Blog, Page 29

Another solid Jack Reacher book: a good central mystery that keeps you turning the pages; some occasionally witty dialog; a few fun deductions; a few decent actio...

This wasn’t my favorite entry in the series. Jackson Lamb is hilarious as always, and there’s plenty of witty banter to go around. However, there are no new Sloug...

The good Very fun premise: ancient Greek mythology is alive and real in modern times. Seeing all the characters of ancient myth walking around the US is great...

A fun read. The book is a tongue-in-cheek comedy about a regular guy inheriting his uncle’s super villain business. There are some genuinely funny moments, and it...

A touching and sad book that is occasionally deep & moving, and occasionally a bit simplistic & cheesy.

DNF. This book starts with a long bit of exposition to set the tone, which felt like a failure to show, rather than tell. After that, the book seems to jump all ...

Very solid Bosch book. Interesting detective work, dirty cops, race relations in LA, twists and turns, and so on.

Starts out with an interesting mystery and detective work, but then seems to lose the plot a bit, and goes into a semi-spy novel in Latvia. The setting is very so...

I enjoyed Damascus Station, but this book didn’t work nearly as well for me. One problem is that the characters just aren’t as interesting; Artemis (Proctor) is a...

The good Very interesting premise: the Vietnam War as seen from the eyes of a North Vietnamese mole who has infiltrated the South Vietnamese army and the...