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Gripping, all too believable how it plays out. A typo. where someone "peddles" a bike rather than "pedals" it annoyed me far more than it should. Not convinced that the three books can be read standalone, perhaps the first one, but I don't think number two and three will stand alone

Quickly readable, aimed at a young audience, enjoyable enough but the author draws out each point endlessly, turning it into a "howto" for every topic mentioned

Incredibly bleak. Depressingly believable in the circumstances happening, and this story as a result

Well written and very knowledgeable, it ties together the tiny bits of history that I do know with a much broader picture and how so much of it was a result of anglo-french politics & war

Been meaning to read the sequel to Daemon for a couple of years, then when I started it I found I got five pages in and had to put it back and re-read Daemon. Enjoyable and all too believable in places, all too unbelievable in others. Disturbingly violent, possibly excessively so

I'd read a few of these about thirty years ago. Ok, its an unbelievable page-turner adventure, but wow, incredibly cardboard, racist, sexist and unbelievable. Were they all as bad as this when I first read them or is this one just worse then usual?

Fascinating stuff on how people (and peoples) navigate, how navigation evolved. I think I learned more about the hypothalamus than I ever thought I'd need to know, although some of it was too in-depth and I just skimmed through that part of the science

Fascinating stuff on how people (and peoples) navigate, how navigation evolved. I think I learned more about the hypothalamus than I ever thought I'd need to know, although some of it was too in-depth and I just skimmed through that part of the science

I stumbled on another of H.V. Morton's books a few years ago and enjoyed his style, so picked this up in a second-hand shop when I saw it. Although written almost a hundred years ago the language is very readable, not noticeably "old", while the places and people that he described are clearly from another age - and he is often remaking that he's seeing the last of "an old way of life" as modern transport and communications comes more strongly into play, mixing and changing society

I'd sworn off the whole series, just found them endlessly tedious after a while. At least this one got back to simple action and away from endless pages of political machinations

Enjoyable enough, especially for a $5 find in a discount pile. Not an easy read though, something about the author's style just made it harder going than other 'science lite' books I've read. A huge breadth of Madagascan history

Very readable, eminently believable. Rolls along with the character and author well familiar with the internet and the surveillance-state

I guess I deserve this for jumping in at book two of a four book series - I picked up no. 2 and 4 from a box of freebies because I recognised the author's name and I'd enjoyed the Brother Cadfael novels years ago. Thrown in the deep end, English & Welsh history, lots of characters, lots of places in the landscape, I think you'll need a map and a family tree to follow what's going on. Mostly just went with the flow and enjoyed it as it went, letting the bigger picture lose itself in the background

Disturbingly spooky in places, and again, very evocative of Barcelona, the city is a major character in its own right