Benjamin Asher rated The Essex Serpent: 4 stars
The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
"Costa Book Award Finalist and the Waterstones (UK) Book of the Year 2016." "I loved this book. At once numinous, …
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Benjamin Asher rated The Golem and the Jinni: 5 stars
The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker (The Golem and the Jinni, #1)
Chava is a golem, a creature made of clay, brought to life by a disgraced rabbi who dabbles in dark …
Benjamin Asher rated Last Call at the Hotel Imperial: 2 stars
Benjamin Asher rated Lullaby for Witches: 2 stars
Benjamin Asher rated Last Bookshop in London: 2 stars
Benjamin Asher rated Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy: 2 stars
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré
The man he knew as “Control” is dead, and the young Turks who forced him out now run the Circus. …
Benjamin Asher rated Way of Kings Part Two: 3 stars
His Dark Materials Trilogy (The Golden Compass; The Subtle Knife; The Amber Spyglass) by Philip Pullman
Accompanied by her daemon, Lyra Belacqua sets out to prevent her best friend and other kidnapped children from becoming the …
Benjamin Asher rated A House With Good Bones: 5 stars
A House With Good Bones by T. Kingfisher
A haunting Southern Gothic from an award-winning master of suspense, A House With Good Bones explores the dark, twisted roots …
Benjamin Asher rated The Only Good Indians: 3 stars
The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
Ten years ago outside Browning, Montana, four Blackfeet shot some elk, and then went on with their lives. It happens …
Benjamin Asher rated The Amber Spyglass: 3 stars
The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman (His Dark Materials, #3)
In the astonishing finale to the His Dark Materials trilogy, Lyra and Will are in unspeakable danger. With help from …
Benjamin Asher rated Pachinko: 4 stars
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
In the early 1900s, teenaged Sunja, the adored daughter of a crippled fisherman, falls for a wealthy stranger at the …
Benjamin Asher rated Midnight Kingdom: 1 star
Midnight Kingdom by Jared Yates Sexton
To fully understand these strange and dangerous times, Jared Yates Sexton takes a hard look at our nation’s history: namely, …
The Shadow and Bone Trilogy Boxed Set: Shadow and Bone, Siege and Storm, Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo
Shadow and Bone is a young adult fantasy adventure and debut novel written by Israeli-American author Leigh Bardugo. It was …
Benjamin Asher rated Shadow and Bone: 4 stars
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
Orphaned by the Border Wars, Alina Starkov is taken from obscurity and her only friend, Mal, to become the protegé …