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Like The Cardinal’s Blades, The Alchemist in the Shadows is still a swashbuckling adventure set in an alternate history, with little room for depth or thought-provoking moments, and featuring stereotypical characters, the main ones being certain to make it through pretty much anything thanks to their great fighting skills and even greater luck. And Ballardieu […]

I wanted something light, that would be quick and easy to read, to finally start this year’s reading list, and the fact that it still took me too long to finish is not the fault of the book, The Cardinal’s Blades definitely checking those boxes. It’s a swashbuckling adventure set in an alternate history, with […]

This was another nice read, mixing the sort of “curiosities” that make up popular science with more advanced elements that nevertheless remain accessible and easy to read. And the effort made to show how other species perceive the world as differences, presenting each case as it is instead of focusing on comparisons to humans and […]

This was such a nice read overall. The first part uses key moments from Attenborough‘s professional life to portray how humans have changed the planet during one lifetime, starting from listing the population, atmospheric CO2 and remaining wild areas at the beginning of each chapter. And I was obviously very pleased with the fact that […]

It’s safe to say that this book greatly exceeded my expectations, and the writing style has a fair bit to do with that. I’ve seen other reviews stating that it’s overdone and the author is showing off and thinking too highly of herself, in this and other ways, but I disagree and will say that […]