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The good An interesting look at the drug war and the politics, laws, and covert operations involved. Lots of good action, combat, and spec ops....

I love the Jack Reacher series, but wasn’t a huge fan of this one. The first half is weird and confusing, following two disjointed storylines that eventually meet...

Book 1 was decent; book 2 was even better; book 3 was a bit of a bust. So I wasn’t sure what to expect with this one. As it turns out, book 4 is a pretty solid co...

Another solid entry in the series!

A hard, but worthwhile read. Edith Eger tells her story of surviving the holocaust, the toll it had on her life, her journey to overcoming the trauma, and how she...

Fun premise: the Colonial Defense Forces (CDF) apparently has technology that can reverse aging, so as people get older, more and more of them choose to j...

If you liked the first 7 books in the series, this one is more of the same.

The good The core premise is intriguing: what happens when almost everyone on earth goes blind? A number of interesting concepts: post-apocalyp...

I’ll be honest: I don’t understand why people like this book. At least not in 2023. Perhaps when the book came out ~200 years ago, it felt original, but by today’...

The good More fast-paced writing, without the weird hiccups of the first book in the series. More mildly interesting detective work and crime s...