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Well Done

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 26, 2023

Surprising. Good characters, especially the narrator. But an even better world and plot. That being said, the last 15% of the book takes an abrupt turn, which seems out of character mood with the rest of it. Jarring. That is my only quibble. And even that is not such a big deal in the end. The story is refreshingly unique and will stay with you. The writing is excellent, something I appreciate very much. Plenty of insights regarding human nature and a relentless pace that compels attention. Closest thing to the much revered Gene Wolfe I’ve run across.

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Dave the L

An engaging read, I suppose, but nothing special

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 26, 2022

I enjoy a book that has characters I can relate to and care about. That is accomplished here. It kept me engaged until the end.
That said, the brutality in the prison got tiresome after a while. They're mean...we get it. The idea of a decadent, dying society that can no longer fix the technological wonders they have was clever.
Maybe he could have saved some of the subplots for other books. Stefan's got mind powers he uses once and that's about it. He's contributed to a book on how to save the world that causes mobs - sometimes the book's existence is important, other times not at all. There is an evil man in the next cell, but what makes him so evil is never explained. Just needed another bad guy. Oh, and web children, and an underworld. It's just all a bit much.
Still, it is a diverting read - it is a pretty good book. Just a dark mood and a bit too much going on.

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Well Done

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 26, 2023

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 24, 2023

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The author has a facile, compelling command of language and startlingly original and interesting themes. The characters each came to life effectively often as exemplars of some concept or ideal. Tchaikovsky reminds me greatly of Gene Wolfe and that is high praise indeed.

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Susan

Tchaikovsky is a dandy and so is his protagonist

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 6, 2023

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Lots of great vocabulary and silly Englishesque sounding sentences. In the orange end-of-world dusk of sci-fi neigh-fantasy stories here lies an improbable adventure. I have to go now, I think a McArthur is coming!

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Just read it!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 18, 2022

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This is another wonderful story by Adrian Tchaikovsky! The world building is great while leaving you with the desire to know more. Equally, the characters and their stories are complex without relying on them solely to keep you invested in this smart page-turner! A dying world, full of life. Alien, and yet undeniably human and familiar. Cage of souls is a modern adventure that is reminiscent of the verdant, mystery filled jungle forays of some of the great classics.

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Aquiles Baeza

Amazing

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 13, 2023

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Masterful example of world building, please read this; I hope a sequel is in the works but it is not required at all.

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FunnestFunBunnyFamily

Liked it

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 21, 2022

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Liked it.
Ruminating on future of humanity? Check
Monsters? Check

Really a ton of monsters.

Five more words required. Done

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Great Storytelling

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 4, 2023

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I thoroughly enjoyed this book and am glad I risked it. The story is unique and compelling and has introduced me to a great new author.

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NixxieKnoxx

Loved, loved it

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 22, 2022

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I've read a fair amount of sci fi, and the one word that I always think of to describe them is "bleak" . Somehow the author of this book wrote a bleak tale without it feeling that way, and it was wonderful.

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Harry Simpson

I want to like it

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 13, 2022

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If I would have read the plot I probably would have passed on reading this, it’s not bad and if your hard on for some end of the world sci-fi then it’s definitely worth reading. It’s really just that I want to embrace the optimistic possibilities for the future instead of wallow in the doom and gloom of inevitability.

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K. Hulse

always good

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 26, 2022

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This writer is always interesting. The story line is good. The observations about how humans value the wrong things and our probable dystopian future are well done

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