As others have said, the prose is unbearable if you have a healthy appreciation for fluid sentences and coherent usage of punctuation. I didn’t get past the first chapter, despite having an interest in the plot.
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astroMD rated Red Rising: 4 stars
Red Rising by Pierce Brown (Red Rising Saga, #1)
Darrow is a Red, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of the future. Like his fellow …
astroMD rated The Calculating Stars: 4 stars
The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal (Lady Astronaut, #1)
On a cold spring night in 1952, a huge meteorite fell to Earth and obliterated much of the east coast …
astroMD rated Dark Matter: 4 stars
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
One night after an evening out, Jason Dessen, forty-year-old physics professor living with his wife and son in Chicago, is …
Hyperion by Dan Simmons (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
On the world called Hyperion, beyond the reach of galactic law, waits a creature called the Shrike. There are those …
astroMD rated The nostalgia nerd's retro tech: 5 stars
The nostalgia nerd's retro tech by Peter Leigh
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This book celebrates the most exciting period in the history of technology - the arrival of the home …
astroMD rated Maze master: 3 stars
Kathleen O'Neal Gear: Maze master (2018)
Maze master by Kathleen O'Neal Gear
LucentB is a retrovirus that's inevitable, unstoppable, and utterly catastrophic for humanity. The US government believes the only person who …
astroMD rated Steelheart (The Reckoners, #1): 4 stars
astroMD reviewed Killing Floor by Lee Child (Jack Reacher (1))
Ex-military policeman Jack Reacher is a drifter. He’s just passing through Margrave, Georgia, and in …
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astroMD rated The lost world: 4 stars
The lost world by Arthur Conan Doyle
Journalist Ed Malone is looking for an adventure, and that's exactly what he finds when he meets the eccentric Professor …
astroMD rated American Gods: 3 stars
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
American Gods (2001) is a fantasy novel by British author Neil Gaiman. The novel is a blend of Americana, fantasy, …
astroMD rated We Are Legion (We Are Bob): 4 stars
We Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E. Taylor (Bobiverse, #1)
Bob Johansson has just sold his software company and is looking forward to a life of leisure. There are places …
Armada by Ernest Cline
Armada is a science fiction novel by Ernest Cline, published on July 14, 2015 by Crown Publishing Group (a division …
astroMD rated Pacific Vortex (Dirk Pitt Adventures): 3 stars
Pacific Vortex (Dirk Pitt Adventures) by Clive Cussler (Dirk Pitt/NUMA (1))
Fully armed and with all hands on board, the nuclear submarine Starbuck sailed into the calm Pacific Ocean for sea …