Overall, I enjoyed this book. But there were many parts I felt could've benefited from serious editing. Funnily enough, even though Shiherlis was my least favorite criminal from the movie, I liked his arc in the book. Unlike many other reviewers, I really enjoyed reading about him finding his way in an entirely new criminal underworld that was totally unlike what he experienced in the US - yet he was able to use a skill set that propels him forward.
But the backstory was hugely disappointing to me. If Neil truly had a 'heat around the corner' mantra, how was he so deeply involved with a woman and her entire family? Then doesn't spend the rest of his life seeking out the man that ruined it all and got away? This part made no sense to me. Which meant I also connected little with the bad dude and his pursuits …
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AnneOminous rated Wayward: 3 stars
Wayward by Chuck Wendig
Five years ago, ordinary Americans fell under the grip of a strange new malady that caused them to sleepwalk across …
AnneOminous rated Superintelligence: 3 stars
AnneOminous rated Wish You Were Here: 3 stars
AnneOminous reviewed Heat 2 by Michael Mann
Review of 'Heat 2' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
Overall, I enjoyed this book. But there were many parts I felt could've benefited from serious editing. Funnily enough, even though Shiherlis was my least favorite criminal from the movie, I liked his arc in the book. Unlike many other reviewers, I really enjoyed reading about him finding his way in an entirely new criminal underworld that was totally unlike what he experienced in the US - yet he was able to use a skill set that propels him forward.
But the backstory was hugely disappointing to me. If Neil truly had a 'heat around the corner' mantra, how was he so deeply involved with a woman and her entire family? Then doesn't spend the rest of his life seeking out the man that ruined it all and got away? This part made no sense to me. Which meant I also connected little with the bad dude and his pursuits in the final portion of the novel.
This book wasn't bad, it just felt contrived and disconnected from the parts of the movie I enjoyed the most.
AnneOminous rated Anansi Boys: 3 stars
Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
God is dead. Meet the kids.
When Fat Charlie's dad named something, it stuck. Like calling Fat Charlie "Fat Charlie." …
AnneOminous rated The Only Good Indians: 1 star
The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
Ten years ago outside Browning, Montana, four Blackfeet shot some elk, and then went on with their lives. It happens …
AnneOminous rated The call of Cthulhu and other weird stories: 3 stars
AnneOminous rated Chase: 1 star
AnneOminous rated The Final Girl Support Group: 1 star
The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix
A fast-paced, thrilling horror novel that follows a group of heroines to die for, from the brilliant New York Times …
AnneOminous rated Sea of Tranquility: 2 stars
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
Edwin St. Andrew is eighteen years old when he crosses the Atlantic by steamship, exiled from polite society following an …
AnneOminous reviewed The Burning Girls by C. J. Tudor
Review of 'The Burning Girls' on 'Goodreads'
1 star
I almost gave up on this book a few times, and maybe I should've. It's trying to be so many things at once, failing at most of them. There are a too many storylines, and they are not woven together or resolved in any comprehensible or satisfying way. I kept waiting for things to tie together, but there weren't any clever revelations. I found most of the characters unrelatable, and the book was rife with weird, racist chacterizations.. and yeah, the disability in this book plays an eyebrow raising role - not in a good way. Very surprised by the high ratings for this disappointing book.
AnneOminous rated There Are No Accidents: 5 stars
There Are No Accidents by Jessie Singer
We hear it all the time: “Sorry, it was just an accident.” And we’ve been deeply conditioned to just accept …
AnneOminous rated Upgrade: 5 stars
Upgrade by Blake Crouch
“You are the next step in human evolution.”
At first, Logan Ramsay isn’t sure if anything’s different. He just feels …