achilios's reviews
125 reviews

Robert Silverberg's Belzagor by Robert Silverberg, Philippe Thirault, Laura Zuccheri

adventurous mysterious fast-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

so good !! convinced me to put the source material on my read list

Tout ce que vous avez toujours voulu savoir sur le blob sans jamais oser le demander by Audrey Dussutour

informative slow-paced

3.0

enfin enfin terminé… semi memoir, semi science communication, it was interesting but i admit i rushed through the last 30 pages. recommended to me by my grandmother who had a moment of blob obsession because she found one in her backyard at gre. cool creatures ! 

Prophet Song by Paul Lynch

dark reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

feels so relevant to read rn. i loved the writing style, it’s what rounded this book up to a 5 for me. eilish annoyed me after a bit but not so much that it turned me off from the book, and i was quick to realise i could at least empathise with her. haunting enough in a paranoid kind of way that i got nightmares from it one night.

Introduction to Cosmology by Barbara Ryden

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

by far my favorite textbook in my undergrad so far (hence me actually logging it + the fact that i read it in its entirety). the epilogue made me shed a tear or two (cliche physics major, i know). loved the way she explained the derivations, and the humor thrown into every chapter made it much more enjoyable to read than my quantum textbook is… i understand why it won the AAS writing award :)

Face The Music by Stephanie Jean

fast-paced

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

3.0

im not really a romance reader anymore buuut my sister got this book at a fair yesterday and really liked it so i gave it a go :) it was pretty enjoyable, i liked the split perspectives + that it touched on heavier topics.  liked that when it discussed biphobia, it covered how it differs for men vs women

White Rabbit by Caleb Roehrig

mysterious

2.75

it took me an entire two years to read this. i remember sort of enjoying it, but nothing to write home about imo

The Sunshine Court by Nora Sakavic

emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

joyeux 14 ! as some may know i reread the entire series while interrailing in denmark, so now that i’m home and road tripping, i decided i might as well read the latest release. you can def tell where nora has grown as a writer i guess ?? 

loved seeing sort of what the status quo was after the events of book 3, but didn’t love the repeat traits and plot devices— at least they were applied differently. i need to know what the scandal was and also everything about jeremy.

as someone i follow on here said— these books are kind of shit in a "it’s way too complicated to explain and also super unrealistic sometimes and nobody who i have introduced these books to has even wanted to spend a second longer in my presence" kind of way but also The Emotions. 

nora i love u for what u have done for what u have put me through

The Raven King by Nora Sakavic

4.5

mar 2020 no rating
july 2024: i swear there are some scenes missing

Veniss Underground by Jeff VanderMeer

5.0

series of messages sent to my friend immediately after finishing the book:

just finished reading the weird book i bought at the airport 
HOLY HELL 
it was so
i need to consume it

tattoo it into my bones

shoot it into my veins

never getting over this

The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century by Olga Ravn

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

melancholic and more than a bit chilling