The annihilation score

(still don't know if i'm going to keep goodreads ratings, but globally “i really liked it”)

impossible to miss the narrator change from Bob to Mo. of course, all the compsci nerdiness is gone. i was not sure i was getting all the nerd jokes anyway

i wasn't completely surprised by the plot resolution but it was nicely brought. anyway i prefer obvious ending well written than some deus-ex-lapina out of a hat to try to woo the reader

I really enjoy Charles Stross Laundry series where horrific monsters meet horrific bureaucracy.

This one culminates at the Last Night at the Proms - an added bonus for a brass band player like me.

I do have to report that the cat in this story does not talk. I'm not sure why not because Mr. Stross can definitely write good talking cat stories. It seems like he just doesn't want to. Kind of like his dumb reasons for not writing a sequel to Iron Sunrise.