Reviews and Comments

Not hating it so far. I have only vague recollections of the story though.

However, we get it, Alfred is clumsy, you don't have to labour the point literally every time he does something...

Let's go! Hugh-the-Hand gonna rock this band!

Three-Chop-Nick plays a mean lick.

Haplo... is just kinda annoying if I remember correctly, not up to the bit where he turns up yet.

Up there with the best Culture books. So glad I found this now so there was still something new to read.

First of a Seven book series that I read as a teen, and loved them. But if my other nostalgia reads are any thing to go by I am going to be incredibly disappointed.

However, I am hoping there is a bit more meat to them that I would have completely missed when I was 15... We'll see.

It's very much a “Banks” book, but still distinct from the Culture.

Liking it so far.

Not Culture, but it's still new.

I have thoughts on this series, but I need to unpack them.

Didn't realise it was so short... read half of it when I was just checking that it synced correctly...

Been on my list for a while, but I finally bought it.

Got a bit weird near the end there.

I plowed through this at first. But its weirdness eventually caught up with me and I ran out of steam.

Which isn't to say I'm not enjoying it, it just feels like the DJ is constantly building, but won't actually drop the bass...

Lets read an actual novel!

Enjoying it so far, though I have some issues with the style. I'm all for experimentation, but I really want the POV character to stay locked, or I end up getting taken out of the story while I try to figure out whose head I'm meant to be in.

I also assumed that the references to fascism would be metaphorical, not an actual malignant force that comes out of the walls...

Still, early days though, and it's good enough that my morning commute flies by.

Reading a real physical book, made of tree meat and everything.

Pretty good, would read a sequel, though it's not needed at all.