Not as good as Black Ops, and it suffers from the same contrived ending as that book. Disappointing. Probably for the best that Mr Ryan has taken a 5-year break from the series.
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Aussie in Singas.
Writer. Code dabbler. Former TV/film/commercial video producer/director/actor.
Married. Two bratty sons.
One of my novels (read it for free): www.royalroad.com/fiction/56204/coils-of-the-serpent
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Cordelia knows her mother is . . . unusual. Their house doesn’t have any doors …
Not my thing.
@r3t3ch@mastodon.social it reminded me of Kerouac's On the Road, another mid-century so-called classic. I loathed that one, but I managed to finish it because it was like watching a car crash in slow motion. I really don't understand the fascination with irredeemable characters.
@Dodo_sipping@cupoftea.social @r3t3ch@mastodon.social I loved Old Man and the Sea. It was short, which is always a boon.
skribe commented on The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
Holden Caulfield, knowing he is to be expelled from school, decides to leave early. He …
While I enjoyed moments, I only got half-way through this. I wanted to finish it, but I kept finding excuses to not read it. Maybe, if I had fewer library books piled on my bedside table, I might have continued a little longer with this one.
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A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher
Cordelia knows her mother is . . . unusual. Their house doesn’t have any doors between rooms—there are no secrets …