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Patric Gagne realized she made others uncomfortable before she started kindergarten. Something about her caused …
Patric Gagne is a diagnosed sociopath.
I didn't care for this at all. Gagne makes reading about sociopathy a slog. It's tediously repetitive and feels like it was written by an aspiring novelist (uncomplimentary). Endless recreations of banal conversations, constant rumination on her sociopathy, usually self-congratulatory, and nowhere in the book does she evince any charm whatsoever. Learnt nothing, big waste of my time.
Patric Gagne is a diagnosed sociopath.
I didn't care for this at all. Gagne makes reading about sociopathy a slog. It's tediously repetitive and feels like it was written by an aspiring novelist (uncomplimentary). Endless recreations of banal conversations, constant rumination on her sociopathy, usually self-congratulatory, and nowhere in the book does she evince any charm whatsoever. Learnt nothing, big waste of my time.
Patric Gagne realized she made others uncomfortable before she started kindergarten. Something about her caused people to react in a …
For fans of A Man Called Ove, a charming, witty and compulsively readable exploration …
One night, Tova helps Marcellus, unaware of the ensuing ripple effects.
Though very predictable, this interwoven tale of a group of 70-something women, a shop keep with a crush, an orphan of sorts, and a Giant Pacific Octopus is quite sweet. I liked the characters and enjoyed reading about fundamentally kind people who care about each other. Not Great Literature, but soothing. TL:DR Needs more Marcellus.
For fans of A Man Called Ove, a charming, witty and compulsively readable exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope, …
For fans of A Man Called Ove, a charming, witty and compulsively readable exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope, …
From T. Kingfisher, the award-winning author of The Twisted Ones, comes What Moves the Dead, …
Alex Easton, a sworn soldier, hurries to visit kan dying friend Madeline.
I usually love Kingfisher books, but I was quite indifferent to this one. A retelling of “The Fall of the House of Usher”, by Edgar Allan Poe, but Kingfisher gives various characters more depth.
I tend to avoid horror, as I’m either too terrified, or completely unmoved by the various ghastly happenings. “What Moves the Dead” falls into the latter category. I didn’t find it creepy at all, and there was no mystery to solve. However, I did enjoy the Gothic Horror aesthetic, and found the idea of Gallacian having seven sets of personal pronouns interesting, particularly the inclusion of a solider-specific one.
I’ll probably read the sequels eventually, but I’m not rushing off to do so. All in all, it was fine.
From T. Kingfisher, the award-winning author of The Twisted Ones, comes What Moves the Dead, a gripping and atmospheric retelling …
From T. Kingfisher, the award-winning author of The Twisted Ones, comes What Moves the Dead, a gripping and atmospheric retelling …
Cordelia and Aral attempt to settle down, but their wedded bliss is soon shattered because politics.
I liked this more than “Shards of Honor”, but I'm still not a member of the McMaster Bujold fan club. I still find her writing style a bit… strange, and again the questionable language pops up. Certain plot elements, which I understand are integral to future novels, just didn't interest me, and it was hard to care. But some chapters and passages really caught my attention, and I suspect I might enjoy the later novels more.
Cordelia and Aral attempt to settle down, but their wedded bliss is soon shattered because politics.
I liked this more than “Shards of Honor”, but I'm still not a member of the McMaster Bujold fan club. I still find her writing style a bit… strange, and again the questionable language pops up. Certain plot elements, which I understand are integral to future novels, just didn't interest me, and it was hard to care. But some chapters and passages really caught my attention, and I suspect I might enjoy the later novels more.
Patric Gagne realized she made others uncomfortable before she started kindergarten. Something about her caused people to react in a …
@absurd-sage I enjoyed the Clocktaur War books quite a bit. I think I preferred the first to the sequel, but I can't quite remember. I really, really like paladins though, particularly as written by Kingfisher, so I'm biased. That said, I enjoy and have reread the Paladin books (I think the first and latest one are the weakest in the series), but I've never gone back to the Clocktaur books so… The Paladin books also expand upon the Clocktaur world, as does Swordheart, so I enjoy that aspect of them too.
@absurd-sage I enjoyed the Clocktaur War books quite a bit. I think I preferred the first to the sequel, but I can't quite remember. I really, really like paladins though, particularly as written by Kingfisher, so I'm biased. That said, I enjoy and have reread the Paladin books (I think the first and latest one are the weakest in the series), but I've never gone back to the Clocktaur books so… The Paladin books also expand upon the Clocktaur world, as does Swordheart, so I enjoy that aspect of them too.
The Kamogawa Food Detectives is the first book in the bestselling, mouth-watering Japanese series, for …
A father-daughter duo of “food detectives” sleuth their way to recreating beloved lost meals.
Felt more like tableaus flowing into one another than a novel. Nagare, is almost Holmesian in his ability to infer what clients desire from the interviews conducted by Koishi. Relentlessly cosy, but readers have zero chance at solving any of the “mysteries”. I found it unsatisfying as it’s short on detecting, focusing more on patrons’ often bittersweet stories. Not the book I thought I was getting, and I prefer something with more “meat” on its bones.
