Lydia Nickerson

Terrible, terrible narrator

Revisado: 08-12-22

This is an old favorite, I confess. So I do have preconceptions about the characters. The book itself has some problematic aspects. I anticipated enjoying this ... but the reader is _intolerable_.

It is possible that Pinchot is attempting a satire. If so, I have completely missed the joke. His characterizations are thin, trite, and contradicted by the plain text.

Dak Broadbent _always_ sounds sarcastic. Smythe not only sounds supercilious (which could be a defensible choice) but _stupid_. Pinchot has him putting the emphasis on terms that Smythe would have found commonplace, making Smythe sound ridiculous. The accent Pinchot uses for Bonaforte is not home-spun, but a drawl with no particular provenance. The deal-breaker, though, was Penny, whom Pinchot has chosen to voice like a cheap and incompetent phone sex worker.

So I'm out of here. I will not finish. I will take down my ancient paperback and read the rest.

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Wild and Weirb

Revisado: 03-18-22

There is literally nothing quite like this book, which is strange and magical and difficult and glorious. It will not go where you expect it to go. It will give you things you didn't know you needed.

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Ghastly, glorious, grand

Revisado: 02-06-22

This is an absolute, balls-to-the-walls, what the fuck do you mean "skeletons don't wear sunglasses“ gothic romance with vast quantities of bones and viscera, but no sex. (I have hopes for the sequels.) It is complex and nuanced in a profane, funny, in your face style. It is clearly fanfic inflected, and has no sense of propriety, but a keen wit and innovative use of tropes. The narrator is utterly brilliant, as well.

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An Old Favorite, with emphasis on "old"

Revisado: 02-07-21

I have been fond of this book for 50 years. It is a sweet, funny romance. It has a fair bit of casual sexism, not a surprise given when it was written. The reader was more maudlin than the text required, alas. Nevertheless it was nice to visit an old friend.

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Smart and fun

Revisado: 01-02-21

Space pirates, a meditation on identity, and complex moral quandries against a backdrop of strange beauty. Really good reader as well.

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Lovely

Revisado: 10-19-18

I am always surprised at how very Victorian this novel is, delightful and sardonic, and replete with long, sentimental passages. The reader did not read the lengthy sub-titles to each chapter. I do not miss them, but if you would, then this is not the performance you want. The full prejudices of the age are on display, but somehow don't seem malicious. If unthinking racist, classist, and sexist attitudes would destroy your enjoyment, then this book won't be fun for you.

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