Blog, Page 35

I thought the previous book, London Rules, to be one of the best in the series; this one, Joe Country, seems to be one of the worst. Not to say that it’s complete...

The good Intriguing premise: a futuristic society where some people, known as “peepers” or “Espers,” are telepaths who can read your mind. All peepers ca...

Ed Yong has a great way of making you see the world differently. This book isn’t quite as good as An Immense World, but still compelling. It focuses on the world ...

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 ...