Well. I didn’t hate it has much as Final Empire which was the other book on the list from Brandon Sanderson. But that isn’t saying a whole lot because I REALLY didn’t like that book. OMG. I just found out that the Stormlight Archive, the series that Way of Kings is a part of is … Continue reading
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Book review: Sword of Shannara
I am very close to writing off most fantasy novels. Only Sunshine has saved the genre from a complete trashing. It is books like the Sword of Shannara that make me throw up my hands and want to give up. Perhaps I am being unfair, maybe something written lately will be better. Maybe. In priority … Continue reading
Book review: The Handmaid’s Tale
Right, so I’m going to admit from the beginning that I have a long standing resentment of all things Margaret Atwood, cultivated by grade 11 English class. We had to read The Edible Woman of which my abiding memory is of a woman who is miserable for a long time and then eats a cake. … Continue reading
Book review: Consider Phlebas
The tagline on the front of this book says: “Poetic, baffling, terrifyng, sexy…” and I’m wondering if whoever wrote those words had read a different book. Well, baffling is possibly accurate. I want to explain the plot, which sounds straightforward, but really is just the gossamer web of an idea that tricks you into thinking … Continue reading
Book review: The Left Hand of Darkness
I don’t know how to really describe this book other than really weird. The general plot is that a representative of a federation of worlds, lands on a planet to convince it to join their federation. That all sounds fine and normal for sci-fi, but the planet (called Winter by the alien envoy) has a … Continue reading
Book review: The Mists of Avalon
I think this was the longest book on the list, almost topping 1,200 pages. And holy shit, it was totally not worth the effort. Not since reading War and Peace have I ever encountered a book so full of absolutely fucking miserable characters. And then the plot just follows along to making everyone even more … Continue reading
Book review: Stranger in a Strange Land
I didn’t grok this book at all. That folks, is a hilarious joke about the most annoying literary device I’ve come across in all the books from the list. Grok, you see, is a Martian word for…something. Like knowing or understanding or something so deep we can’t possibly translate it with our pathetic language. AND … Continue reading
Book review: Shadow of the Torturer
I do not have a fucking clue about what that book was about. Everytime I started reading it I suddenly started to feel very, very sleepy. Maybe this was part of the problem. Plot is vaguely: Severian is an apprentice torturer. He befriends one of the people his guild has to torture, helps her kill … Continue reading
Book review: Outlander
I think you’ve got a problem with storytelling when most of your dramatic tension revolves around attempted rape or rape. But in the case of Outlander – the guys probably get it worse. I think most of the rape against women turn out to be attempted whereas the guys who get raped are…well…concluded. So plot: … Continue reading
Book review: Lucifer’s Hammer
Where do you start. Maybe I’ll start with the tiny bit I did enjoy and then rant on from there. The last 100 pages were okay – it had some dramatic tension and all that jazz. They had a big battle and that was kind of fun. However. This does not make up for the … Continue reading
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