P. Perkins

a unique book about coping with the fallibility of our understanding

Revisado: 01-17-24

The narration does a very good job of bringing out the different shades of mood and emotion, humor and despair, and manages to make the exotic theological passages sound quite dramatic.

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good series ends with thud

Revisado: 08-20-22

like a lot of series this one gradually heads downhill from a good start. ends abruptly as if they planned to write more and then decided not to bother.

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A likable heroine in a perilously magical future

Revisado: 08-18-22

Our protagonist is almost too perfect but the world she is in is sufficiently full of conflicts and hidden agendas to balance that. It starts with kind of a fantasy version of the county girl finding her place in the big city high school. She's looking to make new friends to replace the ones she had to leave behind, and an especially well handled relationship is the friendship that develops with a boy who is not very popular, because of his religion.

There is plenty of action in the form of a variety of fights using magic and against supernatural monsters. The magic system produces many opportunities to win battles with clever tricks. There are a few threads left dangling to pull you into wanting to listen to the next volume of the series.

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Great Story With Magic and Contemporary Technology

Revisado: 02-09-21 El oyente recibió este título gratis

The Lost and the Least is a novel set in Metamor City, the capital city of probably the most powerful nation in the fantasy universe that happens to be named after the city. This universe has a rich magical and historical background that appeals to the Science Fiction and Future History reader I grew up as. There are a lot of details where this universe is like and yet unlike our own, which adds layers to the storytelling without getting in the way of the story. I think this book would be fine as a first dip into the Metamor City universe, but if you want to know more about this remarkable City, the original Metamor City Podcast and a well-organized website about it are still available.

The story has the virtues of a well-written thriller. A lot is going on, politically, romantically, magically, and even psychologically, with violence and tragedies enough to underline that the stakes are end-of-the-world high. Yet it all hangs together and the main threads, at least, are easy enough to follow. There are surprises, but they are properly prepared for, not just arbitrary tricks. Although this story follows the previous novel "Things Unseen" in time, and has many of the same characters, each is a complete story in itself. Speaking of the characters, they are nicely three dimensional and what they do always seems to come from the character’s own goals and drives, not just from the requirements of the plot.

The narration of this book is excellent. Sometimes a book being read by the author is a bad sign, but Chris Lester is really good at this.

As hinted in the title, this book does have an interest in morality and values. Not the kind of values that keep the sex scenes from being hot. Not even the kind that would make the character who thinks he can fix the injustices of the world by writing novels into the hero. Just the kind of values that mean that while this novel is very entertaining, that’s not all it is.

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