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2025 Reading Goal

80% complete! matthewmincher has read 42 of 52 books.

reviewed A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett (Shadow of the Leviathan, #2)

Robert Jackson Bennett: A Drop of Corruption (2025, Del Rey)

The eccentric detective Ana Dolabra matches wits with a seemingly omniscient adversary in this brilliant …

Also great

I loved the first one - this one only slightly disappointed but was still a great read. Ana and Din are great characters, and there's some good development and interactions between them here.

Introduced a potential (and relatively inevitable) Moriarty type character which escalated the stakes. The worldbuilding continues to be stellar - just the right mix of fantasy anchored in familiar concepts.

The mystery of this book was a little disappointing, but it was made up for by the series level plot advancements.

It felt smaller scale and more contained than the first book, and I kept waiting for it to kick up a gear and unfortunately it didn't, really. Still - great - and I look forward to the next.

Julie Smith: Open When... (2025, Penguin)

This is the book for life's twists and turns, when being human starts to get …

Light touch

Kinda interesting approach to a set of tools to deal with particular challenges. The idea being you use this book more as a reference and reinforcement exercise than a life altering read.

No real complaints about the book but also no real praise. YMMV.