I love sci-fi and fantasy and anything that spans the genres. I adore Terry Pratchett and his writing, especially the Discworld. I would love to impress a dragon on Pern. I also enjoy crime stuff.
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'Harffy's Dunston is a fantastic creation – old, creaking and misanthropic. The forest is beautifully …
Exciting tale of adventure. Interesting historical facts at the end too. Well worth a read.
Content warning the whole plot - and my rage
I hated the characters and thought the main heroine to be excessively dim, and It got worse as the book went on. The police went off on a wild goose chase because they hated the woman as much as I did. The author annoyed me by reminding us of Devon's (he's a police officer) white teeth twice in two pages, we get it, eye roll, he's black. And then some very pointed mention of a gay police officer fancying various people he meets, in fact Devon isn't immune to that either - all the police seem oddly thinking about copping off with people while interviewing them, not something that has affected me at work, but maybe I'm the odd one...any way spoiler , stupid woman's stupid "perfect" husband (who it turns out she met on a dating app and has know zero minutes before marrying), turns out to be a serial killer and all round nutter, but no so nutty that he can't plan the world's most convoluted and improbable way to fake his own death and blame it all on her BECAUSE he was sad he couldn't stop shagging birds and have a lovely life with her while killing a bit on the side, or something. Who knows, it was ridiculous, his motive was bonkers. AND THEN to crown it all, he escapes and is never seen again, still out there murdering most likely and SHE discovers she's pregnant and has the serial killers wee son. so that's all lovely. Bonkers book. waste of a read.
Every day in Taylor Barzelay’s life might seem perfect…but every day is torture. Taylor is …
A gorgeously illustrated story about an alien forced to live as the opposite gender to her own to hide on earth away from some evil beings. The book addresses the stress of living a constant lie. The graphics are beautiful and the story is touching and fun with some adorable diverse characters. I am really hoping for more as it ends on a cliff hanger (a happy one though!) extra points for genetically modified corgi. very cute!
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On the rugged, wild, eastern shore of Barbados, Cindy and Clint are enjoying their dream …
It was a compelling read initially but then the lead character began making frankly bizarre decisions and acting in stupid ways so that I just started despising her and her foolishness. And then, all of a sudden the entire thing was wrapped up and completed in a few pages. It felt as though the author got as fed up with the story as I did and decided enough was enough. There are more in the series and I will not be reading them. Had great potential which it sadly failed to live up to.
It isn't much of an island that rises up one moonless night from the depths …
Just a joy. Rereading it today still felt very current, and as always I found some proper laugh out loud moments.
"Odd thing, ain't it... you meet people one at a time, they seem decent, they got brains that work, and then they get together and you hear the voice of the people. And it snarls.”
“Sergeant Colon had had a broad education. He’d been to the School of My Dad Always Said, the College of It Stands to Reason, and was now a postgraduate student at the University of What Some Bloke In the Pub Told Me.”
“Colon looked awkward, as if the bunched underwear of the past was tangling itself in the crotch of recollection.”
Content warning Vague spoilers
This book starts with a dark assassin. He is extremely brutal and violent in how he kills and it is explained in detail. Later we find out why and that incident is more bloody, more violent and more extreme. I almost stopped reading. A few more pages and some sort of weird supernatural entity and world conspiracies...no sorry I'm out, I can only see more horrific killings and it's not for me.
On the dark streets of Mumbai, the paths of a missing dancer, a serial killer, …
I enjoyed this thriller and murder mystery. It was violent, and was often sad but it was well written and kept me guessing. It had an unexpected ending.
Over the last twenty-five years Vladimir Sorokin has established himself as a provocative and unignorable …
A fun but unusual read. Written so you feel you experience the queue. And with lots of asides about politics but in clever and funny ways. A surprisingly raunchy sex scene too.
And the queue? Here's hoping they still have some left when we get to the front.....
From the day that old Nana Reja found a baby abandoned under a bridge, the …
Seriously wonderful book. Read it. Now