Mark Schiffer

John never misses. For me, the best of his novels thus far (All of which I've loved).

Some of the emotions in this one hit me weird, but I may have just read too many romance novels in a row. Sad, sexy, gay as hell. Good stuff.

This one was an absolute delight. Psychologically rich and compelling. Seems like I need to read more contemporary romance.

Reread for a horror book group, and definitely found revisiting it to be worthwhile. Not a ton of forward action theoretically but Ward puts so much craft into her work that it still manages to be affecting.

Though the narrative doesn't 100% land for me, this was maybe the most gorgeously written horror novel I've read.

Rereading this one for a class really improved my opinion of it. Solid read.

Help! I'm obsessed with a worm-man-god!

This is easily my favorite of the Dune books so far.

Trippy as hell and so so wonderful

I haven't read many horror novels that fully deliver on their promises the way this one did. A kind of perfection!

A bit stodgy, but fun with a lovely conclusion

At first I was a bit thrown off because it's starts out reading more like anthropology than a narrative work, which isn't really my thing. But it built up so much power as it went on, and left me really moved by the conclusion.

The framing story is unnecessary, but every actual story is an absolute banger.

I'd buy copies of this one to give as gifts.

Haunting, visceral, and gay little sliver of a novel.

JESUS.

Heady, but not overwhelming so. Perfectly engaging and powerful story of uplift and change. Almost reminds me of Cherryh, now that I'm thinking of it. Easy recommendation for any fan of the genre.

For me, this read blazingly fast. I loved every page of it.

“Apocalyptic!”

Emotional, corny, and compelling light sci-fi.

Nothing revelatory, but solidly fun. The audiobook was great.

For all its troubling qualities, absolutely riveting. Maybe one of the sci-fi novels I've read.

Super claustrophobic and grotesque. More alienating than I usually like my sci fi, but it worked so well.

A delight! Ready for more.

Ripping sci-fi horror adventure yarn. Packed with gore and action, author clearly relished writing it!

Listened to the audio drama, which was super charming with great atmosphere. Check it out if you have 2 hours to spare!

Plot isn't really a thing, but big weird object is cool and beautifully described.