So let me start off by saying I liked it but I’m not sure I understood it. The plot centres around Billy Pilgrim, a man who becomes ‘unstuck in time’, is kidnapped by aliens and also witnesses the fire bombing of Dresden. We follow his life backwards and forwards in time – from his birth … Continue reading
Category Archives: Book reviews
Book review: Watership Down
Well, it’s been awhile since I read a book from the list as I’ve been busy reading other things. Anyway, here goes. So the plot is that a bunch of rabbits leave their warren after the urging of one of the rabbit’s having a vision of disaster befalling it. After a long arduous journey, they … Continue reading
Comics round up #5
Revival Tim Seeley, Mike Norton I got volumes 3 and 4 for my birthday and the plot thickens! More crazy shenanigans, the only lead Dana has for the murder of her sister gets killed himself and what is with the glowy dudes? Also all the upheaval seems to be dredging up old and new and … Continue reading
Book review: Lord Foul’s Bane
I’m torn. I’m torn between naming this as the worst book so far or leaving it with A Spell for Chameleon. It’s probably just below it as it has a more positive view of women…sort of. So the plot. Thomas Covenant has leprosy. He get’s hit by a car and is suddenly in ‘the Land’. … Continue reading
Book review: A Fire Upon the Deep
Right. Not going to beat around the bush with this one – this book was brilliant. It takes all those other books I’ve been reading and puts them to shame. Not only does it have great characters, thought-provoking settings, interesting plot, tension and all that – it mananges it with a mere 315 pages! Choke … Continue reading
Book review: Pawn of Prophecy
Well. This was boring. But at least it went fast. Plot: Boy is uprooted from everything he knows and is moved about the country/world by his mysterious aunt and her compatriots. THAT’S IT. There’s no resolution! Who writes a book and expects it to do so well that all the interesting stuff will happen in … Continue reading
Book review: Perdido Street Station
So, after a bit of a break, here we are. Another book, another slightly ranty blog post about said book. Beware: spoilers. I want to say I enjoyed this book as it had some lovely ideas and was all imaginative and shit but on balance, I only liked about 45% of it. Like Neal Stephenson, … Continue reading
Comics round up #4
Yeah, I’ve been slacking. Young Avengers Kieron Gillen, Kate Brown, Jamie McKelvie, Mike Norton I picked this up because I bought many comics when I went to the Comics Unmasked exhibition at the British Library. It was ace! I want to read more (which is the best thing to have after reading a comic). I … Continue reading
Book review: A Canticle for Leibowitz
This was a relatively short book (only 338 pages) but because of the way it was structured, it just took me awhile to finish it. It’s split into 3 parts, taking place centuries apart – so basically every 100 pages you have to learn about new characters and what is happening a few centuries down … Continue reading
Book review: Hyperion
WAAAAA! Okay. So I’m a bit upset at the ending because THERE WAS NO ENDING. I’m going to have to read the second book because I want to know what happens to all the characters in this one. It started off a bit ‘what the fuck is going on’ as there were many words that … Continue reading
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