I liked it. It was trippy and weird, and with so many characters I had to jump back to the first few pages a few times to look up people but I really enjoyed it. Helped me beat the heat wave this weekend.
I'm happy that I didn't really clue into what was going on most of the time. By the second half things started to fall into place, but nothing at the start was obvious blatent for shadowing.
Def recommend to others.
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halkeye rated Shards of Earth: 4 stars
Shards of Earth by Adrian Tchaikovsky (The Final Architecture, #1)
The Arthur C. Clarke award-winning author of Children of Time brings us an extraordinary space opera about humanity on the …
halkeye rated This Is How You Lose the Time War: 3 stars
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone
Two time-traveling agents from warring futures, working their way through the past, begin to exchange letters—and fall in love in …
halkeye reviewed We Have Always Been Here by Lena Nguyen
Misanthropic psychologist Dr. Grace Park is placed on the Deucalion, a survey ship headed to …
Review of 'We Have Always Been Here' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
halkeye reviewed The Library of the Dead by T. L. Huchu
Review of 'The Library of the Dead' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
It was very interesting book. I absolutely loved the world building. On the literal side, there's so much interesting things going on in the world, and the whole story felt like just one thing going on. On the figurative side, the rules of the ghosts and dead, and the magic, are interesting twists.
The fact that I didn't know anything about Scotland, and the a bunch of the south african devices mentioned, I had to look it up. Apparently there's a Edinburgh in South Africa. I spent most of the book being sure but not sure where it was set. It was so much fun.
I loved the characters and the overall setting.
That being said, the writing style wasn't fully my style so i can't give it a full 5 stars.
I'm excited to see what happens next though.
halkeye reviewed The One by John Marrs
Review of 'The One' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
tl;dr Enjoyed it, would receommend.
I can certainly see why its so popular. I wouldn't call it SciFi though. The initial premise might be, and it is forward/present looking, but thats as close to science fiction as it gets.
I really enjoyed this book. I picked it up from the library on a complete whim. It sounded cool, and I thought I remember the premise on netflix (I later did learn that yes, it is a series). I'm not normally a fan of the story split up characters point of view. It often feels disjointed. But honestly I don't think this book would have worked any other way. There's so many twists and unexpected turns, if it just focused on one character, or even worse one then the next, it wouldn't work, and wouldn't be suspenseful.
If anything I could have done with one less character, just so the rest …
tl;dr Enjoyed it, would receommend.
I can certainly see why its so popular. I wouldn't call it SciFi though. The initial premise might be, and it is forward/present looking, but thats as close to science fiction as it gets.
I really enjoyed this book. I picked it up from the library on a complete whim. It sounded cool, and I thought I remember the premise on netflix (I later did learn that yes, it is a series). I'm not normally a fan of the story split up characters point of view. It often feels disjointed. But honestly I don't think this book would have worked any other way. There's so many twists and unexpected turns, if it just focused on one character, or even worse one then the next, it wouldn't work, and wouldn't be suspenseful.
If anything I could have done with one less character, just so the rest got more fleshed out, but honestly I wouldn't want to nix any of them, I liked all of them.
halkeye rated Stone World: 2 stars
halkeye rated Senku's Lab: 2 stars
halkeye rated The Last Human: 4 stars
The Last Human by Zack Jordan
Most days, Sarya doesn't feel like the most terrifying creature in the galaxy. Most days, she's got other things on …
halkeye reviewed Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission--and if he fails, humanity …
Review of 'Project Hail Mary' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Pretty much the same formula as the martian. Positive things happen, then disaster, and smart person figures it out. But the story is different enough to be super enjoyable. I read this book in less than 24 hours, which I haven't done in a while. Its absolutely nothing deep, but is enjoyable, especially if you like the random science tidbits thrown in.
Firebreak by Nicole Kornher-Stace
One young woman faces down an all-powerful corporation in this all-too-near future science fiction debut that reads like a refreshing …
Review of 'Three Mages and a Margarita (The Guild Codex: Spellbound Book 1)' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
I don't think this was a great book, but I listened to the audio book over a weekend and greatly want to continue with the series.
I was a little put off at how often the author wanted us to know how hot the people were, and oh no, all 4 of them were in their underwear, how provocative.
I did very much enjoy the books being set in vancouver. And the group of misfits being in a guild worked really well as a story line.