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nightgolfer rated A Pale View of Hills: 3 stars

Kazuo Ishiguro: A Pale View of Hills (Paperback, 2005, Faber and Faber)

A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro

In his highly acclaimed debut, A Pale View of Hills, Kazuo Ishiguro tells the story of Etsuko, a Japanese woman …

nightgolfer rated Marrow: 4 stars

No cover — Robert Reed: Marrow (2001, Tor Science Fiction)

nightgolfer rated How High We Go in the Dark: 4 stars

Sequoia Nagamatsu: How High We Go in the Dark (Hardcover, 2022, William Morrow)

How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu

Beginning in 2030, a grieving archeologist arrives in the Arctic Circle to continue the work of his recently deceased daughter …

nightgolfer rated Fever Dream (Special Agent Pendergast #10): 4 stars

Fever Dream (Special Agent Pendergast #10) by Douglas Preston

nightgolfer rated Olympos: 5 stars

Dan Simmons: Olympos (2011, Harper Voyager)

Olympos by Dan Simmons

Beneath the gaze of the gods, the mighty armies of Greece and Troy met in fierce and glorious combat, scrupulously …

nightgolfer rated Dark Matter: 3 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 …

nightgolfer rated Steal like an artist: 2 stars

Austin Kleon: Steal like an artist (2012)

Steal like an artist by Austin Kleon

Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative is a book on coming up with creative …

nightgolfer rated Dead Silence: 3 stars

S.A. Barnes: Dead Silence (Hardcover, 2022, Tor Nightfire)

Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes

Claire Kovalik is days away from being unemployed—made obsolete—when her beacon repair crew picks up a strange distress signal. With …

nightgolfer rated The Guest List: 2 stars

Lucy Foley: The Guest List (2021, William Morrow Paperbacks, William Morrow & Company)

nightgolfer rated Cemetery dance: 3 stars

Cemetery dance by Douglas Preston

Pendergast-the world's most enigmatic FBI Special Agent-returns to New York City to investigate a murderous cult. William Smithback, a New …

nightgolfer reviewed 1st to Die (Women's Murder Club) by James Patterson (Women's Murder Club (1))

James Patterson, James Patterson OL22258A [Work in progress. Please do not merge James Patterson.]: 1st to Die (Women's Murder Club) (2005, Grand Central Publishing)

Four women-four friends-share a determination to stop a killer who has been stalking newlyweds in …

Review of "1st to Die (Women's Murder Club)" on 'Goodreads'

1 star

Yuck.

Mediocre writing, predictable plot, flat characters, and I don't think I need to read any more female characters written by Patterson. I also don't think Patterson should write any more female characters.

Lastly, the final post-twist twist must be the most tacked-on two pages in literary history. Just terrible.

nightgolfer rated The wheel of darkness: 4 stars

Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child: The wheel of darkness (2007, Warner Books)

The wheel of darkness by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

nightgolfer reviewed The bone tree by Greg Iles

A follow-up to Natchez Burning finds Southern lawyer Penn Cage desperately struggling to protect his …

Review of 'The bone tree' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

The writing is very good, but I'm completely exhausted after reading The Bone Tree. It's borderline misery-porn.

So much hatred, misogyny, sadism, rape, death, and more JFK assassination faux history than you can shake a stick at. It's all so bleak and terrible, not to mention depressing.

I need a vacation after this book, I'm completely drained. If I do decide to finish this trilogy, which is not a certainty at this point, it won't be anytime soon.

nightgolfer rated The Book of the Dead: 4 stars

The Book of the Dead by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

A brilliant FBI agent, rotting away in a high security prison for a murder he did not commit.His brilliant, psychotic …

nightgolfer rated Dance of Death (Pendergast, #6; Diogenes, #2): 4 stars

Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child: Dance of Death (Pendergast, #6; Diogenes, #2) (2006, Warner Books, Grand Central Publishing)

Dance of Death (Pendergast, #6; Diogenes, #2) by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

Dance of Death is a novel by American authors Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, published on June 2, 2005 by …

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