Of a spooky Ai haunted house. But somehow it didn't work so well for me. Maybe too many film Noir references made the atmosphere feel a little forced. Also the police was really not taking heir job seriously. No protocols observed ever, and some dumb mistakes were made. I still enjoyed it though.
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velvet_shrimp rated Orlando: 4 stars
Orlando by Virginia Woolf
In her most exuberant, most fanciful novel, Woolf has created a character liberated from the restraints of time and sex. …
velvet_shrimp rated Paradise: 4 stars
velvet_shrimp rated Schicksalsstunden einer Demokratie: 4 stars
Schicksalsstunden einer Demokratie by Volker Ullrich
Demokratien sind fragil. Freiheiten, die fest errungen scheinen, können verspielt werden. Wenige historische Ereignisse verdeutlichen dies so eindringlich wie das …
velvet_shrimp reviewed Rose/House by Arkady Martine
Basit Deniau’s houses were haunted to begin with.
A house embedded with an artificial intelligence …
Loved the idea
3 stars
velvet_shrimp rated The Huntress: 5 stars
velvet_shrimp rated The Book of Koli: 4 stars
The Book of Koli by M. R. Carey (Rampart Trilogy, #1)
Beyond the walls of the small village of Mythen Rood lies an unrecognizable world. A world where overgrown forests are …
velvet_shrimp rated It Didn't Start With You: 4 stars
It Didn't Start With You by Mark Wolynn
"A groundbreaking approach to transforming traumatic legacies passed down in families over generations, by an acclaimed expert in the field …
velvet_shrimp rated The Mountain in the Sea: 5 stars
The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler
When pioneering marine biologist Dr. Ha Nguyen is offered the chance to travel to the remote Con Dao Archipelago to …
velvet_shrimp rated Die Pest zu London: 4 stars
Die Pest zu London by Daniel Defoe
This account of the Great Plague of London (1664-65) was first published in 1722. In it Defoe describes the horrifying …
velvet_shrimp rated Iron Widow: 4 stars
Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao (Iron Widow #1)
Science fiction and East Asian myth combine in this dazzling retelling of the rise of Wu Zetian, the only female …
velvet_shrimp finished reading Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao (Iron Widow #1)
Science fiction and East Asian myth combine in this dazzling retelling of the rise of …
Love a female revenge story.
A General History of the Pyrates, from Their first Rise and Settlement in the Island of Providence, to the present Time. by Daniel Defoe
Plates facing pp. 70, 157 and folded plate facing p. 259.
velvet_shrimp rated Toward Eternity: 5 stars
Toward Eternity by Anton Hur
In a near-future world, a new technological therapy is quickly eradicating cancer. The body’s cells are entirely replaced with nanites—robot …
velvet_shrimp commented on Toward Eternity by Anton Hur
In a near-future world, a new technological therapy is quickly eradicating cancer. The body’s cells …
What a wonderful book.