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The Pride of Chanur (Chanur, #1)
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Jan 15, 2021
bookshelves: female-nonbinary-authors, kindle-google, mine-mine-mine, sci-fi, space-the-final-frontier, reading-with-friends, z-2021-sf
DNF at 40%. I enjoyed the appendix more, which describes the aliens, compared with the rest of the book. The writing is stilted, the space tech stuff vaguely confusing, and we spent too much time in the MC's head including when she bathed and putting clothes or whatever. Seriously, I felt like I was reading David Weber's stuff, though not as annoying.
The premise of making a human the alien and having an alien POV was actually interesting but I can't handle the boring plot despite several attempts. Anyway, since I previously DNFed Foreigner, I guess Cherryh's writing and I are not meant to be. YMMV
The premise of making a human the alien and having an alien POV was actually interesting but I can't handle the boring plot despite several attempts. Anyway, since I previously DNFed Foreigner, I guess Cherryh's writing and I are not meant to be. YMMV
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Reading Progress
July 24, 2020
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maybe-i-should-read-this
July 24, 2020
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July 24, 2020
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to-read-not-yet-bought
July 24, 2020
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to-read
July 24, 2020
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female-nonbinary-authors
July 24, 2020
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kindle-google
July 24, 2020
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mine-mine-mine
July 24, 2020
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sci-fi
July 24, 2020
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space-the-final-frontier
January 15, 2021
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Started Reading
January 15, 2021
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reading-with-friends
January 16, 2021
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z-2021-sf
January 21, 2021
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Jan 15, 2021 04:33AM
I ended up giving it three stars, when I re-read it. As a teenager I liked it a lot more. It was ok.
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Cathy wrote: "I ended up giving it three stars, when I re-read it. As a teenager I liked it a lot more. It was ok."thanks! I DNF-ed Foreigner hence my concern over this one.
Yeah, I sympathize. I know that Foreigner is a beloved series for many. I think I made it to the middle of book two before declaring defeat. Very, very interesting concepts and world building, but I was bored.
I just checked—I actually loved book two of Foreigner. Book three was the one I tossed...
Feel you. It took me ages to get through this one. I read several other books in the breaks.
Cherryh comes and goes with me. I've enjoyed a couple, been bored with a couple, hated a couple. So it's still worthwhile trying another, although... come to think of it... a one-in-three ratio isn't great.
Beth wrote: "Cherryh comes and goes with me. I've enjoyed a couple, been bored with a couple, hated a couple. So it's still worthwhile trying another, although... come to think of it... a one-in-three ratio isn..."Yeah.... I also think that maybe I am over these older books, you know?
Jamie wrote: "Agreed 100%"
*high five*
Gabi wrote: "Feel you. It took me ages to get through this one. I read several other books in the breaks."
I tried to combine my reading too but it did not work at all ;p
