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Despite many comments stating otherwise, I found this to be a terrible book and easily the worse of the series so far. This book is extremely over rated. It is likely one of my least favorite books and easily my least favorite from this author. I am honestly offended that she would publish something like this and I feel as if I just burned my money, time and sanity over a book which I would even describe as disgusting at times.

Here are few points which may elucidate my position
1. She seems to have oversexualized this book in a way in which it is at many times awkward, distasteful, unnecessary, or making very little. I'm not a prude or anything, I have read and enjoyed books with far more sexualized in nature, however in those books there was reason behind the author's choices. In this book, it seems as if the author is attempting to sexualize every single moment which can possibly be sexualized and it makes it seem like very obviously forced pandering.
2. This criticism is along the lines of point 1. the inclusion of graphic rape and pedophilia throughout the book is really disgusting and distasteful. One of the main relationships in the novel which Karin pushes is between a 13 year old and a 22 year old. Just like point 1, she makes it unnaturally and unnecessarily saturate the entirety of the story. It seems as if every single person in the story is either a rapist or a rape victim. If any bad thing happened in a character's past there is a 90% chance that it was rape.
There are just so many pedos throughout the books that it grows from disturbing to tiresome very quickly. It is as if this is Karin's only tool for story progression. Want to train to be a ship captain? Karin makes half of the training involve learning how to be a child sex slave. Want to perform a weapon deal? Karin closes the deal with child rape. Want a host too keep you from spending the night off the street? Karin requires you to have sex with the host every other night. Want to maintain order on your ship? Karin makes a massive class of child and adult prostitutes for no real reason.
It is really painful to get through with all of this.
3. The story is very flat and lackluster. if you were looking for something exciting then you chose wrong. There is almost nothing unexpected. The overall plot is very weak. this is not helped by the fact that 50% of the book is a lengthy backstory. character development is great except when it pushes the main plot to the margins of the story. There is not much in terms of meaningful resolution. You get to the end of the book and notice that the characters did not really accomplish anything at all.
4. The pacing is very slow, especially at the end of the book.
5. There are many plot holes and more questions raised than answered. It seems as if the entire purpose of this book is to set up for a sequel. setup is fine so long as it doesn't cause neglect the the plot of the current book. This books does not seem to move the plot of the series much at all.
6. Bad editing which in many parts results in sentences which don't even make sense.

Overall, if this is the route that this series will continue on and if Karin is proud of this sad work, than I would say that this book may be the end of this series for me. Not by plot resolution, but rather through unexpectedly bad writing. This book was a painful read but a very quick one. The only reasoned I managed to finish it is because I hate leaving even terrible books half read.

If you care at all for your money, your time, or your sanity then you should not waste any of it on this book.


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Cagebird Karin Lowachee 9780446615082 Books Reviews

I read "Warchild" prior to "Cagebird" and I should have reserved my judgement of Karin Lowachee until then. The first book stood out less, it was easier to dismiss as just another "boy grows up to be a warrior" adventure romp in space. "Cagebird," on ther other hand, was discomfiting, left me disturbed (in a great way), and had me thinking back to "Warchild."

The writing is stronger here. Instead of meeting Yuri as a child and seeing his life in real-time, we first get a tantalizing glimpse of him as a young man, mysterious, dangerous, and damaged in some ways. The first several pages grab and intrigue you. Yuri's story is told in flashback, it's a more sophisticated writing device and works here very well. Slowly, the whole picture unfolds of why he is who he is.

Eventually this book will be filed under the label of "Alternate Sexuality." However, there are no labels used in the book. Men and women simply are. The main fixation of Yuri is on his older (male) mentor, but it's so not about that. It's done in a realistic way. Karin Lowachee definitely goes on my list now - recommend unabashedly.
This is the third book in the incredible War Child Trilogy by Karin Lowachee. I was gifted with a copy of Warchild, book one of the series, and was told by my gifter that the first book Warchild won the Warner Aspect First Novel Award and Cagebird won the 2006 Gaylactic Spectrum Award and the Prix Aurora Award and was a finalist for the 2002 Philip K. Dick Award. Seriously, after reading this series, Ms Lowachee has shown these awards were most well deserved.

