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Amateur detective Mallory Viridian’s talent for solving murders ruined her life on Earth and drove …
She wasn’t a writer, with the scarves and the chunky jewelry and the online flame wars about appropriation and use of the singular “they.”
Amateur detective Mallory Viridian’s talent for solving murders ruined her life on Earth and drove …
Nobody ever believed murders “just happened” around Mallory Viridian.
Content warning now with spoilers!
I did feel like some of the plot mechanisms did get repetitive, though. For example, one of his enemies defeating him in battle, then holding him prisoner until he could be rescued. Or thinking somebody he cared about had been killed only to find out they were ok, actually.
Nigerian God-Punk - a powerful and atmospheric urban fantasy set in Lagos.
Since the Orisha …
In a lot of ways, this reminds me of the Akata series, but for adults - Nigerian setting, making friends and enemies with supernatural entities, Nsibidi script as magic writing, etc. (This is not a criticism of the Akata series, I love them.)
The setting was the best part of this for me - I enjoyed postapocalyptic, god-ravaged Lagos.
I appreciate that David is imperfect and fallible - he makes mistakes, fails, etc., and it has real consequences for him.
The first section (book? sub-book?) was my favorite, followed by the second - as the story progressed, I felt like it kept getting progressively more frantic and less coherent.
Overall, I enjoyed it, though, and I'm looking forward to more.
Nigerian God-Punk - a powerful and atmospheric urban fantasy set in Lagos.
Since the Orisha …
Content warning chapter 33
Shonuga creams for her men to retreat, retreat, […]
That's … an interesting tactic
Nigerian God-Punk - a powerful and atmospheric urban fantasy set in Lagos.
Since the Orisha …
Too many people try to touch me even when I make it clear that I do not want to be touched.
same
Nigerian God-Punk - a powerful and atmospheric urban fantasy set in Lagos.
Since the Orisha …
Content warning chapter 21 spoiler
My first thought for "the place where iron lives" was a laundromat
Nigerian God-Punk - a powerful and atmospheric urban fantasy set in Lagos.
Since the Orisha …
The Nigerian Army Shopping Arena was one of the most guarded shopping complexes of Oshodi in its heyday.
As someone who's unfamiliar with Nigeria and Lagos, there's a lot for me to unpack in this sentence
An eccentric detective and her long-suffering assistant untangle a web of magic, deceit, and murder …
The Tainted Cup is very much a fantasy Holmes novel, where a labyrinthine mystery is being solved by an almost supernaturally skilled investigator and their lovable but hapless assistant, through whose viewpoint the story is being presented.
The setting is delightfully weird, much more like Divine Cities than Founders, with elements of existential/apocalyptic threat and imperialism.
I'm looking forward to more in this universe.
Nigerian God-Punk - a powerful and atmospheric urban fantasy set in Lagos.
Since the Orisha …
This is going to be a bad job.
An eccentric detective and her long-suffering assistant untangle a web of magic, deceit, and murder …
And when the Empire is weak, it is often because a powerful few have denied us the abundance of our people.
An eccentric detective and her long-suffering assistant untangle a web of magic, deceit, and murder …
What a tool cynicism is to the corrupt, claiming the whole of the creation is broken and fraudulent, and thus we are all excused to indulge in whatever sins we wish—for what’s a little more unfairness, in this unfair world?
An eccentric detective and her long-suffering assistant untangle a web of magic, deceit, and murder …
“I’m as civil as a magistrate,” she said.
An eccentric detective and her long-suffering assistant untangle a web of magic, deceit, and murder …
Have you felt any curious flickering sensations when you defecate, perhaps?
An eccentric detective and her long-suffering assistant untangle a web of magic, deceit, and murder …
So instead of committing robbery, I made tea.
A "why not both‽" moment
