Book Reviews

Here will eventually be every review for everything I have read. For the time being only some of the more recent ones will be listed as transferring my older reviews to this new format requires a lot of manual labour and rewriting.

The Luminous Dead

The Luminous Dead squanders strong claustrophobic tension and unsettling hallucinations on padded pacing, baffling tech, and a flat, mismatched romance. 3/10.

The Big Book of Cyberpunk: Volume II

by Jared Shurin Genres Cyberpunk, Short Story, Dystopia tbd/10 The fascinating genre of Cyberpunk has seen many different interpretations, always focused on the relatively near future, maintaining an almost tangible feel to the stories it tells. Jared Shurin here collects over 100 Cyberpunk short stories from various authors displaying this diversity in full. Highlights This […]

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

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

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.

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.