David Scrimshaw reviewed Too Like the Lightning by Ada Palmer (Terra Ignota -- Book 1)
"The world into which Mycroft and Carlyle have been born is as strange to our …
Review of 'Too Like the Lightning' on 'Storygraph'
4 stars
If you're into philosophy and gender and science fiction, this is a must read.
If you're not into stories where you don't know what is going on, this may not be for you.
By the end of this book, I started to feel like I had a bit of a clue and then it turned out this is only the first of two volumes.
No talking cats or rats, but there are tiny toy soldiers that have been brought to life and they're pretty cool.