Stephen Malone

A 1980s World War 3 told in excruciating detail. Some parts are more excruciating than others, but it all mostly works. 

A classic from my childhood that's a little clunkier than I remember. 

A relic from my childhood that should have stayed in my childhood. 

I understand why my school banned it. I also understand why I read it anyway. 

The most two-out-of-five book I've ever read.

A little too light and a little too meandering, but still enjoyable. If this was the first chunk of a larger series I'd be hooked. 

The first whodunit I've ever read, and a genuine masterpiece.

A romance with the precision of a Swiss watch, it got a little overcomplicated by the end but I thoroughly enjoyed it.

The story of Theranos told in excruciating detail... maybe a little too excruciating.

Just a mess, like a grownup My Immortal.

An overwhelming rollercoaster of sadness, violence and time-travel. 

You know that saying “don't meet your heroes”? Don't read your heroes' diaries. This book is an endless fog of self-loathing that I just couldn't bear. 

Only Lindsay Ellis could spend three books building to an apocalypse and never get to it. What a weird series. 

It made me cry. 

More of an expansion pack than a true sequel, but still really very good. 

The first “cozy” book I've genuinely enjoyed, and one of the few books to genuinely warm my heart.

Fascinating ideas stuck in antiquated language; in a post-The Martian world this book's achingly long explanations of science are just far too slow.

I had no idea what this was about before I read it, and I kinda still don't. 

You already know the story, but Kushner still tells it very well.

A cute little ghost story that deserves a better ending.

A great sequel to the Princess Diaries meets Breaking Bad adventure.

Less of a book and more of a tiresome rant.

Fascinating at first but quickly became a slog; just endless setups and introductions. 

A riveting pageturner for the first two-thirds, then an ending longer than Return of the King. 

Still my favourite kid's book ever.