Category: Book Review
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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.
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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…
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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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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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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 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.
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Morning Star (Red Rising Saga #3)
What should have been the high octane ending of an epic trilogy turns into the third entry of a much longer saga. The first half feels a bit more generic and drags on a bit too long and whilst the second half goes back to the highs of books 1 and 2, I still question…
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Le Petit Nicolas L’intégrale
A short story collection of the adventures of young Nicolas and his friends. It’s still as fun as I remembered it being but it does not lend itself very well to binge reading.