Review: 9/10 by Whitney
Awesome Prequel and side story to the Sword of Truth Series on 6 March, 2010 - 09:57 I enjoyed finding out about how the boundaries were started and how Panis Rahl gained an enemy like Zedd. I loved how the story played out and everything came together in the end. It was interesting to find out about Zedd's history and how he was once know as "the trickster." | ||
Review: 7/10 by Whitney
Awkward story but a great addition on 6 March, 2010 - 09:54 I liked the story but was annoyed by the distraction just as much as Richard was. I thought that there was going to be more to the story, that it would go in a different direction. It was awkward that way. The story was in essence a sidetrack from their main mission. I liked how everything came together in the end and that there was a solution for every problem they faced in the book. I'm also glad that no one essential died. I hate it when they introduce a character in the book and then at the end they die. I grow to really like the character and then they just drop dead. I'm glad Anson didn't die. :) I can't wait to get on with the next book. I have read Debt of Bones and can't wait to get back to Richard and Kahlan's adventures. | ||
Review: 7/10 by Carol T
Not Koontz's Usual Riveting Stuff, but Still Good. on 28 February, 2010 - 16:20 Koontz was a little off with his pacing in this book. Despite Tommy Phan receiving a mysterious rag doll near the beginning of the book and finding himself being constantly pursued through to the end of the book, I had trouble becoming absorbed into the story for the first couple of chapters. I think it was the protagonist Tommy Phan that caused problems for me. I’m not sure if this was Koontz’s first attempt at making his protagonist an Asian, but I took a while to get used to Tommy Phan. Once I settled into the fast paced ride that Koontz is so great at, I found this book to be impossible to put down. As usual it included an incredibly smart labrador and a touch of the science fiction/fantasy. I’m usually drawn into Koontz’s fantastic stories quite easily, but again I had trouble becoming absorbed in the outrageous fantasy. I think it may be because he tried to include too many fantastic mysteries in the one novel. I’ve read worse by him and I’ve read a lot that are much better, so I’m certainly not going to write him off just yet. | ||
Review: 10/10 by Steven Buechler
Ilustrado by Miguel Syjuco on 28 February, 2010 - 00:22 "If our greatest fear is to sink away alone and unremembered, the brutality that time will inflict upon each of us will always run stronger than any river's murky waves. This book therefore shoulders the weighty onus of relocating a man's lost life and explores the possible temptations that death will always present. The facts, shattered, are gathered, for you deliberation, like a broken mirror whose final piece has been forced into place" -from the Introduction to Ilustrado. | ||
Review: 6/10 by Carol T
Good story idea, but the constant change in pov is distracting. on 19 February, 2010 - 09:10 My husband loved this book, but I felt there were a few aspects that made it difficult to read. A huge wave of energy has covered most of America and wiped out every living thing within that area. No one can enter or go near the wave or they disappear as well, leaving a nothing, but a small pile of goo. This part reels the audience in and it’s what keeps you reading through to the, because you just have to know what the hell this wave is. In the mean time each chapter jumps to various situations throughout the world. The war in Iraq, a boat on the ocean, Guantanamo Bay, Hawaii and Europe all erupt with one drama or another at the news of America being wiped off the map. The story was interesting and enough to hold the interest and jumping to different locations throughout didn’t distract too much, but character pov changed far too much within single chapters. This became frustrating and very distracting so that I didn’t feel connected to the story anymore. I just wanted to get to the end to find out what the wave was. Without revealing what the wave was, I would say I found the end frustrating and disappointing, but I have been told there is another book to follow on with the story that will make up for the way this ended. My husband has read all of Birmingham’s last 4 books and loved them so maybe it’s a more a ‘guy’ read. | ||
Review: 10/10 by Steven Buechler
A Long Way Down on 11 February, 2010 - 06:38 A great read. The narrative is broke up by the voices of the four characters so we are given different points of view of the same situation. It has its humour and it bitterness almost at the same time. | ||
Review: 5/10 by Steven Buechler
Volkswagen blues on 9 February, 2010 - 02:37 "In the kitchen sink he found the dishes she had used for breakfast, and they were the only traces of her in the apartment; she hadn't left a note to say where she had gone or whether she'd be back. He looked out the window to see if she was walking along Dufferin Terrance, but she wasn't there. When he leaned out he could see the old Volks at the end of the street; perhaps the girl's knapsack was still in the van, but he didn't really feel like going to look. He had a shower and something to eat, then started making a list of what he needed for the journey to St. Louis. When he ran out of things to write down he felt like going for a stroll, so he went out leaving the door unlocked." A great story about a road trip. The enigmas of the two main characters keeps the readers guessing (and wanting to keep reading) to find out why these two characters - an old man and a teenage girl - are taking a road trip across North America. | ||
Review: 7/10 by Carol T
Another Great Koontz Read on 6 February, 2010 - 08:19 Again, Dean Koontz keeps the audience on the edge of their seat and guessing as to the fate of Danny Evans. With the help of the only man that believes her when she says her son is still alive, Tina Evans fights to reclaim her son. Help comes from Danny himself through his new supernatural abilities. As people die, coldly and brutally Tina races to save Danny who barely clings to life. Apart from quite a few syntax errors (amusing considering Koontz’s dislike for them) this is another great Koontz read. | ||
Review: 6/10 by Carol T
Slow to get going but good once it does. on 6 February, 2010 - 08:18 A little slow to get going, but once it did, Herbert did a superb job of keeping me hooked. It’s not one of his better books, but the psychic abilities and the unknown have always intrigued me, so I enjoy exploring this area in both fiction and non-fiction. Being not afraid to kill off innocent children makes his stories more realistic. | ||
Review: 3/10 by Steven Buechler
Booked to Die on 4 February, 2010 - 01:21 "Denver homicide detective Cliff Janeway may not always play by the book but he is an avid collector of rare and first editions. After a local bookscout is killed on his turf, Janeway would like nothing better than to arrange the suspect's spine. But the suspect, local lowlife Jackie Newton is a master at eluding the law and Janeway's wrathful brand of off-duty justice costs him his badge." Not an intellectual read but good mind floss when the days seem complicated and long. And it deals with book collecting and selling on an intelligent manner which offers insite on the subject. |
