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I know I should like this book. But I don't.

I get tired of the talk of breakfast and tea. The voyeurism of private conversation and personal heartbreak. The totally unprofessional military officers. And I can't believe the AI are that stupid. It just doesn't work for me. It's like The Culture crossed with Downton Abbey.

James Sime did not sufficiently warn me about this book. It was described as "an adorable book about a man who is incredibly sweet and loves kittehs."

Which is true, but this is a book about a gay man, a "bear" and his friends, and their love lives. Which involve everything up to golden showers, a band called "Ejaculoid" that performs sets while moshing in a paddle pool full of mud, and... well... there's a Titangiasaur. Yes. No, I'm not explaining. In that respect, it's a bit like Sex Criminals or the Filth, if all the protagonists were exclusively gay.

While the art is lovely and all the kittehs are very adorable, it's also more explicit than Sex Criminals. We're talking Omaha the Cat Dancer or Black Hole here. It makes a great read, but you can't really read this in public.

Is good book. Reminded me of Use of Weapons, only set in medieval age -- no-one is an idiot, and the world is dangerous.

Is good book.

This is the rare book that is as good as everyone says it is. Unlike Patrick Rothfuss's books.

This book started to concern me when it said that Marxism would be pro-zombie as it would view them as the proletariat -- which is ridiculous, zombies don't own the means of production, they're a plague on the workers.

It lost me completely when it started showed a picture of a woman in a miniskirt, holding a zombie head on a spike while talking on a cellphone and feeding fast food to a five year old, with the caption "Debates about whether women can “have it all” are likely to persist during the apocalypse." And keeps going with a chapter that talks shit about feminism. (See the quotes to the side for details.)

Fuck this book. Aborted.

Suckered again buying a book at 2 am because all the reviews gave it 4 or 5 stars. Gah.

The protagonist isn't so much a character as she is a bundle of complaints. The idea of "ghosts" and the callback to a pre-apocalyptic world with a supersoldier is never really credible, particularly the science gadgets the ghost has, and the ending is ridiculous.

Empowered goes in for a board review and debrief of her activities in Volume 8. And has a really shit day, as her activities have made her a villain magnet, resulting in her having to take down multiple opponents or play them off against each other.

Empowered is one of those comic books that just shouldn't be as good as it is. There's a depth to it which makes it believable and fascinating even when not in the middle of a punch up, and while the characters are intentionally ridiculous, the situations (and how Emp gets out of them) are better thought out than 90% of the "straight" comic books you'd find.

I have to say that this is not a book, or even a series of vignettes. It's more like someone's idea of a creative writing workshop: every time the book hits a wall, change characters.

I hate this guy so much.

Fucking awesome.

In some ways, the best sign of a "magical fantasy" book is when you can't call it "young adult" and the characters aren't wish fulfillment fantasies. To the contrary, the protagonist, Carolyn, is utterly terrifying to everyone around her, even the non-human ones. Humanity is a choice, but humanity is also a habit, and Carolyn (and her brothers and sisters, the Pelepi) are out of the habit of thinking of themselves as human. And maybe they're not, any more.

Cringe inducing.

Is good book

It is very nice book. I like it very much. There's almost too much plot, though. Also, a bit unrealistic.