The Hive Construct (No Spoilers)

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The discussion thread for our Dec - Jan BoM. Please avoid spoilers, or use the spoiler tag to hide them: < spoiler> spoiler>

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[Janice]

Just finished! And it was great.

For a book that won the Terry Pratchett Prize, I was expecting something humorous, that which is pretty much Pratchett's trademark. The other Terry Pratchett Prize winner (for 2011) that I have read is Apocalypse Cow by Michael Logan, which is outright hilarious. I loved it so much and couldn't stop laughing, even now thinking back on it.

So forgive me if I had some sort of laughter expectations going into The Hive Construct. No laughs here, but still a great book. It's serious. It's suspenseful and just really good.

I loved that it is set in a future new Cairo, with an interesting set up. I loved that one of the protagonists is a female hacker. And I loved how everything came together and ended.