Another wonderful story

I have enjoyed every shirt story and book from Tchaikovsky and this one is no different. Happy to find out that this is a prequel so I'm off to get the best one. ( )

An absolutely lovely short story about magical homunculi, managing to create a very interesting world in just 30 pages. I will definitely check out Made Things :) ( )

Great world-building for such a short story. I loved how the little Homunculi were made out of every kind of material in the Tower (soon to include, I presume, human bone). It reminded me of all the little 2D "people" I used to make out of objects I found in my life: seashells from the beach, colorful stones, beads and buttons on the sidewalk, funny shapes of mulch from the playground, etc.

I did struggle a bit to imagine the size of the Homunculi. The description for [b:Made Things|44581532|Made Things|Adrian Tchaikovsky|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1557991956l/44581532._SY75_.jpg|69197736] describes them as dolls, but then the humans' feet are as tall as mountains, so the creatures should be less than an inch tall, but they can still hail and ride (comparatively) massive ravens. Was also a little odd that gender was still a thing when reproduction doesn't require it.

But still, an enjoyable light fantasy read. ( )