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When a savage creature known only as the Adversary conquered the fabled lands of legends and fairy tales, all of …
Cuckold is the best book I've read in recent times, and the best historical fiction book around Indian history (It covers the Rajputs of Mewar just before the arrival of Babur in India).
Beware the falling snows... The first snowfall in Oslo brings a series of gruesome murders, and Harry Hole is pitted …
Death's End (Chinese: 死神永生, pinyin: Sǐshén yǒngshēng) is a science fiction novel by the Chinese …
Death's End is a fantastic follow-up to The Dark Forest. The pacing is excellent (improves with every book in the series), the scope of the ideas presented to the reader is staggering.
I will not reveal anything at all about the plot, because this series should be experienced by jumping into the books with a clear slate. In fact, I would recommend to the reader that you should not even read the blurb on any of the books.
My complaint with this book, and the reason I'm rating it as 4-star instead of 5, is that the last ~15% of the book meanders unnecessarily (in my opinion) and takes away from the impact that the book could otherwise have had. It feels like Liu Cixin wants to cram every idea he had but could not weave into the story towards the end of the book, in a faux-tie-up-loose-threads-journey-to-the-shire kind of …
Death's End is a fantastic follow-up to The Dark Forest. The pacing is excellent (improves with every book in the series), the scope of the ideas presented to the reader is staggering.
I will not reveal anything at all about the plot, because this series should be experienced by jumping into the books with a clear slate. In fact, I would recommend to the reader that you should not even read the blurb on any of the books.
My complaint with this book, and the reason I'm rating it as 4-star instead of 5, is that the last ~15% of the book meanders unnecessarily (in my opinion) and takes away from the impact that the book could otherwise have had. It feels like Liu Cixin wants to cram every idea he had but could not weave into the story towards the end of the book, in a faux-tie-up-loose-threads-journey-to-the-shire kind of setup.
Having said that, the first ~85% of the book is excellent and a fitting last book in the series.
David and the Reckoners must face the most powerful High Epic of all to find redemption for his closest friend, …
At the age of thirty-six, on the verge of completing a decade’s worth of training …
'When Breath becomes Air' is an incredible and - for lack of a better word - poetic book that is inspirational and deeply soul-nourishing. I've highlighted and re-read passages and sentences on nearly every page in this book. The writing is simple yet very powerful, I recommend this book to everyone.
Babylon Restored, formerly Manhattan, may give David answers. Ruled by the mysterious High Epic, Regalia, …
Refer to my review of Steelheart, the first book in this series - www.goodreads.com/review/show/1910876448
Refer to my review of Steelheart, the first book in this series - www.goodreads.com/review/show/1910876448
This book, and the Reckoners series in general, is weak compared to other work by Brandon Sanderson. It's a fun read, but I'm not invested in the characters and there is nothing to bring me back to this series - unlike the Stormlight Archive.
All in all, an okay book to read on an airplane.
"The stunningly vibrant final novel in the bestselling Ibis Trilogy It is 1839 and China …
'Flood of Fire' is a superb end to a superb trilogy. Every book in the Ibis trilogy is better than the last. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in historical fiction, India, China, the British Raj and the Opium Wars.
this book is about the inner workings of a black woman born in 1947. her name is octavia e. butler …
Doro is an entity who changes bodies like clothes, killing his hosts by reflex or design. He fears no one …
The first science fiction written by a black woman, Kindred has become a cornerstone of black American literature. This combination …
Set on a distant planet, Bloodchild is award-winning author Octavia E. Butler's shattering meditation on symbiosis, love, power and tough …
