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The good A fast-paced, exciting adventure story. Plenty of good action. Dirk Pitt is a reasonably entertaining protagonist. ...

The good Fun premise: the quest to build satellites that use solar panels to gather energy and beam it down to earth. A reusable space plane that makes i...

DNF. The story seems to meander randomly: it’s not clear why Maigret is following Pietr the Latvian in the first place; it’s not clear why there are so many look...

The good A reasonably entertaining detective story with police work that feels somewhat realistic and some moderately satisfying deductions and reveals. ...

The good An interesting setting: Italy in the 90s, mafia, police, etc. Montalbano is a reasonably interesting character (despite meeting just a...

This seems like one of those rare books that was probably a lot more fun for the author to write than for the reader to read. The premise is great: to tell the sa...

The good Fascinating, mind-bending sci-fi ideas: parallel universes with slightly different laws of physics, matter exchange, unique alien species, life ...

Liu Cixin doesn’t disappoint. Just about every story of his I’ve ever read has at least one mind-blowing idea in it. Often, just in the first page or two, I found...

The good An interesting look at Ireland, the Church, and Boston in the 50s. Deep, conflicted characters. Good writing. The ...

I’m really enjoying this series. Great writing, interesting characters, cool tech and sci-fi concepts, good action, fun world building, and funny dialog.