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4.29 avg rating — 71,185 ratings

"I got this purely because of its rating on GR. The name and cover are generic to the max. I was very lucky I went off of rating this time as the book was amazing."

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4.11 avg rating — 383,963 ratings

"A universe away from The Golden Compass - the grand finale of the Dark Materials trilogy and wow.. this was REALLY epic. Like Marriage of Heaven and Hell, Paradise Lost style (which it was heavily inspired by). I can't say it ended poorly and while I never look endings to epic things as the promises leading up are always sweeter.. I felt ok ending this one, and a tear came to my eyes at more than one point."

3.71 avg rating — 25,845 ratings

"This was Hugo-worthy in my book. I think a BIG part of this book, as you are in one character's head the entire time - is that you have to be able to relate. I can in many ways, and that connection propelled the story over the ... questionable.. ending."

4.23 avg rating — 276,730 ratings

"A culty post-apoc book I had to read. There are some parts in here that are forever memorable. It's all a lie plots are my weakness, it is true. Only real con was that content read a little too YA to fully embrace the grittiness possible here."

3.95 avg rating — 71,914 ratings

"Hard to break some Challenge rules with this book - I was very impressed, and more Gaiman is always better. I found the earlier stories to actually be weaker overall, and some later entries really brought this one up."

4.30 avg rating — 341,929 ratings

"A dark, gritty fantasy in an urban, medieval-london style setting. Didn't take enough chances in my opinion but the plot had a lot of twists, turns and deceptions that befit the setting very well."

4.27 avg rating — 948,650 ratings

"I normally avoid classics like this one, but it got so many positive reviews I had to read it. Working under the shadow of the movie the entire time, it did well - and showed an underlying style and humour that the movie only partially captured. I was glad to get something, however small, from the book."

4.31 avg rating — 319,765 ratings

"A good example of loving everything but the writer. Every character sounded more or less the same, but the plot/style was much to my liking. I love attempts to portray an alien far more advanced than us that functions on a very different level metaphysically. It was done really well in this book."

4.13 avg rating — 88,726 ratings

"It started really strong - dark and taut - Ursula writes like no other. I found the book fell off a bit, but then keeping up the promise that the first 50 pages presented was nearly impossible. Ambitious."

4.12 avg rating — 184,469 ratings

"A bit 0ld - but facts were revealed at a strong and satisfying pace, concluding in a manner that left me happy with what I read."

4.13 avg rating — 66,740 ratings

"Really sprawling and long. I loved how it was truly epic, but it took too long and I wasn't interested enough in the dog race development."

4.15 avg rating — 139,032 ratings

"Heinlein was clearly brilliant. He was a part of his era though, unlike Zelazny - and I could never shake that. Even characters aside - the story just packed too many details, it made me feel nauseous at times."

3.89 avg rating — 13,589 ratings

"Gets better and better and even BETTER and... oh. Mieville is truly gifted as a writer. He writes exciting, intelligent literature, even if it is a kid's book. Messy start, bad end keep book in check."

3.79 avg rating — 13,734 ratings

"Short, simple darkly fun romp. I really adored Carter's writing style. She can write a gothic + dark YA style book really well. It was too short though - but I can't complain too much more than that."

4.14 avg rating — 82,047 ratings

"Expecting a shoe-in 5 star book - religion, contact on alien planet, multiple timelines - yes! It missed the mark for me however. A bit dry in every way, she didn't dare far enough with religion - even if the aliens were pretty interesting."

4.06 avg rating — 480,503 ratings

"The only true modern YA novel I read - an interesting excursion. A little too light - the world a little too generic for fantasy fare - outside of this, the book was very solid, and the heroine was as awesome as she was hyped up to be."

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 54,257 ratings

"Philosophical, dense, dark hard science fiction. All points above valid - however the book overstayed its welcome and started losing focus by the end."

4.03 avg rating — 43,929 ratings

"Sex and cheese please! Daughter of the Blood was a lot of fun - the characters were really strong and very well written, but.. ugh.. I couldn't stomach many parts of the book."

3.99 avg rating — 119,150 ratings

"I didn't know what to think of this book by the end. I can't remember it as well as most. Safe, good, twists and turns and a lame ending - good but definitely not great."

3.75 avg rating — 11,875 ratings

"Could not relate to the main character really (have 3 children) - that quip aside.. I iiked the rest of it. Heartfelt, touching, sad - and.. well, sad again."

4.23 avg rating — 224,764 ratings

"First 100 pages - 5 stars easily. AMAZING! But - Scalzi has seems to wear quickly. OMW is no different - same jokes, same characters over and over and over and over and over and over again."

3.97 avg rating — 1,286,953 ratings

"My wife loves this book. I liked it, but thought it got heavy-handed in the wrong ways. Still, a great book that didn't quite reach Narnia heights."

3.85 avg rating — 100,767 ratings

"More a testament to the quality of books in the challenge. CP lacks any overarching story to reach you, even if the story is memorable, pretty at times and told well. Only a good time."

4.07 avg rating — 108,089 ratings

"The most 'girly' book of the challenge. She annoyed me at times - though the story is decent enough and she is very skilled at doing what she does.. if you like that thing."

4.23 avg rating — 5,509 ratings

"Surreal urban fantasy about art coming to life by an accomplished writer - except he writes like a Bestseller author. Blegh."

3.99 avg rating — 422,642 ratings

"Not as bad as I feared. Still - I didn't find Pratchett very funny, and his writing is fluffy and bland most of the time. Not always."

4.03 avg rating — 115,155 ratings

"Probably an amazing book. I couldn't follow it properly, and didn't connect with the writer or characters."

3.89 avg rating — 364,924 ratings

"Tedious, grueling, visionary - I didn't hate it because it did deliver at times, especially in vibe, feeling and poetry."

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5,271 ratings

"It wasn't horrible, it just felt flat and didn't wax poetic in a way I hoped."

3.61 avg rating — 30,473 ratings

"Extremely unique - sometimes in a good way. Exhausting most of the time."