Aaron
More of a pep talk than a how-to guide. There is some great stuff in there, I liked the chapter on criticism, but overall it didn't really give me much in the way of action items or motivate me. If you feel like you could use a good kick in the pants to get you started, this would be a good book for you, especially the audiobook.
Great Characters
I really liked this book even though politics and teen romance aren't my favorite. It has truly interesting characters that kept me invested in them through the entire story. The romance was a little painful at times, but mostly because of how well it captures what it's like to be in love when you're 17. The politics are extremely polarized (democrats are good and wholesome, republicans are evil racists), but, strangely, it didn't feel preachy. It felt like looking at things through the un-jaded eyes of a teenager. And there were good and bad things from characters on both sides.
At its heart, this is a story about family and friendship, and it left me feeling happy and warm inside.
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.
The first short story in a novel told through a series of short stories. Normally that would be enough to put me off, but it keeps getting good reviews. This was intriguing enough to continue on.
One of the better YA novels I've read. I like that it is optimistic Sci-Fi. I like that it features a heroine without getting preachy about gender roles. I like that there's a talking rug.
I'm not sure why we needed a pre-quel, but this is a great Dresden story and definitely worth reading.
The ending came rather abruptly, but otherwise a fun read. The narrator for the audiobook is amazing.
Listened to the audiobook as part of the Unfettered anthology. Maybe it would have been interesting if I had already read the series.
Merged review:
Listened to the audiobook as part of the Unfettered anthology. I didn't not like it.
Merged review:
Listened to the audiobook as part of the Unfettered anthology. Well written. I'll probably check out the series.
This almost gets four stars out of me because it has the Morrigan showing her softer side and we finally get to hear how Attics got Airmid's herblore. But I stubbornly refuse on principle.
There was no excitement. Maybe back then it was new and exciting, but it was mostly dry facts that aren't exceptional now.
VERY different from the movie. Some of the technology doesn't hold up and the politics are, well, what they are, but it lived up to its reputation.
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.
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.