Fiona

Artwork is amazing. Story barely gets going before the book is over and I'm weirdly upset by it cause now John Lewis is dead and I wanted to hear about his career in federal US politics. I'm sure they'll do a volume 2 but its not the same.

An easy read that trips along at a brisk pace. I am bothered, however, by the sense that 91 automatically means senility and death because I have a 90-year old who is suffering from neither and I should like to see that normalized.

Just as good as Brusatte's first book. I'm glad he took an interest in mammals so I could enjoy more of his writing without having to hear about dinosaurs again. Highly recommended.

Simultaneously hysterically funny and enragingly sexist, these comics are the product of thier time. I am glad that I didn't grow up during that era of sexual assault and casual misogyny.

Read as an ebook so I didn't get the full effect of page layout but I see why this is popular. Its a great premise and well-executed visually.

An easy read because it's so entirely predictable. All the standard tropes are here and Deibel uses them to decent effect. The pacing is good and characterization is simple. Overall, people who enjoy this sort of thing (Christian romance) will enjoy this but it's not my bag and if I'd realized how much god-bothering was in this I would not have requested an ARC. I was curious to read historical fiction set in Ireland but there was very little history, much to my disappointment; I appreciated the use of Gaelic however.

I received a copy of this book from the publisher for review.

Stellar artwork. I have a couple of minor beefs about the structure, but overall a darn fine read and I'm so glad Dr. Smith got the accolades he deserves while still alive.

I'm less than a hundred pages in and so very bored by this; its unnecessarily covoluted and nothing has even happened. Having read some balanced reviews, I'm comfortable that I'm not missing out by returning this to the library at this point. I find Deonn's writing clunky and she described a character a being “drenched” in an outfit which grated my inner editor.

A bit slow to start but a great story about a kid in the midst of cancer treatment. Harrell doesn't skimp on the icky details which makes the health stuff ring true in a way most books for middle grade don't manage. Highly recommended but I would have liked an author's note clarifying how much of the tale is autobiographical.

Given the hype I expected so much better. Zevin's early YA novels were so well-done but I find myself repeatedly disappointed by her adult forays. Tomorrow3 was like a second draft that needed to sit in a drawer for a year before being completely rewritten as something different. The structure was compelling initially but it wasn't sustained, falling over entirely come the climax.

Interminable; the bally thing just goes on and on. Wodehouse would never have bored his readers with such tedious cricketing and fete performances and he most certainly would never task Jeeves with such unsolicited manipulation. No fan of Plum's would enjoy this and I'm tempted to throw it in the bin lest it waste the time of a fellow aficionado.

A great read with lovely characters but I'm feeling pissy about the ending; I would have read the next one anyway but I hate being obliged by cliff-hangers.

I appreciated the varied writing style for different tales but several of the stories were confusing or lacked a proper structure.

Plot-wise and pacing this was wonderful but the artwork was inconsistent at times (our protagonist had two completely different noses on the same page, for example).

Most enjoyable. This book really zips along and the artwork is lovely.

I usually eschew ebooks but my impatience to know how the trilogy ended put paid to that. The final volume did not disappoint, delivering another fast-paced, beautifully illustrated adventure. Now to read everything else this author has done...

Basically delivers what the title promises but I was hoping for more useful plot fodder than is actually offered, but that's more a reflection of reality than a failing of the author so I'm not letting it affect my rating.

Marvelous. Hatke does such a wonderful job of establishing place and the story/art flows so well.

Cute and well-executed but not terribly memorable.

Fairly standard but well-done. Includes notes on origins of the stories which I always appreciate.

Clever premise but I am not in the mood to read this right now. Rating based on the first 50 pages and the thoroughness of the author's note.

A mixed bag, some were well done but most were pretty meh.

The pacing is uneven and the ending abrupt but I enjoyed the read and the way it framed darker issues without dragging the story down.

Begins with a screed about the failures of modern medicine, touches briefly on information sourcing and the power of crowds (which was what I was here for but it was brief and barely scratched the surface) then proceeds to advocate for eliminating grains and offers a bunch of recipes. Deeply diappointing and not what was promised by the title.

3.5 stars I really enjoyed this but the structure didn't add to the story and struck me as unnecessarily complicating. I'm looking forward to Fahmy's next offering.