Read lately

[dhampyresa]

What did you finish reading

La fabrique des corps: Des premières prothèses à l'humain augmenté by Héloïse Chochois: This was a re-read. I enjoyed it. It's very well-done, interweaving the personal journey of a man who loses his arm at the start of the book and how he adapts to life with a prosthetic and the historical journey of prosthetics as a part of medicine. I'm not sure fond of the 'future' part. Also Ambroise Paré is in it! I like Ambroise Paré.

Plutona by Jeff Lemire (scenario + backup art) and Emi Lenox (art): I picked this up at the library (so I read it in French translation) because I liked Lemire's work on Justice League Dark, way back when. This was an enjoyable read and Lenox's art is very nice, but I expected a bit more. The superheroes feel like a gimmick and not an integrated part of the story. Furthermore, I feel like there's not much there there, if you know what I mean? Do not regret reading it or borrowing it.


What are you currently reading

Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson: Haven't touched since last time. It's really dense and I don't have the barinpower in the evenings.


What are you reading next

Fuck if I know.

Comments

[yhlee]

I fundamentally like Steven Erikson and read him when I did have brain and even I found him tough going because of the density. I will say that if you're willing to power through Gardens of the Moon, Coltaine's military campaign in book two, Deadhouse Gates, (the Chain of Dogs arc) is totally epic and I think you would enjoy that. (There's also a woman POV in another arc that you could skip if all you wanted was the military campaign, because the arcs don't really interact significantly.) I think I got to book four and then stopped out of sheer exhaustion. Someday, now that the entire series is out, I'll set aside a year and just read my way through the whole thing...

[ericadawn16]

I really loved Plutona but you're right, I think I might have liked the artwork the worldbuilding potential more what we were actually given. I really thought there would be another series by now.