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324 reviews

Empire of Silence by Christopher Ruocchio
Did not finish book. Stopped at 49%.

Lost interest

The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Explored the Arthurian legends. Great characters and a lot of history. About the flaws in the legends.

Frankissstein by Jeanette Winterson

informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Explored a lot of topics around AI and asked a lot of good questions. Interesting how trans identity is involved with AI. Too many loose ends though. Could have been another industry than sex bots. 

Self-Tracking by Dawn Nafus, Gina Neff

informative relaxing slow-paced

4.0

Informative on many topics around self tracking. Touched on other topics around open source and data privacy. Wished it had more on the application on data.

Little Monsters by Kara Thomas

dark sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

Just Trauma porn. MC doesn’t play the investigator role, the mystery just kinda happens to her.

Sins of Empire by Brian McClellan

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

Airplane Movie book

The Autumn Republic by Brian McClellan

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Good ending with some loose ends.

The Crimson Campaign by Brian McClellan

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Good cliffhanger. Still the characters have a lot of things fall their way.

Promise of Blood by Brian McClellan

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Second read through enjoyed more this time. Very historical around the French Revolution. 

The New World by Mark Lawrence

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Great novella. Excited about the returning characters. I hope this turns into a full series.