Anyone here participating in this year’s r/fantasy book bingo? How’s it going if so?

Attached a pic of my card so far. Working my way through Red Sister currently and quite enjoying it, turns out this Mark Lawrence guy is pretty good.

Edit: just realised I said “this year’s” bingo when this may in fact be “the last” bingo. Oh well.

  • werewolf_nr@fig.systemsEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Red Sister was quite interesting. IMO the rest of the series doesn’t hold up.

    I highly recommend Gideon the Ninth down there at the bottom too. Very highly. Why haven’t you started yet?

    • fraser@sopuli.xyzOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I was torn actually between starting that one next and Red Sister. Then I saw some negative comments about Gideon that made me hesitate, so your recommendation is actually much appreciated.

        • fraser@sopuli.xyzOPEnglish
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          1 year ago

          No actually they were saying that the characters were unlikeable and complaining that it apparently has a downbeat ending, neither of which I was feeling up to.

          • werewolf_nr@fig.systemsEnglish
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            1 year ago

            I think the blurb sets up a bad set of expectations. “Lesbian necromancers in space” makes it seem like a Sci-Fi/Fantasy LGBT+ romance novel. Instead you get a mystery in a setting that is only technically science-fantasy with a vague romance side plot.

            The ending isn’t happy, that is for sure.

            • fraser@sopuli.xyzOPEnglish
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              1 year ago

              This is both off-putting and yet still intriguing for me. I’ll definitely have to give it a go soon and see how it hits me.