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Good! A mix of history and fiction. The sinister subplot detailed in the opening turned me off a bit, but the flashbacks explaining Pavlichenko's experience on the front lines were engrossing enough to overshadow the mysterious, mustache-twirling villain in her future.

Awful people doing awful things. A sin leads to another sin leads to another sin, leading to strata of guilt and regret. Taut, difficult, real.

Wow. So many plot lines get developed here. So many characters get the spotlight. An unbelievable ending that will have me rushing to get the next book.

I remember the first time I saw Apocalypse Now. I was 13 or so, watching it by myself. I remember sitting slack-jawed as the credits rolled. It was ugly. It was brutal. And it was undeniably a masterpiece.

I'm obviously finding myself in a similar situation at the end of Devil House.

Mr. Darnielle is a brilliant writer. I found this to be a tough read with a style unlike most books I read, but it was worth it.

What a fun book! It's a rollicking sci-fi tale like Red Dwarf and Hitchhiker's Guide, only with characters with better back stories and motivations. I can't help but appreciate how apt the title is. It's all about the journey and the people we meet, not the destination.

A decent locked room mystery written in a direct, easy style.

Good. A grim fairy tale, bloody and phantasmagorical.

This book may cloak itself as a story about drugs, sex, and rock n roll, but it's really about love in all its messy, tangled, beautiful and painful glory.

I'd love for this to become a movie.

Really hovered between 2 and 3 stars here. Sea of Tranquility is a tightly written sci-fi tale. There's little fat on this book, despite it beginning with a somewhat shiftless dilettante who doesn't play much of a role in the larger story. The book tells the story it wants to tell. There isn't much in the way of detours. That's a sign of a good writer in my opinion, but ultimately the plot failed to really make an impression for me.

Short. Bloody. Perhaps good for a flight.

What is it with me and apocalyptic fiction? Loved it from beginning to end.