Jacob

Good ending to a good series. Still left me wanting more.

Got kinda bored, nothing very exciting, and not enough of Hadrian and Royce.

Best book I've read in a long time. At first it just seems like it's about some dudes trying to break a speed record for running a river, but it turns out to be a history of the Colorado River, the Grand Canyon, the Glen Canyon dam, conservation ... and then the adventure aspect of running the Colorado in flood stage. Impressively well-researched and very well-written. Any of my peeps that are into the outdoors or history – read this.

I always love Gaiman's writing style, but this was a little familiar and unfulfilling. And not much content for a $10 Kindle purchase. Worth a read if you can get a loaner.

Kinda liked Wool better, but this is definitely worth reading afterwards.

I really liked this one - flew through it. Good story, good writing, good pacing. I guess I'd give it 4.5 stars if I could; it's not perfect. Still, a good read, and recommended. Especially for $5 on Amazon. Looking forward to the next one.

Great post-apocalyptic fiction, fast read. Definitely worth a read.

All right, pretty entertaining overall. I still think some of the characters (Alric) are really shallow and stupid and a waste of time. Royce and Hadrian are fun to read about, though.

Ultimately worth my time and $10 per book or whatever.

Surprisingly boring, and short (especially for $13 on the Kindle). Love the concept of moving a fantasy world forward in time, though.

Writing was kinda crappy at first, but it got better as it went. Plot was interesting. Liked it enough to pick up the second one.

Series is getting better as it goes.

Been a while since I read a Neal Stephenson book, but I'm glad I got back to it. I think this thing is like 1,000 pages but it went by really quick. Sure, it wasn't super deep or complex, but I love his writing style. Plus it had a lot of a) nerdy stuff in it and b) gun stuff in it, which was surprisingly interesting after my recent shoot-out in Vegas.

Interesting concept, but really slow moving. Spent most of the book bored. Ending was decent ... but still not worth it.

Not a real page-turner but a ton of great details on Ruby. I use it most days at the office to look up how to do things in Ruby or get a better understanding of how things are working under the covers.

Read this to Penelope in the womb and finished it off when she came out. We'll read it again when she's old enough to understand. It's a great starter fantasy series.

I guess if I could, I'd give it 2.5 stars. Interesting concept, but pretty juvenile characters, dialog, and plot progression. Don't think I'd recommend it.

4.5 stars

Kind of a slow start, but picked up in the second half of the book. Overall a good read. And it made me want to get a book on Swedish sandwiches.

Looking forward to reading more.

Decent end to the series, although I think I liked the beginning of the series better than the end.

Pretty good, but loooong (I think over 1,000 pages). Didn't realize it when I first started because of the digital format. Concept was great, writing was so-so, pacing was good, ending was really good.

Didn't hold up so well over time. It was fine, but not great.

A little too much of the “hard” part of “hard scifi”, and I didn't care enough about the plot. Preferred Takeshi Kovac / Altered Carbon in this genre.

OK, so he borrows a lot of stuff from other authors, and it's not super deep, but it's still fun reading.

The series continues, still entertaining. Not particularly deep or thoughtful, but a good light read. Of course, my opinion might be colored by the fact that I have nothing to do in my last 2 weeks of work besides read books. Thank you, Kindle Cloud Reader.