

4 stars

It's good, but there is no plot to speak of -- it's John Scalzi on a ship if you took out all the fighting. Or.. well, Firefly. Wit more aliens. And no fighting. And everyone is nice. But they don't always understand each other and so sometimes they need long talks and hugs and maybe something the gourmet chef on board whipped up. And there's no fighting.