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The Builders
The Builders | Daniel Polansky
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A missing eye. A broken wing. A stolen country. The last job didn't end well. Years go by, and scars fade, but memories only fester. For the animals of the Captain's company, survival has meant keeping a low profile, building a new life, and trying to forget the war they lost. But now the Captain's whiskers are twitching at the idea of evening the score. "A living, breathing world of vivid, winsome characters hellbent on their blaze of glory and as unforgiving as a runaway train carrying all your friends over a cliff. I haven't cared about animals this much since Watership Down." Delilah S. Dawson, author of Hit and Wicked as They Come "Nobody does dark like Polansky. The Builders is Redwall meets Unforgiven, combining the endearing wit of Disney's Robin Hood with all the grit and violence of a spaghetti western." -Myke Cole, author of the Shadow Ops series
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Tonton
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Imagine Yul Brynner or Toshiro Mifune as a mouse! This over the top anthropomorphic running in joke/pastiche is a homage to The Magnificent Seven (itself a homage to Akira Kurosawa‘s Seven Samurai.) Don‘t think, just enjoy it. Woo hoo ❣️

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RainyDayReading
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I don‘t know what I was expecting, but it certainly wasn‘t a grimdark Redwall set in the Wild West, but I loved every page of it. For being so short I got rather attached to several of the characters. I mean, a possum in a sombrero with a sniper rifle, who wouldn‘t love that? I wish there was more set in this world! I‘d love to hear more about the crew‘s previous jobs before everything went wrong. #teamslaughter #scarathlon @Clwojick book +1

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Eggs
The Builders | Daniel Polansky
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TheSpineView 😍😍😍 5y
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GrilledCheeseSamurai
The Builders | Daniel Polansky
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#AyUpAugust #Human

There isn't a single human in this book. There is, however, a bunch of anthropomorphic, fantasy, gangster-like characters in a well thought out grimdark world.

A fantastic novella. I wish there was more.

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squirrelbrain Great choice! I love the blurb / quote on the front! ❤️ 5y
Cinfhen Agreeing with @squirrelbrain cool choice 😎 5y
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arlenefinnigan
The Builders | Daniel Polansky
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Weirdest #criminal gang I've ever read about. #LilithJuly @KarenUK @Cinfhen

KarenUK This does sound strange! 🙃 (edited) 5y
TobeyTheScavengerMonk THIS BOOK RULES! 5y
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arlenefinnigan
The Builders | Daniel Polansky
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Mdargusch Cool cover! 🐭 6y
Reviewsbylola That cover is terrifying! 6y
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arlenefinnigan
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Well what a curious book. A whimsical tale of woodland creatures, except they're gangsters and their murderous exploits are described in gory detail. Weirdly entertaining.

diovival This review makes me want to drop everything and read this book immediately. 6y
arlenefinnigan @diovival it's..... It's so odd. 6y
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arlenefinnigan
The Builders | Daniel Polansky
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#ReadHarder challenge 7: a book in which an animal or inanimate object is a point of view character

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heikemarie
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Mehso-so

I thought this was okay. It was short. I‘m not a huge anti-hero fan, but this is good for that if you‘re into t. The writing got tighter and it‘s obvious the author finds himself amusing. The second for my newest round of #tbr20

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heikemarie
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I really, really, really want to like this book. It‘s been pitched to me as a gritty Redwall, and I loved Redwall growing up. But the writing is exceptionally bad so far. My teacher self wants to take a pen to these awkward sentences - perhaps all the more noticeable since I just finished The Bear and the Nightingale, which is beautiful prose. I‘ll update on whether I bail or nah.

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TobeyTheScavengerMonk
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This novella is the literary equivalent of a sawed-off shotgun, short and packing a brutal punch.

The Captain, a mouse made of gristle and vengeance, gets the band back together to take down the evil skunk and his puppet on the throne. Lovable animals and a bit of the old ultraviolence. So good, this book.

While the actual cover has a medieval vibe, this is very much a Western as illustrated by the awesome image above.

TobeyTheScavengerMonk @Jaberwocky @inwhichHeikereadsharder Your life will be that much better with this little book in it. 7y
Jabberwocky This looks amazing!!! 7y
aeeklund Is that a salamander loading a gun? 7y
speljamr I love these characters. I want a whole novel of this! 7y
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TobeyTheScavengerMonk
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I know that is a big block of text up there but it is about Cinnabar the gunslinging salamander and you should read it in case you doubted that my #currentread was awesome.

While Cinnabar is cool, no one in this book is cooler than Boudica the sniper possum. #BoudicaRules

heikemarie Your posts have made me want this book so bad, I was willing to pay full price on Amazon for it just now (that never happens). The Kindle edition is only $3.99, so I am reading the $&@! outta this book as soon as possible. 7y
AlaMich This book sounds banana-pants in an awesome way! Stacking it... 7y
TobeyTheScavengerMonk @aeeklund Yes. Yes, it is a salamander loading a gun. 7y
aeeklund I AM SO READING THIS!! 7y
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TobeyTheScavengerMonk
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YOU GUYS! My #currentread features a possum with a sniper rifle and a sombrero and I don't know if I've ever loved a character like I love her. #BoudicaRules

This book is playing the One of the Characters You Love is a Traitor game and I can't even handle it. #PleaseDontLetItBeBoudica

Sace I'm not even reading the book and I don't want it to be Boudica! Possum in a sombrero? Yes, please! 7y
LauraBeth 😂😂 7y
Leniverse A possum sniper with a sombrero and she's named Boudica? There's no way a character named Boudica can be a traitor. Drive those imperial mice out of possum lands, Boudica! We're all rooting for you. 7y
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Libby1 If you want a good laugh Google the Boudicca song from Horrible Histories! 7y
readinginthedark This sounds amazing!!! 😯 7y
Reggie Posts like this are why I love Litsy Lololol 7y
Jabberwocky YAS. I need this in my life!!! 7y
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TobeyTheScavengerMonk
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RanaElizabeth There's a lot of humor underneath a lot of darkness here. 7y
TobeyTheScavengerMonk @RanaElizabeth Well said, and I am loving every second. 7y
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TobeyTheScavengerMonk
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*sigh* Two so-so books in a row. I'm counting on this quick and gritty little book to break the streak.

Billed as The Wind in the Willows if adapted by Quentin Tarantino.

How can that not be amazing?

heikemarie Looks like a gritty Redwall. 7y
TobeyTheScavengerMonk @inwhichHeikereadsharder I have literally read it described that exact way in reviews! 7y
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speljamr
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This was an enjoyable novella where all the characters are animals. I wouldn't mind seeing the author do more with this little world he created.

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RanaElizabeth
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Wanna get your heart ripped out by anthropomorphic animals? Wanna take a master-class in character building? Wanna see how grimdark works in a western setting? Wanna read an amazing novella by a greatly underrated author?
You know you want to...read this now.
#recommendsday

I-read-and-eat Yes to all! 8y
LeahBergen I love your owl! 8y
RanaElizabeth @LeahBergen He's actually a set of shot glasses, the top comes off for a set of four. 8y
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LeahBergen And now I love him even more! 😂 8y
TobeyTheScavengerMonk About to start this! So stoked! 7y
RanaElizabeth @TobeyTheScavengerMonk Love to hear your thoughts when you finish! Polansky is one of my fave authors, his Lowtown series is amazing. 7y
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