Today’s novel was Ninefox Gambit, by Yoon Ha Lee.
I really didn’t expect to like this one, since it is military science fiction, which doesn’t generally appeal to me. And, to be honest, it was rather like reading a book in another language – French, perhaps, because I understood most of it, but I had to work at it, and I felt as though there was vocabulary that eluded me. I suspect one needs quite a visual sort of imagination to follow what was going on with the various battles and campaigns, and I just don’t have that sort of brain.
But despite all of that, I really liked it. I didn’t quite love it, mostly because of my difficulty following the action sequences, but I’m definitely going to want to re-read it, and then go and read the other books in the series.
Also, let it be known that Yoon Ha Lee did not kill the cat. And about time, too, if you ask me. This alone would push Ninefox Gambit up the ballot for me.
