It started very, very slow, with a ballooning cast and too many pages dedicated to background storylines.
Once the book started to focus on its central mystery, things picked up nicely.
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ascagnel started reading Doom Guy by John Romero
Doom Guy by John Romero
DOOM Guy: Life in First Person is the long-awaited autobiography of John Romero, gaming’s original rock star and the cocreator …
ascagnel finished reading All Systems Red by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
All Systems Red by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
"As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure."
In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions must be approved …
ascagnel finished reading The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter, #2) by Thomas Harris
The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter, #2) by Thomas Harris
The Silence of the Lambs is a psychological horror novel by Thomas Harris. First published in 1988, it is the …
ascagnel reviewed Miss Subways by David Duchovny
Clever magical realism
4 stars
ascagnel reviewed Storm Front by Jim Butcher (The Dresden Files, #1)
The novels of the Dresden Files have become synonymous with action-packed urban fantasy and non-stop …
Starts slow, picks up nicely
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow is a 2022 novel by Gabrielle Zevin. Amazon named it …
A sweet and compassionate look at game developers
4 stars
Three college friends come together to create virtual worlds, and the book follows their trials and tribulations as they push each other to do better and be better people.
ascagnel set a goal to read 12 books in 2023
ascagnel rated Mistborn Trilogy: 4 stars
ascagnel rated The Handmaid's Tale: 5 stars
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid's Tale is a dystopian novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood, published in 1985. It is set in a …
ascagnel rated Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: 5 stars
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling (Harry Potter, #6)
The celebratory, foiled-star edition of the sixth book in the Harry Potter series.
'In a brief statement on Friday night, …
Redshirts by John Scalzi
THEY WERE EXPENDABLE . . . UNTIL THEY STARTED COMPARING NOTES
Ensign Andrew Dahl has just been assigned to the …
ascagnel rated Blood of elves: 4 stars
ascagnel rated American Gods: 4 stars
ascagnel reviewed The Circle by Dave Eggers
When Mae Holland is hired to work for the Circle, the world's most powerful internet …
Review of 'The Circle' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
The book just ends. There's no satisfying conclusion, and while the journey was interesting, it went nowhere.