Rich

This is one book you can judge by it's cover!

The stunning photograph and fabulous font hint at what lies within.

The photos are nearly all half a page or larger, which combined with the books size (A5) make it a both a visual feast but also aids identification.

The writing style is easy-going, yet is still detailed and informative.

The earlier chapters provide lots of interesting and sometime surprising (for me at least) facts about fungi.

It's labelled as a field guide, but it's probably a bit too large/heavy. Probably best to keep it at home away from harm :O)

2.5 stars, didn't hate it, but found it dragged in places and the frequent “piece to camera” style and Deus ex machina were a bit grating.

I wish GoodReads allowed half stars

A collection of related short stories, it's amazing that the first of these were written 29 years before man walked on the moon! That said it was a little dated and hard to read at times.

Really struggled to finish this; I persevered because it's a classic and my FIL really enjoyed it (he has an extensive library of Sci-fi from the 50/60/70s). Trying to decide whether to continue with the Trilogy even if only for historical context.

Really struggled to get into this book, the characters / story events just did not grab me and the writing style was very economical, very little detail, and read like a todo list.
I rarely quit a book and persevered in part because I'd read the ending was an interesting twist, but it turned out to be a non event. Wish I'd stopped earlier.

Is this a good book, question? Amaze!

I read this almost a year ago. I remember it being eerie and haunting if not particularly scary. And remember the ending being a little disappointing.

I enjoyed it, but I found it frustrating that nothing was really explained and book just ended.

The Three Body Problem is one of the best sci-fi trilogies I've read.
However I found this follow on book a chore to read and almost gave up on it.

I've read several similar books and been a long term follower of MMM so was not expecting to find much new in here. But I was wrong. I'll be looking into the following having read this:
* Modern Portfolio Theory
* Capital Gains Harvesting
* Cash Cushion & Yield Shield - the authors own terms for a method to guard the 4% rule against drawdowns in a bear market.