Author: healdollemily
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The World of Cyberpunk 2077
A fun visual way of exploring the world of Cyberpunk 2077, it feels a bit cheap and gamey at times but as a little extra to get more immersed into the main game it’s a good time and doesn’t take too long to get through anyway.
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The Last Wish (The Witcher #1)
The book that started everything Witcher related fittingly is an amazing way of getting into this universe even before watching the series or playing the games. The book is a collection of solid short stories with relatively low stakes but each give a unique insight into the workings of this world.
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Red Rising (Red Rising Saga #1)
A surprising hit for me, Red Rising’s premise is heavily Hunger Games inspired but manages to detach itself from it and arguably perform better (at least if I compare this book to the HG movie). The greco-roman mythology twist is pure flavour but it works and the book is simply fun even if it tells…
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A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic #1)
A Darker Shade of magic is a book and I’d struggle to say more about it. Its inconsistent tone and mostly boring characters fall short of the premise and it doesn’t invite me to read any sequel.
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Bunny
Bunny is more of a puzzle than a book and I don’t know how to rate that. I spent more time confused than anything else whilst reading and yet I wanted to keep reading it. It’s a book best experienced blindly and not one that can or cannot be recommended based on any standard criteria.
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The Last
Turns out that mixing murder mystery, post apocalypse and survival doesn’t make a very good cocktail. The Last falls short in each genre, and if the blurb is intriguing, its execution is quite lacklustre. Not an offensive read but there’s bound to be better things to read.
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Pines (Wayward Pines #1)
Whilst it doesn’t reach the heights of Blake Crouch’s other books, Pines is still a solid mystery thriller. It feels a bit more cliché and the ending whilst it is a solid twist isn’t a particularly strong motivator to read the sequels.
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Happy Place
It’s disappointing to see Emily Henry fall into the trap of fully relying on the lazy and frustrating “characters won’t talk” cliché. Happy Place doesn’t really tell a story outside of its flashback sequences and the protagonist pretending to be the victim doesn’t make her any more likeable.
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Slippery Creatures (The Will Darling Adventures #1)
A bit bland given the blurb and the cover’s flavour but unfortunately both romance and mystery end up a bit underwhelming even if it never becomes boring at least.
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Legends and Lattes (Legends and Lattes #1)
The story has no ambition to try to be bigger than it is which is rare to see in fantasy. Legends and Lattes is a comfortable fireside story that I could greatly see become a laid back family TV show.