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Brian’s 2019 Year in Books
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Brian G. Turner
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Now posting harsher ratings
From now on I'm going to be a little more harsh with my ratings. I figure the following is a decent scale:
5: Excellent! Everyone must read! I probably will again at some point.
4: Very good. I will recommend this to people who like this sort of book.
3: Average. Nothing to really shout about or recommend.
2: Poor. I managed to finish this book, but there were too many flaws for me to really enjoy it. Read more of this blog post »
5: Excellent! Everyone must read! I probably will again at some point.
4: Very good. I will recommend this to people who like this sort of book.
3: Average. Nothing to really shout about or recommend.
2: Poor. I managed to finish this book, but there were too many flaws for me to really enjoy it. Read more of this blog post »
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| After Going Postal I had high expectations for Making Money, but ended up disappointed. Whereas Moist von Lipwig had driven the story in the previous book, in this one he simply gets dragged into one situation after another where he doesn't really do ...more | |
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| Re-read this, and it was interesting to see how strong the emotional stakes were from the start. As a story I thought it good and strong with the caveat that I never believed the kids seemed as young as they were - or why it had to be children in thi ...more | |
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| When I originally read Terry Pratchett, I remembered Going Postal and Making Money as the author at the height of his creative powers. After some disappointment with recent Pratchett books I wasn't sure what to expect. However, Going Postal still del ...more | |
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A good introduction to the archaeology and history of Orkney. Different chapters provide a general overview of each historical period of Orkney, followed by sites and excavations to illustrate them. Recommended not just for those with an interest in t ...more |
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| Finished reading The Truth by Terry Pratchett. Like Small Gods it sagged in the second half with too much chatter, though not as much. Even still, these books seemed more juvenile this time around and neither as funny nor as intelligent as I remember ...more | |
"A fantastic historical fiction book. Set in Paris 1944. The Nazi's occupy Paris. The atmosphere of the city is fearful, no one trusts a fellow Parisian. Meanwhile the Resistence is tasked with trying to help the Allies with their D-day landing.
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"Definitely noticeable change of tone from Abercrombie’s regular more “grim dark” content. The characters still have a degree of moral ambiguity but the content itself (in terms of sex/violence etc.) is much milder than the various First Law novels. T"
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"Didn't finish this novel despite it was fast paced and not dense,challenging SF read. It started decently, had interestingly weird alien culture of the Liars. The huge flaw was that the leading human characters was dull version of the crew in The Fir"
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I remember enjoying this book a lot when I was younger, and for the first half of the book I wasn't disappointed. However, much of the second half became quite chatty and irrelevant - lots of focus on steam-powered inventions that were neither entert ...more |
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Rob wrote: "Such a classic. Great idea for a re-read."
I hadn't realized until I'd finished that I'd re-read it only a few years ago. Definitely a good ...more " |
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