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League of dragons by Naomi Novik
"With the acclaimed Temeraire novels, New York Times bestselling author Naomi Novik has created a fantasy series like no other, …
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"With the acclaimed Temeraire novels, New York Times bestselling author Naomi Novik has created a fantasy series like no other, …
Shipwrecked and cast ashore in Japan with no memory of Temeraire or his own experiences as an English aviator, Capt. …
Shipwrecked and cast ashore in Japan with no memory of Temeraire or his own experiences as an English aviator, Capt. …
Y: The Last ManmeetsThe Girl With All the Giftsin Gretchen Felker-Martin's Manhunt, an explosive post-apocalyptic novel that …
The author of the widely praised Wordslut analyzes the social science of cult influence: how cultish groups from Jonestown and …
The author of the widely praised Wordslut analyzes the social science of cult influence: how cultish groups from Jonestown and …
Runs on Rule of Cool, nothing strictly makes sense, but that's ok. I feel like this is the apex of a certain genre of young adult novels - the ones with factions and theming and everything. It's really well-written and having fun with it.
Refreshingly free of hetero plots.
Shallow, or at least nothing in it to interest me specifically. I will not be prioritizing the sequels.
I read this for French practice. It did do its job of being simple in language and short, while being a whole serious "classic" book for adults.
I'm not the type of person for philosophical debates. I know the answers and/or don't care. You shoot someone for no reason -> you go to jail so that you don't do it again. I don't have time for what exactly what might be wrong with this guy or whether he loves his mother.
But maybe I missed the point because I don't even speak French?
More feel-good scifi. (No spoilers:) It's Pepper backstory, and another minor character from A Long Way to a Small Angry Planet. I think this one benefits a lot from taking it slowly and focussing on just two characters.
I feel like this book has had some bad luck by becoming increasingly true and relevant. Since conspiracy theories have proliferated this decade, we're all thoroughly familiar. Although this book was there first, if you've already had a read through everything on wikipedia and countless thinkpieces on the issue, this feels like more of the basics. What might have been obscure and exciting conspiracy theories, a mindblowing social milieu, and novel analysis when presented for the first time is just not so exciting anymore.
This is solidly a good book - its just that the other Eco novels are better. The ones set in the middle ages are more immersive, more imaginative, more vibrant. It also seems like Eco is taking this seriously instead of "just" having fun. There's an analytical and didactic feel at the heart of this novel, which I didn't like.
The most badly-written work of non-fiction I have seen in a long time. If this is really a hit with Britain's top judges, as claimed on the back, I am seriously worried for their literacy. Nothing interesting in here. Serial killers bad and we are shocked. You'll find better stories on wikipedia.