Monday, September 17, 2012
Review: Cerberus: A Wolf in the Fold
Cerberus: A Wolf in the Fold by Jack L. Chalker
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
*cue music*
Transformers...
...Robots in disguise
*end music*
That actually pretty much sums up this whole book. Ok, maybe not QUITE, but where Lilith dealt with 'magic', Cerberus deals with mind switching. And we get some pretty cool ideas and actions that come from that ability.
And the Agent is being affected by his clones, which makes him more than just a mouthpiece for the story to be told through. Which is good :)
View all my reviews
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Review: King Rat King Rat
King Rat King Rat by James Clavell
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
The story about a military POW camp during WWII.
Centers around one man who makes it successfully
Not as enjoyable as [b:Shōgun|402093|Shōgun|James Clavell|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1320426001s/402093.jpg|1755568] or [b:Gai-Jin|42929|Gai-Jin|James Clavell|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1333578456s/42929.jpg|658129] however...
View all my reviews
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Review: xxxHolic, Vol. 02
xxxHolic, Vol. 02 by CLAMP
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Watanuki finds out some more about Yuuko. Also finds out that Domeki and he are tied together, and Watanuki can't stand that idea.
View all my reviews
Monday, September 10, 2012
Review: ¡Yotsuba! Vol. 11
¡Yotsuba! Vol. 11 by Kiyohiko Azuma
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Yotsuba never fails to amuse. While some volumes have definitely been funnier than this one, this was just as cute and full of energy as all the previous volumes.
A much needed slice of light & fluffy...
View all my reviews
Sunday, September 09, 2012
Review: Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, Vol. 11
Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, Vol. 11 by CLAMP
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Sadly, the whole book was taken up with the Piffle race and the fact that "someone" is breaking rules, for unknown reasons.
Not a big fan of Tomoyo-chan in the Tsubasa incarnation...
View all my reviews
Saturday, September 08, 2012
Review: Elric of Melniboné
Elric of Melniboné by Michael Moorcock
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Dark, melancholic, but just enough hope to keep things from spiraling into hopeless horror.
Man, I ate this stuff up when I was a teen and young 20 something, reveling in hopeless despair.
Reading it now, it is just good writing. Very lyrical, sparse yet telling a wonderfully tragic tale. Sometimes sad can be ok.
View all my reviews
Friday, September 07, 2012
Review: The Dragon and the Djinn
The Dragon and the Djinn by Gordon R. Dickson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Dragon-wizard dude goes to the middle east, and inexplicably is an accomplished magician. Lots of eye-rolling and complete and utter dis-belief went on on my part as the reader, but I still had a thoroughly enjoyable time.
Maybe because Carolinus wasn't along?
View all my reviews
Thursday, September 06, 2012
Review: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Probably the best known book of the Chronicles of Narnia.
Lewis doesn't make any bones about his theology in this novel and yet still tells a tale that can enthrall any child and most adults [those who are not too jaded anyway].
View all my reviews
Wednesday, September 05, 2012
Review: Monstrous Regiment
Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
It was amusing in some parts, extremely heavy handed in others. A good light read for one time. No plans on ever re-reading though, not like some of the first Discworld books...
View all my reviews
Tuesday, September 04, 2012
Review: Bio-Weapon
Bio-Weapon by Vaughn Heppner
My rating: 2 of 5 stars
I feel like I am reading some sort of train wreck with these books. I don't particularly "like" them, but I KNOW I am going to be reading the next one :-)
More fighting between the Social Unity and the Highborn with politics inserting itself and ruining everything. And our main character is stuck in the middle, again.
I think part of why I don't care that much for these is that both the S.U. and the Highborn are both entities that a normal human wouldn't want. And from the actions, or lack thereof, from the outer planet confederation [I can't remember if it was even really named], it doesn't seem much better.
So I am reading a survival story with no good options.
View all my reviews
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)