dylanowen's reviews
170 reviews

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

3.25

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

2.75

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

adventurous emotional informative slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

Really not as good as the hype says of everyone saying it’s a 6 out of 5 book, oh cool he’s teaching high school to aliens, how about give us at least one line about fucking earth. 

The Martian by Andy Weir

adventurous informative slow-paced

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

3.75

Could be better, the middle really dragged on. 

Dust by Hugh Howey

adventurous hopeful tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I read Silo stories right after and I love how those two at the end just went all terminator on the first person they found in charge. 

Shift by Hugh Howey

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

The Donald and Senator stuff was way better then the Solo. 

Wool by Hugh Howey

adventurous challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth

slow-paced

3.25

Massively overhyped book that is just a bunch of technical talk for nothing to happen. 

The Looking Glass War by John le Carré

mysterious slow-paced

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

3.25

Only good thing is Smiley

Standing by the Wall: The Collected Slough House Novellas by Mick Herron

4.0

What was the point of that last novella? Just because you write something doesn’t mean it’s worth reading