Warchild, Burndive and Cagedbird are written in the fantasy world of the author, giving the readers who love to read about strange worlds, aliens, pirates and space travel. It centers on three very young children, each boy touched by this world of war and the horrors war brings to the world and to its children. The author also centers the story on an earth ship commander, Commander Azarcon who is busy fighting pirates and Strits (aliens) and himself.

Jos Musey, Ryan Azarcon, and Yuri Kirov are the three young boys the series features. Each story focuses on what war does to their children, and the coming of age of these three young boys. Outstanding read.

Review by Gloria Lakritz
Sr Reviewer and Review Chair for the Paranormal Guild
Repeats content from the previous books too often. Nothing new in the plotline. Character development is poor for some characters. I think this series is finished for me now.
Lowachee is a fabulous writer. We follow Yuri through a very difficult childhood of abuse, see him make often-painful decisions, and find out who he really is. All this is beautifully depicted in the often-poetic language of Lowachee. Warning for child abuse, including child sexual abuse.
Despite many comments stating otherwise, I found this to be a terrible book and easily the worse of the series so far. This book is extremely over rated. It is likely one of my least favorite books and easily my least favorite from this author. I am honestly offended that she would publish something like this and I feel as if I just burned my money, time and sanity over a book which I would even describe as disgusting at times.

Here are few points which may elucidate my position
1. She seems to have oversexualized this book in a way in which it is at many times awkward, distasteful, unnecessary, or making very little. I'm not a prude or anything, I have read and enjoyed books with far more sexualized in nature, however in those books there was reason behind the author's choices. In this book, it seems as if the author is attempting to sexualize every single moment which can possibly be sexualized and it makes it seem like very obviously forced pandering.
2. This criticism is along the lines of point 1. the inclusion of graphic rape and pedophilia throughout the book is really disgusting and distasteful. One of the main relationships in the novel which Karin pushes is between a 13 year old and a 22 year old. Just like point 1, she makes it unnaturally and unnecessarily saturate the entirety of the story. It seems as if every single person in the story is either a rapist or a rape victim. If any bad thing happened in a character's past there is a 90% chance that it was rape.
There are just so many pedos throughout the books that it grows from disturbing to tiresome very quickly. It is as if this is Karin's only tool for story progression. Want to train to be a ship captain? Karin makes half of the training involve learning how to be a child sex slave. Want to perform a weapon deal? Karin closes the deal with child rape. Want a host too keep you from spending the night off the street? Karin requires you to have sex with the host every other night. Want to maintain order on your ship? Karin makes a massive class of child and adult prostitutes for no real reason.
It is really painful to get through with all of this.
3. The story is very flat and lackluster. if you were looking for something exciting then you chose wrong. There is almost nothing unexpected. The overall plot is very weak. this is not helped by the fact that 50% of the book is a lengthy backstory. character development is great except when it pushes the main plot to the margins of the story. There is not much in terms of meaningful resolution. You get to the end of the book and notice that the characters did not really accomplish anything at all.
4. The pacing is very slow, especially at the end of the book.
5. There are many plot holes and more questions raised than answered. It seems as if the entire purpose of this book is to set up for a sequel. setup is fine so long as it doesn't cause neglect the the plot of the current book. This books does not seem to move the plot of the series much at all.
6. Bad editing which in many parts results in sentences which don't even make sense.

Overall, if this is the route that this series will continue on and if Karin is proud of this sad work, than I would say that this book may be the end of this series for me. Not by plot resolution, but rather through unexpectedly bad writing. This book was a painful read but a very quick one. The only reasoned I managed to finish it is because I hate leaving even terrible books half read.

If you care at all for your money, your time, or your sanity then you should not waste any of it on this book.