Aneel reviewed Zoo City by Lauren Beukes
Zoo City is a 2010 science fiction novel by South African author Lauren Beukes. It …
Review of 'Zoo City' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Interesting premise. Moved well. Didn't overexplain.
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I only track books that I read for pleasure, mostly SF/Fantasy. I've fallen out of the habit of actually writing reviews beyond giving a star rating. It would be nice to get back into that habit.
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Aneel reviewed The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Journalist Mikael Blomkvist and hacker Lisbeth Salander investigate the disappearance of Harriet Vanger which took …
Review of 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
I thought this was clumsily-written, full of tedious and irrelevant details, and I didn't care overmuch for the plot, but it was strangely compelling reading after the first couple hundred pages.
Aneel reviewed Embassytown by China Miéville
In the far future, humans have colonized a distant planet, home to the enigmatic Ariekei, …
Review of 'Embassytown' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Interesting exploration of the idea that language shapes thought.
Aneel reviewed Sailing Alone Around the World by Joshua Slocum
Sailing Alone Around the World is a sailing memoir by Joshua Slocum in 1900 about …
Review of 'Sailing Alone Around the World' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
A good travel account. Made me want to learn to sail. Slocum makes it sound like, apart from a few rough patches, the trip was actually pretty easy. I think that's generally true of most travel. People believe it's harder than it is because the rough patches make the good stories.
Aneel rated The Color of Magic: 4 stars
The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett
The Colour of Magic is a 1983 fantasy comedy novel by Terry Pratchett, and is the first book of the …
Aneel rated Lankhmar Book 3: 3 stars
Aneel rated The Last Continent (Discworld, #22; Rincewind #6): 3 stars
The Last Continent (Discworld, #22; Rincewind #6) by Terry Pratchett
The Last Continent is a fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett, the twenty-second book in his Discworld series. First …
Aneel rated Interesting Times: 3 stars
Interesting Times by Terry Pratchett
"May you live in interesting times" is the worst thing one can wish on a citizen of Discworld -- especially …
Eric by Terry Pratchett
Eric, stylized as Faust Eric, is the ninth Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett. It was originally published in 1990 as …
Sourcery by Terry Pratchett
Sourcery is a fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett, the fifth book in his Discworld series, published in 1988. …
Aneel rated The Light Fantastic: 4 stars
The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett
The Light Fantastic is a comic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett, the second of the Discworld series. It was published …
Aneel rated Broken Angels: 2 stars
Broken Angels by Richard K. Morgan
Broken Angels (2003) is a military science fiction novel by British writer Richard Morgan. It is the sequel to Altered …
Aneel rated Swords Against Wizardry: 3 stars
Swords Against Wizardry by Fritz Leiber
Swords Against Wizardry is a fantasy short story collection, first published 1968, by Fritz Leiber and Harry Fischer, featuring their …
Aneel reviewed All Clear by Connie Willis
Traveling back in time, from Oxford circa 2060 into the thick of World War II, …
Review of 'All Clear' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
Connie Willis has really managed to get into the heads of her characters in Blackout and All Clear. The problem with that is that her characters are anxious, depressed, or disoriented for huge swaths of the books. I think it's a testament to the author's skill that she can convey the feeling of dread and the sensation of being unable to focus because of panic. The balance between fear and relief in these books is heavily tilted towards fear, and I found myself spending most of my time wishing the books were over.
Aneel reviewed Blackout (All Clear, #1) by Connie Willis
Review of 'Blackout (All Clear, #1)' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
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