What a disappointment! Joyless, clunky prose. One dimensional characters, every one an obvious type. Dialogue that sounds like it's straight outta "Leave It to Beaver." No plot, no antagonist, no rising or falling action, no strife, no drama, no intrigue, nothing at stake, no ideas at play. Much coffee is made. Many omelettes are eaten. Our hero studies and takes tests. At one point, the main characters are psyched because they have sold some belts. Five more books in the series? No thanks.
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mahnamahna rated Riders on the Storm: 3 stars
Riders on the Storm by John Densmore
Here is the book that Rolling Stone called "the first Doors biography that feels like it was written for the …
mahnamahna rated Fall; or, Dodge in Hell: 1 star
Fall; or, Dodge in Hell by Neal Stephenson
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Review of 'Quarter Share' on 'Goodreads'
1 star
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mahnamahna reviewed Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
Review of 'Lincoln in the Bardo' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Deeply strange. Sometimes deeply beautiful. Sometimes oddly silly. A tinge of sadness throughout. Unusual structure. In other words: 100 percent George Saunders.
mahnamahna rated Acceptance: 3 stars
Acceptance by Jeff VanderMeer (The Southern Reach Trilogy)
mahnamahna rated Authority: 4 stars
Authority by Jeff VanderMeer (Southern Reach, #2)
"In the second volume of the Southern Reach Trilogy, questions are answered, stakes are raised, and mysteries are deepened. In …
mahnamahna rated Annihilation: 3 stars
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer (The Southern Reach Trilogy, #1)
Area X has been cut off from the rest of the world for decades. Nature has reclaimed the last vestiges …
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mahnamahna rated The Martian: 1 star
The Martian by Andy Weir (The Martian, #1)
A mission to Mars.
A freak accident.
One man's struggle to survive.
Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one …
mahnamahna rated Based on a True Story: 4 stars
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Fictional Memoir. A Novel containing scattered facts which are interleaved into fictional stories creating a journey through a fictional memoir …
mahnamahna rated Track changes : a literary history of word processing: 2 stars
mahnamahna rated Perdido Street Station: 2 stars
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Beneath the towering bleached ribs of a dead, ancient beast lies New Crobuzon, a squalid city where humans, Re-mades, and …
