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Updraft (Bone Universe, #1)

Fran Wilde

Start date: June 1, 2016

Finish date: June 30, 2016

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Jul 01, 2017 Tom Britz rated it it was amazing

I really liked this book. I enjoy books that create a world and make it real. This one is a strange world of living bone towers that people live in and they fly on wings that they make. This novel deals with secrets and mysteries that have endured for generations. The power of one clique over the rest of society. It's almost like a religion. The sect of Singers are there to protect the citizens from invisible, yet very real, skymouths, carnivorous monsters with large mouths and shark-like teeth, ...more

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Jun 17, 2016 Shaunesay rated it really liked it

Shelves: library

Updraft was the June read in a Goodreads group I'm a member of called The Sword and Laser. It was an interesting world of bone towers rising above the clouds, where the primary method of transportation is for individuals to fly using what sounds like a type of hanglider contraption but with more detailed movement. The picture above looks much larger and more framed than what is described in the book, in my opinion. Not everyone flies, there are some bridges between towers, and there are flying t ...more

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Mar 10, 2016 Silvana rated it did not like it

Shelves: fyeahfantasy, series-i-abandoned, reading-with-friends, female-nonbinary-authors, dnf-i-just-cant, growing-up, post-apocalyptic-fantasy, steampunk

DNF at 31% since I found out that this is a

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Jun 02, 2015 Will rated it liked it

Shelves: fantasy, sword-and-laser, nebula-award, young-adult

I am of mixed feelings regarding this book. I was entertained, although it was predictable. Love the world building, or lack of, since hardly any questions regarding the world get answered. The plot is one you may have read a thousand times, but not in this unique world. It left me both satisfied and unsatisfied. Maybe that is what the author wanted. But ultimately, in order to pull me along, you do have to give me something, and the book failed in that.

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