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Cordelia knows her mother is . . . unusual. Their house doesn’t have any doors …
Cordelia knows her mother is . . . unusual. Their house doesn’t have any doors …
I'm a tough grader, so 4 stars for me means this is a wonderful read! The characters pulled me in and the plot was different enough from standard fantasy books to keep me interested and reading way too late.
"Step into The City of Brass, the spellbinding debut from S. A. Chakraborty--an imaginative alchemy of The Golem and the …
Maigret in Retirement (French: Maigret se fâche) is a 1947 detective novel by the Belgian …
I have always loved Simenon’s writing, it is clean and focuses on the action (for the most part) but you still know what is happening inside the characters’ minds somehow. His writing is like a breath of fresh air: original and very readable at the same time. The plot of this one is simple compared to more modern mysteries and police procedurals, but somehow that doesn’t matter, you are drawn into a realistic world with Maigret at the center of it.
Note - 4 stars for me is an excellent review,I save the 5 stars for books that belong in my top 50 books of all time.
"The Tower of Babel is proving to be as difficult to reenter as it was …
I’m filing this under “not to my taste”. I adore fantasy and science fiction of all kinds, but I couldn’t get into this book.
"The Tower of Babel is proving to be as difficult to reenter as it was to break out of. Forced …
Newly married and navigating life with a preschooler as well as her adopted adolescent son, …
Definitely not as good as the first one, or even the second one in the series, and the treatment of the son and the sister was a bit forced (won’t go into details). Manon is still compelling, but the hyper-realistic writing with the details of marriage and kids was getting old and even boring. The actual police work part is great and kept me reading.
Not quite as good as the first, but still a fun read.
Really want to give a 3.5, which is a solid read for me, it has some flaws, which I why is don’t think it is a 4 star (I’m a tough reviewer!). The main reason I liked this is because the lead character is compelling and the plot was better than the usual police procedural (I’m not complaining - a well written procedural with great characters is a Good Thing).
Terry Pratchett's hilarious fourth Discworld novel established once and for all that Death really is a laughing matter....
'He is …
France, 1714: in a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to …
Loved it.
