About this episode

Luke reviews 'The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi' by Shannon Chakraborty, discussing its shortcomings.

Luke tried out The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty, a book so bad he’s going to have to update the SFBRP website to match the new DID NOT FINISH functionality of Goodreads. See every book/episode of the SFBRP here: https://www.sfbrp.com/episode-lists-3 See the SFBRP Must-Read List here: https://www.sfbrp.com/must-read Support Luke and Juliane financially via Patreon.com/lukeburrage Luke on Bluesky: @lukeburrage.bsky.social Discuss this book at Goodreads.com Luke writes his own novels, like “Minding Tomorrow”, “Combat”, “Get that rat off my face!” and “The Monster Story Conference”, so download them for free at: https://www.lukeburrage.com/fiction.html

People in this episode

Host: Luke Burrage

Guest: Shannon Chakraborty

Topics covered

• book review
• science fiction
• literature criticism
• author discussion
• reading experience

Keywords

• Amina al-Sirafi
• Shannon Chakraborty
• book review
• science fiction
• DID NOT FINISH
• Goodreads
• SFBRP

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Goodreads, Patreon, SFBRP, Bluesky, SFBRP Must-Read List

Books & works: The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi, Amina al-Sirafi #1, Minding Tomorrow, Combat, Get that rat off my face!, The Monster Story Conference

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