2020 books: Child of Fire, Gateway to Fourline, Tooth and Claw, Wild Things: Four Tales

[thistlechaser]

Child of Fire by Harry Connolly
Traditional or self-published: Traditional
Rating: Disliked (Hated-Disliked-Okay-Liked-Loved)



Connolly is the author who wrote the trilogy I just finished, the one I loved so much. I was hoping this series of books would work for me as well, but unfortunately not.

Urban fantasy (which I don't like at all) mixed with crime drama (which I like even less). The main character was released from prison to help a powerful magic user, but I didn't like either of their characters, and the situation didn't hook me at all.

Because of how much I liked the trilogy, I gave this a lot more chance than I usually would. I read for three nights, hitting the 9% mark, before I gave in and decided I just wasn't enjoying it at all. I wish I had liked it!

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These three books I read weeks ago, before the long trilogy I just finished. Alas I can't tell you much about them, since it was so log ago. I'm listing them here for record keeping purposes.

Gateway to Fourline by Pam Brondos, self-published, disliked. 3%
Tooth and Claw by Jo Walton, traditional, disliked. 4%
Wild Things: Four Tales by Douglas Clegg, traditional, disliked. 25%

Partial book credits:
Point reached in these books: 3% + 4% + 25% +9% = %41
Previous abandoned book total: 269%
New total: 310% (three books)

Comments

[juliansinger.livejournal.com]

Huh, I know Jo Walton's written a book named _Tooth and Claw_... (I liked it OK, but I already knew it was a Victorian pastiche. I've liked other things she's written better, though.) Amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/Tooth-Claw-Jo-Walton/dp/0765319519

If there's one by Jo Watson, too, then I am Amused.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Oh thanks! For some reason I couldn't find it on Amazon. I edited the link in.

> If there's one by Jo Watson, too, then I am Amused.

Arg no, that's a typo. Usually I copy/paste off Amazon, but for hers I squinted at the tiny tiny cover on my Kindle. Fixing that, too!

[juliansinger.livejournal.com]

You're welcome. (If you're still in a correcting-typos mood, it's not self-pubbed; it's from Orb, a division of Tor books.)

(Your review of the other bunch of Connolly books have put them on my to-find list, by the way.)

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Thanks (and fixed) again! I'm at a loss when I don't have the Amazon page to work off of.

I hope you enjoy the Connolly trilogy as much as I did! Alas his other books didn't work for me. Besides the one mentioned here, I tried his only other one, and it just didn't click for me.