Beth Morrison
This was really interesting. Diving into Sandersons debut after reading half of the cosmere was quite the experience. I had heard it was slow and not his best book. While I agree, it's not the best, it was really enjoyable. I thought the world building and magic system was as unique as Scadriel in Mistborn, and that the messages were similar to Bridge 4 and Kaladin in Stormlight. Also, I got to see my first Cosmere connection in this!!! All in all, I thought it was great and really enjoyed this.
Fantastic world building with phenomenal prose! I couldn't believe this was a debut. Really fun found family in space with a lot of sarcastic banter 💙 definitely read this if you're more of a character driven reader because the plot is not the focus. Also, the chapters are real long. But other than that, fantastic!
“ɪɴ ᴀ ꜱᴛᴏʀʏ, ᴛʜᴇ ᴀᴜᴛʜᴏʀ ɪꜱ ɢᴏᴅ.”
We've all done it. Finished an awful book, rated it one star, gave a bad review, and then didn't think about it again.
Emma Carpenter is house-sitting with her dog, Laika, at an isolated beach house on the Washington Coast. Emma, going through a rough time in her life and in a very depressive state, is filling her time with reading, walks on the beach, and playing white board window games with her neighbor, Deek. After reading a horrible 99 cent book, Emma submits a one star review on Amazon, and is dragged into an argument with the author where he advises her to remove her review. Emma refuses and then strange things start to happen, and there's no such thing as coincidence.
I'm not a big thriller reader, but the premise of this book got my attention immediately! I loved the way we got the villain's perspective from a future book and the clever acknowledgement section as well.
This one was well written and full of twists and turns all the way to the last page. Fun, fast paced, and a binge worthy read.
4.5 stars
