More mini-reviews of stuff I read then never reviewed… Three Parts Dead by Max Gladstone: There was a period where I thought Gladstone’s stuff was some of the sharpest in modern fantasy. Then his trick got a little stale but I still recall Three Parts Dead with a lot of affection. I like my deities […]
There are various books I read, enjoyed, but never reviewed from this blog’s early days. In an attempt to put that right, here’s some mini-reviews… The Traitor God by Cam Johnston: On the list of things I’m an easy sell on, murder mysteries in worlds that feel very fantasy is very high up there. Ergo […]
World Travel by Anthony Bourdain: The most common reason to not like a book – in many ways, the only one – is that it didn’t meet your expectations. In this case, the expectation that went unmet was who wrote the book. It says Anthony Bourdain on the cover. That’s why I asked for it […]
Banewreaker by Jacqueline Carey: I picked this up a while back in a second hand bookshop as a big fan of Carey’s first two Kushiel series. I had a decent idea of what I was getting into – a riffing of LotR from the evil side – but what told me was that Carey was […]
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas: Lots of people who know me were surprised I was trying Maas’ Throne of Glass, but I like to see what the fuss about big noises in the genre is and find the YA category has some good matches for my love of plot driven, page turning adventures […]
A Madness of Angels by Kate Griffin: I tried a lot to like this story. I started it three times, once in the middle to try and mix things up. That one was the most successful attempt but after a bit a fight scene convinced me that what Griffin was doing and what I wanted […]
Hunger of the Gods by John Gwynne: Another DNF round-up, another author that just didn’t work for me despite him having a substantial David Gemmell influence. Hunger of the Gods has all the swagger, grit, and action you could ask for, but I think that in its quest to put down a big epic bang […]
Global Strike by Chris Ryan: I picked this up as much for research as for potential reading pleasure; I wanted to see what hard men written by an unquestionably hard man looked like. Still, I was hoping to enjoy it in much the same way I’d enjoy a Tom Clancy book like Rainbow Six. I […]
It be time to explain why some books walked the plank off of Admiral DNF’s ship recently. Arr. Mask of Mirrors by M.A. Carrick So thank you to Netgalley for giving me access to this forever ago. To my great disappointment it didn’t work for me. I was stubborn as I really rate the Marie […]
24 Hours in Ancient China by Yijie Zhuang: Hugely well-written and informative, this book tries to take you deep inside the heads and mindsets of twenty-four commoners in Ancient China as they go about their daily business. Recreation of ancient mindsets is always a risky business but it is carried off convincingly if nothing else, […]
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