books_are_nice_and_enjoyable's Reviews (257)

The History of Time: A Very Short Introduction

Leofranc Holford-Strevens

1.25

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This book is plain boring and much harder to read than it needed to be. Occasional interesting observations kept me going, but the book is probably not worth your time.

Death on the High C's

Robert Barnard

2.25

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I didn't like this book nearly as much as the first two books by Barnard, to a significant extent due to the setting of the novel (I'm definitely not an opera fan), but it was okay.

A Little Local Murder

Robert Barnard

4.25

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Death Of An Old Goat

Robert Barnard

4.5

slow-paced

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This is not really a murder mystery. The setting and the characters completely dominate the narrative. It's a great book. The ending surprised me, even though it shouldn't have, and that's part of why it's almost at five stars.

A very enjoyable book.

The Man With a Load of Mischief

Martha Grimes

2.0

The Grief of Stones

Katherine Addison

2.25

What Patients Say, What Doctors Hear

Danielle Ofri

1.5