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Reread … listened this time … good audio. The truth of the Ogres‘ rule, where they came from … as investigated by the headman‘s son who is on the run from punishment for raising his hand to the landlord‘s ogre son.

Still 5 star.

I loved this 2023 nominee for the Hugo Best Novella award. It seems at first a fairy-tale-like fantasy novel but turns out to be quite different, as secrets about the world are slowly revealed to both the protagonist and reader. It's also told in an unusual second-person voice.

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I only read 25 books in March. Book slump & hectic work.

Here are 16 of the best books! A significant amount of 5 star books.

Ogres by Adrian Tchaikovsky … 5⭐️! I loved this novella so much I bought the signed edition! Great book! Thank you @NetGalley and @RebellionPub

📚Adrian Tchaikovsky is quickly becoming an auto buy author for me!

I loved this book! I pre-ordered the hardcover last week.

Dystopian world. Humans are serfs/slaves to genetically superior Ogres! Yes! Ogres! There are twists & turns.

Torquell is the rebellious son of the Ogre‘s human head man and makes a dangerous mistake that sends him on the run for his life.

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It took a bit to get into the second person narrative. It is a style I don't see often and it reads oddly for me. But wow did that last couple of pages make up for it!
This was a fun read about normalization and rebellion, it gave me some Hunger Games vibes (not the games themselves but the revolution aspect)
Thanks to Edelweiss for the ARC this novella release is expected on March 22, 2022