majortomwaits's reviews
269 reviews

Sweeney Todd: The String of Pearls by James Malcolm Rymer

4.0

Despite it dragging at times, I can say that I enjoyed this more and more as it went on. It only got better in every conceivable way, from plot to writing and characterization, just great. I'm a big fan of the musical so I decided to finally check out the original penny dreadfuls and I wasn't let down in the slightest. An abundance of fun, if you ask me, of course.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey

4.5

Extraordinarily written and I'm beyond glad that I got to read it more than a decade after I first watched the movie. Thoroughly detailed and well crafted, I found it hard to put down at times.

The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu by Tom Lin

4.75

Absolutely wonderful and blood drenched western I've been longing for forever. When it comes to its brutality, no wonder this became a quick favourite among people who love the work of Cormac McCarthy. 

Mordew by Alex Pheby
Did not finish book. Stopped at 10%.

This is far from the end when ut comes to me and this book, I simply misjudged myself, I am simply not in the mood to read this right now, but I am definitely interested and I will return to it sometime in the future. I just need to read something else in the meantime.

Invitation to a Beheading by Vladimir Nabokov

4.0

Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh

2.5

I really enjoyed Moshfegh's debut, Eileen, and this was the only other book by her that was available at my local bookstore, so. 

I genuinely can't tell if this is a book that's unworthy of hype or if the hype is the very thing that killed and smothered a rather interesting tale. I'm gonna explode tiktok.

The Fisherman by John Langan

5.0

A fantastic, once in a lifetime type of achievement. So utterly horrific that I was, at first, afraid to read it before bed, until I did and, as I predicted, was too afraid to fall asleep. Beautifully written and unique. It'll make you feel cold and wet and very, very afraid.

Of Men and Monsters by William Tenn

3.75

It took me a bit to get into it. The pacing wasn't exactly up to my liking, as soon as I'd get used to one situation, it would shift and turn itself upside down. However, the story is interesting and I'm ashamed to say that it took me a bit until I figured that it was a satyre.

Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

3.25

Despite a fantastic story within it, I truly hated the writing dtyle of this. