Great book about the life of a sex bot in a dystopian future. There's no sex but plenty of finding out what it is to be alive, what is sentience, what is love, etc.
One star off for failing to write an ending.
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teamdave reviewed The Hierarchies by Ros Anderson
Review of 'The Hierarchies' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
teamdave reviewed Yellowface by Rebecca F. Kuang
Review of 'Yellowface' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
This book is about a writer who borrows notes on a book idea from her dead friend, writes a bestseller based on that, and then spirals into madness when social media figures out that the work is 'plagiarised'.
I'm not sure she did anything wrong.
It's another book about the evils of social media, more than anything. It's well written, and I sped through it.
teamdave reviewed Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
In this powerful novel about the cost of greatness, a legendary athlete attempts a comeback …
Review of 'Carrie Soto Is Back' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
This book is about tennis.
If you like tennis, you'll like this book.
I like tennis. I liked the book.
teamdave rated Private Equity: 5 stars
teamdave rated Empire in black and gold: 4 stars
Empire in black and gold by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Shadows of the apt -- bk. 1)
teamdave rated The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Illustrated Classics): 3 stars
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Illustrated Classics) by Victor Hugo
In fifteenth-century Paris, a disfigured man named Quasimodo, who was abandoned as an infant in the cathedral of Notre-Dame and …
teamdave reviewed The Rotters' Club by Jonathan Coe
Review of "The Rotters' Club" on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
This is an enjoyable read of Britain (specifically Birmingham) in the 1970s through teenagers' eyes. From first love, strikes, riots, racism, class, terrorism, affairs, and music we get to relive those terrible times. It's probably a five-star book, but the last chapter... jeez, it's like 50 pages of stream of consciousness, one single run-on sentence, and it is hard work.
teamdave reviewed Bodies by Ian Winwood
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5 stars
A ramshackle collection of anecdotes from the author's life of meeting, hanging out with, and writing about rock stars for Kerrang! I wasn't expecting it to be a memoir, but it definitely is and is all the better for it. Ian Winwood reveals his battles with mental health, drinking, and drugs caused possibly by the trauma of his father's death and almost certainly by hanging out with rock stars. His life aptly demonstrates that everyone the music industry touches gets damaged. The stories are excellent - full of tales of excess and sadness, from old rockers Thin Lizzy, Motorhead, and Metallic through to Green Day, Blink 182, Lost Prophets (what a shame, they were an excellent band), and contemporary acts Creeper and Goat Girl - plus heaps of others.
