Aaron

Short, but fun.

I love RPGs, so the concept was interesting. I wish that the there had been a little more to the plot and a lot more to the character development, but I'm excited to read the sequel.

Not quite as fun to read as the first book, The Big Sleep.

I still loved the snappy dialog, but the not entirely coherent plot was a little more off-putting with this one. With more period jargon and quite a bit of casual racism, it was harder to ignore that this was written the better part of a century ago definitely dulled my enjoyment.

I think I'll skip to The Long Goodbye and then call it done for this series.

After reading the Grimnoir Chronicles I was inspired to see what all the fuss is about. I was not disappointed.

While some allowances must be made for when it was written, it is an exciting mystery with plenty of action and, above all, amazing dialog. The plot was slightly convoluted and a little choppy in places, but mostly easy to follow. The ending was satisfying, although not what I was expecting. I'll be reading more of the Philip Marlowe series.

A great end to the series. The Author has said that he has no plans to write any more Grimnoir books, but I hope he changes his mind.

Spellbound ups the stakes in a big way without going overboard. I think I like the Grimnoir Chronicles even more than Monster Hunter International. MHI is fun, but Grimnoir has more world building, which I love, and I feel like the cast of characters is more well rounded and developed. I'm looking forward to the last book in the series.

I read this because there is an interesting kid's RPG based on it and the book was free on Kindle.

The story is extremely short and comes to an end before it really starts. There are lots of interesting concepts that are introduced, but none of them are explored. With so many good YA novels available these days, I can't think of any reason to recommend this book.

This should probably only get three stars from me, but a little grandma secret agent is pretty entertaining.

Surprisingly good. It doesn't quite rise to the level of Don Quixote in skewering it's target, but it definitely looks at fantasy adventuring in a different light.

A surprise favorite. A very realistic take on what would happen if a person was stranded on Mars in the near future. But made interesting and fun by the monologue of our hero.

It has scientific descriptions of lots of things, long stretches of tedious work, and an entire scene of just driving in a circle.

It has no aliens, no deadly comets, and no lasers (or weapons of any kind).

And you should DEFINITELY READ THIS BOOK.

A little smoother than the first book. I'm still not real keen on the whole social warrior thing being rubbed in my face, but the world and characters are interesting and the plot is intriguing. I'll read the next book.

I don't normally get too excited for short stories, but this one was a great read. Quick pacing and interesting characters, many of whom were imaginary, made this fun.

Brandon Sanderson is becoming one of my favorite authors, this is one of his early works.

A little rough and slow in places, but overall interesting.

I like this much more than the original trilogy. I wasn't expecting to, I usually don't like having to meet a whole new cast of characters, but I like them even more than I did the originals. The small nods to events and characters in the first trilogy were very well done, a nice touch for those that new the references without being distracting for those that didn't.

I was worried when the author delayed the rest of the series to do this unplanned book, but I'm glad he did. I'm even excited that there are going to be three more books in this time period before moving on.

I felt like the trilogy was uneven, I liked some parts of it much more than others. The idea of swallowing metal and then “burning” it in your stomach to do magic seems silly to me, but I love everything else about the magic in these books.

The ending wasn't horrible, but is wan't very satisfying either and it was rather abrupt.

The concept of advancing the world through a modern times setting and into a sci-fi future one is interesting. I'll give them a try.

A few shaky parts and the new flash back scenes were harder to get used to than I thought they'd be, but overall a strong second book. I'm looking forward to the rest of the series.

A new epic fantasy series.

There's a lot to take in and some of the story lines take a little while to get going, but I'm looking forward to the rest of the series.

A sequel that's every bit as good as the first book. I like the new characters and I'm looking forward to the next book.

The movie is a favorite, so I thought I would give the book a try. It's better and worse than I thought it would be. The little extras were fun, but the conceit of it being “real” book got old. I'm glad I read it, but I don't plan on a re-read, I'll just watch the movie.

After reading Nathan Lowell's Solar Clipper series and being disappointed by the direction it took, I was hoping this would be similar, but without going off the rails.

While it doesn't devolve into military sci-fi, Trading in Danger is less about the trading that I was hoping for and more about the action filled danger.

Not a horrible story, and I do like other books by the author, but I can't get over my disappointment to continue the series for now.

This one is a change. More intrigue and politics, less shooting ugly aliens. I might not continue the series.

More military sci-fi action.

Humans kicking alien butt in powered armor. Yeah!

A quick, light read. Great if you're looking for a quick hit of military sci-fi.

Better than the last book, but still too far from the original for me to recapture my love for the series.

All reviews say to pretend the next, and final, book doesn't exist, so I'm going to do that.

This was not okay. Sexual abuse run rampant. Horrible things. Completely incomprehensible plot moments.

The reviews say the next one is better. I'll give it a try.

This is a little better, more in line with the first book. We still have some ridiculous romance and our hero is an unredeemable Mary Sue, but it can not harsh my out-of-character-for-me mellow.