Regular readers will love this book! It focuses mainly on typical Gothic and Dickensian literature but I think anyone who loves to read in any genre or who loves to amass books and cherish them forever will want this book. It's fantasy in the best sense of the word. It disregards the swords and beasts … Continue reading Review – The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep, H. G. Parry ★★★★☆
I have heard so much positivity and praise for Neil Gaiman's Sandman that I thought this graphic novel could be nothing short of astonishing. But I think, in the end, high expectations were a bit of a double edge sword. Rather than astonishing, I have come away form Preludes and Nocturnes wanting to no more but also … Continue reading Review – Sandman: Preludes and Nocturnes, Neil Gaiman ★★★☆☆
I just don't think I quite saw the appeal of NOS4A2. In a weird way, I did enjoy it but there were quite a few elements that I would want to change. Regardless, let's get on with my thoughts overall. Summer. Massachusetts. An old Silver Wraith with a frightening history. A story about one serial killer … Continue reading Review – NOS4A2, Joe Hill ★★☆☆☆
Oh my God! I loved this book! It was such a great way to end the year and I feel like it has taken me back to my SFF roots for the start of the new year and the new decade. John Scalzi, I salute you! The Interdependency―humanity’s interstellar empire―is on the verge of collapse. … Continue reading Review – The Consuming Fire, John Scalzi ★★★★★
This is the space opera I have been looking for and it didn't take any jedi mind tricks to convince me of that! The Collapsing Empire gets of to a flying start and I was immeditately enraptured by this universe. The Interdependency is an empire built from different space systems which are all linked by … Continue reading Review – The Collapsing Empire, John Scalzi ★★★★☆
Is it possible that I like Blood Tally even more than Uncanny Collateral? Normally I'm nervous about the second in a series be it books, films, games or any other medium but McClellan provides, in my opinion, the ideal sequel to Uncanny Collateral. Blood Tally is a fast paced struggle for Alex Fitz against pressures from … Continue reading Review – Blood Tally, Brian McClellan ★★★★★
This is classic Terry Pratchett and that's never a bad thing! Death is one of the most universally well-liked characters in The Discworld (funny that isn't it) and for good reason. Once again here one of the stories focusing on Death leads to laughs, chaos, a swarm of trolleys taking over a city, an old … Continue reading Review – Reaper Man, Terry Pratchett ★★★★★
Unfortunately, I missed the Halloween party by a day or two but hey, it's never the wrong time to review a Stephen King book right? I picked this up partly for fear of missing out and being forced into buying a film tie-in edition but also because I think about The Shining all the time. … Continue reading Review – Doctor Sleep, Stephen King ★★★☆☆
I loved almost everything about this novel. From my still limited, but I'm working on it, knowledge of Asimov, I would say that this seems to be in his typical style. He pits science against popularity and public relations, incorporates a certain amount of mystery in the plot, imagines an in depth alien civilisation that … Continue reading Review – The Gods Themselves, Isaac Asimov ★★★★☆
In reading this book, I feel almost as if I have lived a lifetime. I was well aware of the length of this book throughout but it never seemed to matter. The way that Tartt presents Theo's story, the many stages he goes through and how it all links back to that one life changing … Continue reading Review – The Goldfinch, Donna Tartt ★★★★☆
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