7ft_rat's reviews
54 reviews

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

If you are a 40 year old man in the 50s who has never read a book before and you happen to think "women are basically children I can have sex with!" or "to be a proper man you should be good at card games and have a cool car!" then this book is for you.

If you're anyone else... you could do better. At least the movie had Mads Mikkelsen in it. Actually, I watched the movie immediately after finishing the book because I was intrigued on how it would adapt the problematic ideas in the modern age, and it improved upon the book in everyway it could. Sorry, Ian Fleming. But also, you did write "But each conquest of her body, because of the central privacy in her, would each time have the sweet tang of rape”... so uh, maybe not. Yikes

The Heretic by Liam McIlvanney

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adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism by Michael Parenti

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challenging informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

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dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Perdido Street Station by China Miéville

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The ending has left me sick, bitter, sad, and angry. I don't know if I could recommend this to anyone if they were looking for a good, fun, time. It's indulgently wordy, it's fucking weird, and I can not stress this enough, that ending.

I would recommend this to a dedicated fantasy reader. Perdido Street Station is a very viscerally unique experience.

Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield

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adventurous dark mysterious relaxing slow-paced