Felt like a long read and felt a little like it was trying to be Red Dwarf a few times, but eventually settled into an interesting and fun story.
I do admit I got lost with the length of time reading the book, but suspect it was the speed I was reading (only a handful of pages each night) - the story takes place over a matter of days - not as I thought a matter of months.
There's lots of lore in the world that's not really explained, but doesn't really get in the way. I did expect to find the humour more, but it wasn't really there for me.
Likeable characters, and a good story which stands well on it's own. I'd like to read more, but would hope the pace is a little quicker.
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like a lost thought in need of a mind.
It was a low-lying, highly fenestrated conurbation of whitewashed walls and a roofline that was bewhiskered with heliostats, chimney-pots and water heaters.
The cucumber and the tomato are both fruit; the avocado is a nut. To assist with the dietary requirements of vegetarians, on the first Tuesday of the month a chicken is officially a vegetable.
'You're quite handsome – I like your nose especially.' 'It was a birthday present.'
'I understand there's a hundred per cent fatality rate?' 'True. But up until the moment of death there was a hundred per cent survival rate.
'The best lies to tell,' said Jane, 'are the ones people want to believe.'
'I call it a spork,' I said. 'How ingenious,' remarked Violet, who was eager to have the pretence of a strong and supportive marriage, and was resolved to start as she meant to continue. 'Whatever made you think of a brilliant name like that?' 'It's engraved on the back.' 'Oh.'