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dabble's Reviews (267)
Read almost the entire book in one weekend during a family vacation. Beginning was slow, but I enjoyed the middle and ending immensely. This one has another emotion bomb in the climax just like the first one.
Very entertaining and funny as a Gentlemen Bastards book, but very unsatisfying as an end to the series (if indeed GB is meant to be only a trilogy). Lynch added a plot twist that I found largely irrelevant and unnecessary, but it didn't ruin what was overall a good experience.
Indeed. Wasn't sure what to expect going in, but it was pretty comical and surprisingly insightful at times. I admire Thompson's tenacity in the face of so many drugs.
I experienced a reading rut around the time I started this book, but I won't say Dunces is completely to blame. Although it was slow and repetitive in some parts, it was overall a very funny book. I lol'd a few times.
Lots of Fitz's normal woes and worries and self-criticism, but also lots of touching scenes and a welcomed reunion with some of my favorite characters. Dat cliffhanger tho...
I have liked every other King novel I have read but this one was pretty bad.
1. Boring premise - a retired detective faces off against a psychotic killer in a race against time. I have read/seen this a hundred times. There was no twist, unless you count the fact that almost no one died, which is pretty unusual for King.
2. I didn't care about the characters - it wouldn't have mattered much to me if they had died, which robbed the book of its tension. Some of the dialogue made me cringe. Ultimately I was more interested in the fate of the Robinson family dog, Odell, than in any main character.
3. Computers - Stephen King's lack of familiarity with computers is ever-present. This is painfully obvious in multiple parts as he overexplains things that are already obvious to most people reading his book. Similarly, people who know how to change sound settings are basically master hackers.
4. Foreshadowing - King has a tendency to foreshadow in a very unsubtle way, e.g. "Hodges underestimated Holly, which he would later come to regret." This sort of foreshadowing doesn't bother me much in horror but it really annoyed me in this mystery thriller format, where the plot details should remain a mystery as long as possible.
I will probably stick to his horror/supernatural literature. The only thing supernatural about this book was Hodges' ability to deduce everything that Brady did/would do with almost nothing to go on.
1. Boring premise - a retired detective faces off against a psychotic killer in a race against time. I have read/seen this a hundred times. There was no twist, unless you count the fact that almost no one died, which is pretty unusual for King.
2. I didn't care about the characters - it wouldn't have mattered much to me if they had died, which robbed the book of its tension. Some of the dialogue made me cringe. Ultimately I was more interested in the fate of the Robinson family dog, Odell, than in any main character.
3. Computers - Stephen King's lack of familiarity with computers is ever-present. This is painfully obvious in multiple parts as he overexplains things that are already obvious to most people reading his book. Similarly, people who know how to change sound settings are basically master hackers.
4. Foreshadowing - King has a tendency to foreshadow in a very unsubtle way, e.g. "Hodges underestimated Holly, which he would later come to regret." This sort of foreshadowing doesn't bother me much in horror but it really annoyed me in this mystery thriller format, where the plot details should remain a mystery as long as possible.
I will probably stick to his horror/supernatural literature. The only thing supernatural about this book was Hodges' ability to deduce everything that Brady did/would do with almost nothing to go on.
This was a great read. It started a bit slow as Robinson Crusoe in space, but I grew to care about each of the characters in a surprisingly short time. Great humor. Weir explains the science in layman's terms effectively - if I ever glazed over any of the science parts, it was due to my own shortcomings as a non-scientist rather than Weir's inability to explain the situation. Not sure I'll see the movie cause the book was so good.
RIP Terry Pratchett. This book met the Discworld standard of excellence. Short and sweet.