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Bezig met laden... Hunger Makes the Wolf (editie 2017)door Alex Wells (Auteur)
Informatie over het werkHunger Makes the Wolf door Alex Wells
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Gritty and funny and weird with really fantastic characters and fascinating world building. Will definitely read more of the series, and I recommend it if you've read/liked the short story And You Shall Know Her by the Trail of Dead by Brooke Bolander. Also if you're a fan of Gideon the Ninth, I think you'd like Hob a lot. Give me union politics in a corporate dystopia and set it on a low-tech planet with conflicted fire witches and you're off to a good start. Add in found family, with a focus on healing an estranged sisterly relationship and I've poured a cuppa and settled in for the ride. And what a ride it is. Because space westerns are fun, dammit. It’s a joy to see familiar Wild West tropes repackaged and served up as the plot careers from one set piece to the next: expect a doctor to be snatched (bonus: he’s actually a trainee horse doctor vet), a train job to be staged, and lawmen with a secret agenda. About the only thing that was missing was a high-stakes card game (but hey, I’ve not read the sequel yet). This could be a pitch black tale – not least because our protagonists are anti-heroes at best, who aren’t above doing objectively terrible things – but it’s told with such panache it feels more like a romp. Full review THIS BOOK IS SO GOOD I WANNA SCREAM Seriously. SERIOUSLY! My 2018 reading has started with a GIANT AMAZING BANG. I picked this book up on a whim and I'm so glad I did. This book is EVERYTHING I LOVE all at once, a SciFi/Western/Fantasy romp through a strange and fascinating world where labor, politics, bandits, technology, and found family all intersect. Hob, the MC, is AMAZING. She is a powerful, reckless woman who never once demeans other women. She has a deep and abiding friendship with another woman, Mag, who is also powerful in a different but no less important way. There's very little (almost no) romance. Violence against women is threatened but it's never graphic, never violent-just-for-shock-value. The characters are all treated with an immense respect by the author; they act in ways that make sense, and even when they screw up it's real and you understand why. There's grittiness here but it's balanced by a tough, deep-running love for family, friends, fellow workers, and the planet itself. I can't recommend this book enough. If you like westerns, sci-fi, weird worlds and weirder magic, found family, complex and compelling women characters, and a galaxy of mysteries and conspiracies, this book is for you. NOW I NEED THE SEQUEL geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Onderdeel van de reeks(en)Hob Ravani (1) Prijzen
The Kitschies' Golden Tentacle Award-winningscience fiction debut that reads like Dune meets Sons of Anarchy. The strange planet known as Tanegawa's World is owned by TransRifts Inc, the company with the absolute monopoly on interstellar travel. Hob landed there ten years ago, a penniless orphan left behind by a rift ship. She was taken in by Nick Ravani and quickly became a member of his mercenary biker troop, the Ghost Wolves. Ten years later, she discovers that the body of Nick's brother out in the dunes. Worse, his daughter is missing, taken by shady beings called the Weathermen. But there are greater mysteries to be discovered - both about Hob and the strange planet she calls home. File Under-Science FictionRoad of Fury |Hob's Angels |Ghost on the Highway |The Weatherman Says Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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I think it's a space opera, and it's full of grit. I liked it, I'm not sure I want to look for the sequel yet because it was a bit of a commitment to read, and i have a strong suspicion that some of the characters I like are going to perish. Merde. ( )