Occupy Me

A brilliantly mind-warping, fast-paced science fiction thriller starring, among others, a powerful angel, a fifty-ish Scottish veterinarian who also does cross-stitch, a massive carnivorous quetzlcoatlus, a briefcase containing other dimensions, and a doctor whose timeline has been split by blood and oil. It's all so gripping and so much FUN - and so funny, too, at times! - that I couldn't stop reading. It's not my usual kind of read, but I loved it.

Pearl is an angel, a being with wings that only exist in another dimension. She works for the Resistance–a mysterious organisation that promotes the spread of kindness among humans. As she returns from one of her missions, she recognises a passenger: he’s the man who stranded her here, away from her home. Dr. Sorle, meanwhile, has another problem: he has a passenger, one who regularly hijacks his body, and now, under the influence of that invisible rider, he’s stolen a briefcase that may or may not contain universes–and the soul of a dead man…Occupy Me is a densely packed SF novel, brimming with ideas about past, future, the meaning of the self, and a cornucopia of universe nested like Russian dolls. That it manages to make all of this work while remaining rooted in its (mainly) 21st-Century setting is testament to Sullivan’s powerful writing. It’s not a book you pick for light reading, but if you’re ready to invest in something that will blow your mind and challenge your perceptions of the real, this is exactly the thing.

While certainly this started well, in a style I could see worthy of the awards it won, by the second half I found it a lot less interesting and started skip reading. But it is a very interesting idea, and worth trying out.

I tried & tried but couldn't finish it - too confusing/clever for its own good. Or maybe just too much for me.

I'm halfway through this fine SF novel and recommend it. However the text of the Kindle version displays as grey rather than black on my Paperwhite which makes it irritatingly awkward to read. Apart from the chapter headings, which are black. Hopefully this will be fixed in an update.

Once upon a time I thought sci-fi was a genre everyone could enjoy if they so desired. Sorry to say but it's moved into a specialist role where it's only suitable for nerds and geeks (and people like myself who will read sci-fi till the end of the world, regardless).Fortunately there is still one author out there who's writing sci-fi the masses can enjoy (but it would be unreasonable to mention his name here)

Unfortunately this was a 'did not finish' for me. I'm not sure if it was the writing style or if it was me but I'm afraid I had to quit this one.

I thought this book was going to be one I could not finish, but I persisted in the hope I might begin to enjoy it more. For me, this is one of those novels that had huge potential to be fantastic but the execution let it down badly. I found reading this book hurt my brain and that's not what you want when reading a book for pleasure.The plot felt very disjointed and I struggled for a lot of the book to have a clear grasp on what was really going on, in addition to that the characters all seemed so much out of reach, I could not connect with any of them. It had moments where it would really shine, then it would just slide again and I was confused and finding it too much hard work. Darn shame as I really liked the sound of the plot. I think this book needed more simplicity, maybe too much was going on. I don't know. It just did not float my boat.A woman with wings that exist in another dimension. A man trapped in his own body by a killer. A briefcase that is a door to hell. A conspiracy that reaches beyond our world. Breathtaking SF from a Clarke Award-winning author.Tricia Sullivan has written an extraordinary, genre defining novel that begins with the mystery of a woman who barely knows herself and ends with a discovery that transcends space and time. On the way we follow our heroine as she attempts to track down a killer in the body of another man, and the man who has been taken over, his will trapped inside the mind of the being that has taken him over.And at the centre of it all a briefcase that contains countless possible realities.One of the things that really stood out for me is that I got no sense that the main winged female character was even female! I got more of a masculine sense from the way it was written and I wonder what readers would think if they were not told she was female. I found that a bit weird.Too much going on here and sadly only 3 stars from me, to be honest I nearly gave it 2 stars as I did not like it but bumped it up for some of the better moments in the book. I have no idea if others will like, love or dislike this book. It might be a mixed bag.Thanks to Orion Publishing Group for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This book has intriguing ideas but frankly is terrible to read. It does not flow, the story is incoherent, it changes voice and tense for no apparent reason, and the author tries...

Yes… I know the blurb sounds mad and a complete mess. But Sullivan’s superpower is that her writing is so solid and strong, she immerses you in her worlds alongside her amazing...

Synopsis: An “angel”, of indeterminate origin and purpose, is trapped on Earth, and they try to help achieve positive outcomes for human beings while endeavoring to find a way...

this is a wonderful book, engaging, intelligent and thrilling. Thoroughly science-fictional, thoroughly human, ideas with a vast scope and characters I could entirely relate to.

Pearl works for the Resistance. She is a disguised angel, working as a flight attendant. Dr Kisi Sorle is personal physician to a tycoon who has despoiled Sorle’s native country.

Pearl, an angel who lives amongst us, is an intriguing creation. Innocent in many respects, but world weary in many others, her view of humanity shifts on a minute by minute...