Blog, Page 77

I always struggle with Taleb’s books. On the one hand, they are full of insights and interesting ideas; on the other, they are poorly structured and full of tange...

Had trouble putting this one down. It starts with a simple hook—Nate finds an apartment that is suspiciously cheap and after moving in starts noticing more and mo...

An interesting take on the apocalypse genre. Rather than zombies or nuclear war, this book focuses on something simpler and disturbingly more realistic: a swine f...

A good, but not great sequel to Steelheart. The characters, powers, and weaknesses are still fun. There is still tons of action, but the pacing isn’t quite as goo...

A satisfying conclusion to this trilogy. It’s as fun and imaginative as the first two books, but has better pacing (except for the overly-long opening section whe...

The good

An entertaining second entry in the Beyonders series. Again, the world is deeply imaginative and fun—especially the torivors (AKA lurkers). But, again, just like ...

A fun, fast-paced read that simply does not let up. It’s based on the idea that some mysterious force has given a variety of superpowers to a small number of peop...

A fun, fast-paced, action / sci-fi story. It takes a look at war in the near future, with soldiers using robotic exoskeleton frames, drones that fly overhead to p...

Did not finish. I got about 1/5th of the way into the book and realized (a) I had absolutely no idea what was going on and (b) I was tuning in and out from bored...