Author: healdollemily
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Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes
Edith Hamilton’s Mythology trades modern flair for faithful retelling. Dry but rich, dated but illuminating, a solid entry point into the epic and divine. 8/10
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Steam Workshop and Discord Hell, a Tale of Modding Rimworld
RimWorld’s modding ecosystem has flourished thanks to a rich and passionate player base. Ironically, its greatest strengths are slowly becoming its weaknesses.
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Overlord Vol.1: The Undead King
Overlord fails with awkward translation, overstuffed exposition, and a hollow narrative. Its tone and treatment of characters derail any potential 1/10
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Schitt’s Creek
Schitt’s Creek fumbles early with jarring characters and tonal awkwardness, but its grounded heart and humour earn it a comforting spot. 8/10
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Shogun
Shōgun balances sharp political intrigue and strong characters with rigid cultural fatalism and an oddly anticlimactic ending. Still oddly compelling. 7/10
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Hidden Legacy Series
Behind the most forgettable story I have ever read hides some of the most amazing world building and magic system I have read. I want to read more of this and yet I don’t think Ilona Andrews have the know-how to exploit their own world to its fullest potential.
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The perfect Linux distro is a mirage
Trying to find a Linux distribution that perfectly matches one’s needs is a headache. Asking people, filling in quizzes, reading articles all yield different responses but maybe people are asking the wrong question and maybe the perfect distribution never existed.
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The Finlay Donovan Series
Finlay Donovan is a down on her luck single mother who gets thrown into the role of a professional killer. This absurd rom-com promises equal amounts of laughs and thrills but sadly falls short in almost every way as its premise gets stretched out for way too long and turns into very frustrating fast food.
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The London Steampunk and The Blue Blood Conspiracy Series
One of my earlier reads, the London Steampunk and The Blue Blood Conspiracy are two urban fantasy romance series which came to set my standard for 7/10 and whilst they’re a bit generic and lean too much into the sex side of relationships, they’re still an overall fun adventurous time.
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The Kate Daniels Series
Attempting to find Ilona Andrews’ magic of the Hidden Legacy series a second time in their Kate Daniels series ended up in disappointment. It ticks all the boxes of urban fantasy romance but does nothing with it and is a mostly boring stretched out read even if the romantic relationship itself is fine.