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Definitely a book which shows its age; I've not read a lot of classic science fiction, but what I have read seems to be quite shallow in terms of character development and this book is the same. I actually thought during the last plot arc that this could have made quite an entertaining film, because films can get away with less characterisation. Overall, a decent plot, decent world building, and a mildly enjoyable read.

I don't usually mark books that I do not finish as read, however I have given up so many hours to this book and indeed the series, that I'm going to count it. Harry Dresden is one of the most miserable, self-pitying bores I've come across. If it was possible for him to take responsibility for the dinosaur extinction he would, because he thinks he is to blame for everything else. I do not recommend this book

Beautiful artwork and colouring as always and the plot picked up compared to vol. 5

A generous 3 stars. Her writing style matches her interview style which I find overly dramatic and effusive. This also ended earlier than I expected, I'm pretty sure she'd divorced Tim Hagan when this came out so it must have taken a while to publish

Much better than Storm Front, though that's not saying much. I can see why people say the series gets good a few books in; there's already a deeper world building in this one and hints of an overarching plotline. Hopefully Grave Peril will be the book where the series hits its stride

This is the last Lumberjanes I'll read. I'm not a fan of the changing art style, I think it makes it disjointed.

Ordered this after reading the comic on deviant art because I liked it so much and wanted to show my appreciation.
The GN is worth it even if you've read it online as there are small changes which flesh it out a bit more and the artwork is more polished - I also like that the characters are not as thin as in the original, more realistic.
I've pre-ordered the second volume which is always a good sign.

meh...this was ok. Which I was expecting because everything I've heard about the Dresden Files is that the series doesn't get going until book 3/4/5 - I probably would have lemmed this otherwise. I'm planning to continue the series, but will be sticking to audiobook

I should not have reread this :( I want the Doors of Stone now :'(

Easy to read, and first impressions are that it is generally respectful with only a couple of pronoun errors (the decision to use female pronouns before he started transitioning is the better one from a readability POV). There were several statements in the book which made me cringe in their attitude, but given this was originally published in 1989 it is to be expected I suppose. They will likely annoy me more once I've had time to absorb the book, but given that I read it in one sitting, I felt how to give it at least 4 stars for now

Enjoyed this quite a lot. Fortunately I've been forewarned that the second volume is significantly better - if I hadn't been, I would not have read this with as much... hope; by that I mean I probably wouldn't even be considering reading on in the series and would have given it 2 stars. Hopefully it does pick up in the second book for me

The witches are definitely my favourite Discworld characters :)

Love this! So easy to read and an unfamiliar world. Trying to resist the urge to dive straight into The Broken Kingdom

This was really easy to read, I just wish I'd reread the first two before starting this one as I spent most of the book trying to remember the first two. It's only because this was so good that I didn't go back and read them. Definitely need to reread them soon!

The colours are amazing. The plot - not so much, kinda filler-ish. Still loving this series though

Loved getting back into the Temeraire series, especially after I was disappointed by the author's stand-alone book Uprooted. One problem I have with the series though is that I feel each book is driven by the author's wish to explore the dragons on different continents rather than being driven by plot and therefore the plot is not as strong as it could be. However, Temeraire and Iskierka more than make up for that

More of a 3.5 for me really. I really liked the beginning, but found the pace of the middle and end to be a bit too quick; this might be because I read it so quickly but I think the pace of the novel itself drove that. A lot of the major plot points seemed to just happen with no explanation such as Agnieshka's relatively sudden ability to control her magic

The moth :'(

This is a 4.5 stars for me.In a sense, not much happens (which can also be said about [b:Among Others 8706185 Among Others Jo Walton https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1317792367s/8706185.jpg 6449955]) though two lives shouldn't really be described as “not much”. This is a relatively gentle story and beautifully written - I can't wait to read [b:The Just City 22055276 The Just City Jo Walton https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1416448145s/22055276.jpg 39841651]

This made moving stuff to my new flat all day much more bearable :)

For classic sci-fi this was quite an easy read (listen) for me. It also suffers for this though as the characters are fairly one-dimensional as is the plot. But this is from the era of pulp sci-fi and should be judged accordingly.

Strictly speaking I didn't finish this, but I'd read so much of it, spent so many hours on it, that there is no way I'm not counting it.
When reading a collection of just Lovecraft stories I very quickly get tired of the same style of story being used over and over again. It seems that every author in this anthology disagrees with me because they all used it too. The fact that I read 32 of the 40 stories is more telling that finishing this became a personal challenge rather than a pleasure - and that's no reason to read a book

I love this book; in fact, I think it's the first Discworld book I read and one of the best

More of a 2.5 stars, but I'm feeling generous.

This could have been a damn good story if it had been....less. If I had been reading it rather than listening to it I doubt I would have made it to 30% (my cut-off point - if I'm not into a book by 30% I ain't gonna be). As it was, listening to it I drifted a lot.

It's safe to say that Lovecraft owes a significant debt to Machen. The same story telling style but without the overwhelming archaic wording that makes Lovecraft tedious so often.
I am somewhat bored of this style as I've been making my way through a Lovecraftian Mythos anthology for two years now, but as this novella predates that I can't judge it fairly based on what followed it.
Very readable though I think I missed a great deal of the symbolism.

Perfectly serviceable enjoyable piece of fluff. I laughed (even when I probably wasn't meant to) but was never surprised and there was no real conflict either between characters or within Madeline herself. Nice relaxed Sunday read - glad I picked it for my prime read this month