I've only read the first Lady Astronaut, and I liked it quite a bit, but have had trouble getting into the second book. (This is my first experience of MRK's writing, not counting some Rothfuss pastiche porn she'd written for one of Rothfuss's fundraisers (context, if you want it, LOL), so I don't know if her writing works for me on the whole or not, but I did like what The Calculating Stars specifically was doing.
October Daye... On the one hand, I've read 7? 8? books of it, and I think on average I enjoy it more than the Wayward Children books or anything else by McGuire I've attempted (which, I haven't tried Middlegame). On the other hand, I don't think it's a very good series, actually. There are aspects of it I enjoy (a couple of recurring characters, some nicely creepy setpieces, a couple of twists), and there are things it does that set my teeth on edge. For example, starting out writing "urban fantasy P.I." type of stories when McGuire really does not seem to be any good at writing mysteries. On the other hand, I do feel like at least the Toby Daye books tend to be less preachy than the Wayward Children books, which is a plus in my book.
Anyway, I'll be curious to see what you think of that series if/when you get around to it.
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Date: 2021-07-22 11:42 pm (UTC)October Daye... On the one hand, I've read 7? 8? books of it, and I think on average I enjoy it more than the Wayward Children books or anything else by McGuire I've attempted (which, I haven't tried Middlegame). On the other hand, I don't think it's a very good series, actually. There are aspects of it I enjoy (a couple of recurring characters, some nicely creepy setpieces, a couple of twists), and there are things it does that set my teeth on edge. For example, starting out writing "urban fantasy P.I." type of stories when McGuire really does not seem to be any good at writing mysteries. On the other hand, I do feel like at least the Toby Daye books tend to be less preachy than the Wayward Children books, which is a plus in my book.
Anyway, I'll be curious to see what you think of that series if/when you get around to it.