Mike Voss’s Reviews > The Book That Wouldn’t Burn > Status Update

Almost from the beginning this book has demonstrated bits of wry and ironic humor. To some extent they remind me of Lois McMaster Bujold's writing. But there have also been, particularly in the last hundred pages, laugh out loud moments, ranging from appreciation of particularly well executed callbacks to earlier bits to simply funny observances or occurences, some reminiscent of Book of the Ancestor moments.

A few things become apparent by this juncture in Lawrence's latest narrative. The first is that TBTWB will earn a place near the top of my 2023 reads, perhaps the top slot itself. The next is that several clues point to TBTWB being set in the same universe as his previous works. Finally, that TBTWB's setting won't easily be placed in the space and time of that universe. All to this reader's absolute delight!