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A review by graculus
The Machine God by MeiLin Miranda
2.0
Started out quite promisingly, with an interesting protagonist and a world that someone had clearly given quite a bit of thought to in terms of world-building (loved the talking birds, though I could see how they could be quite a pain, as indeed some of them are in the book).
Then it all went a bit grisly when it came to talking about how the titular Machine God was brought to life (the last thing I read that had a similar feel to it was KJ Parker's [b:The Belly of the Bow|427066|The Belly of the Bow (Fencer Trilogy, #2)|K.J. Parker|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1389327206s/427066.jpg|416090]) but after that it kind of lost its way. The ending was a bit of an anti-climax, as was the moustache-twirling behaviour of our 'unexpected' villain.
Sadly our protagonist also didn't really seem to survive intact and became himself a bit of a caricature, neither one thing or another. Disappointing.
Then it all went a bit grisly when it came to talking about how the titular Machine God was brought to life (the last thing I read that had a similar feel to it was KJ Parker's [b:The Belly of the Bow|427066|The Belly of the Bow (Fencer Trilogy, #2)|K.J. Parker|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1389327206s/427066.jpg|416090]) but after that it kind of lost its way. The ending was a bit of an anti-climax, as was the moustache-twirling behaviour of our 'unexpected' villain.
Sadly our protagonist also didn't really seem to survive intact and became himself a bit of a caricature, neither one thing or another. Disappointing.