11-05-2023, 11:11 AM
The Aeronaut's Windlass by Jim Butcher
In honor of the sequel coming out, I decided to re-read this. And as I did, I realized I remembered absolutely nothing about the story. Granted I read this when it came out in 2017. I vaguely remember not liking it very much because I thought the sentient cats were a bit much.
The re-read was much more enjoyable. At the book's heart it wants to be a Horatio Hornblower story. Butcher makes the ships sail in the air through the use of crystals. People live at the tops of spires and they never venture to the planet where the bad things live. There is a war going on with another Spire. There are a lot of interesting threads going on with cowardly captains fighting and rich brats joining the king's guards and then there are the cats.
It's all fun. It's all the exciting bits with no filler. And there is another due in just a few days. I just hope if Butcher continues, the next one doesn't come out in another seven years. I'm not getting any younger.
In honor of the sequel coming out, I decided to re-read this. And as I did, I realized I remembered absolutely nothing about the story. Granted I read this when it came out in 2017. I vaguely remember not liking it very much because I thought the sentient cats were a bit much.
The re-read was much more enjoyable. At the book's heart it wants to be a Horatio Hornblower story. Butcher makes the ships sail in the air through the use of crystals. People live at the tops of spires and they never venture to the planet where the bad things live. There is a war going on with another Spire. There are a lot of interesting threads going on with cowardly captains fighting and rich brats joining the king's guards and then there are the cats.
It's all fun. It's all the exciting bits with no filler. And there is another due in just a few days. I just hope if Butcher continues, the next one doesn't come out in another seven years. I'm not getting any younger.
As a matter of fact, my anger does keep me warm