geeklet's Reviews (338)

The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World

Riley Black

4.25

informative lighthearted medium-paced

A Slow Death: 83 Days of Radiation Sickness

NHK TV Crew

3.0

dark emotional informative sad fast-paced

How to Survive in Ancient Rome

L.J. Trafford

3.0

informative lighthearted fast-paced

Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster

Adam Higginbotham

4.0

adventurous challenging informative slow-paced

Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

David Quammen

4.0

Flowers for Algernon

Daniel Keyes

4.5

emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Nuking the Moon: And Other Intelligence Schemes and Military Plots Left on the Drawing Board

Vince Houghton

3.5

funny informative fast-paced

Fire & Blood

George R.R. Martin

4.0

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The Spare Man

Mary Robinette Kowal

2.5

adventurous lighthearted slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Babel-17/Empire Star

Samuel R. Delany

3.75

adventurous challenging mysterious reflective 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: Complicated