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The Song of Achilles Review
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Anyone familiar with Greek mythology knows how this story ends. Patroclus, dead in Achilles' armor at the walls of Troy. Achilles, broken with grief, avenging him and wanting to die, dying. Yet even knowing how the story ends, The Song of Achilles was a surprise and a page-turner: not simply a...
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The Hands of the Emperor Review
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This is a book that shouldn't, by all the rules that govern what makes a book "work", be anywhere near as good as it is. Victoria Goddard has crafted a novel here that goes against every established convention of the genre: there's no war, vanishingly little violence, there's really very little...
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Project Hail Mary Review
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Sci-fi isn't normally my genre. I'll take swords, kings, and magic any day over spaceships and physics. Every once in a while, though, I pick up a sci-fi book, and almost every time I find myself really enjoying it. Project Hail Mary is no exception.
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The Ramp Review
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The Ramp is a very simple skateboarding game. There is no campaign or story mode - the goal is simple: across the 4 tiny maps, get as much air and speed as you can. It's a fun diversion for a few minutes, but not much more.
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The Procession to Calvary Review
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The Procession to Calvary is Joe Richardson's follow-up to the excellent Four Last Things. Richardson retains the same art style and music that made the first game so unique: public domain paintings - subtly animated - and fittingly classical music gives this series a wholly unique style.
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Gunmetal Gods Review
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Gunmetal Gods is a sweeping epic from Zamil Akhtar, full of Middle Eastern flavor, complicated characters, and breakneck pacing.
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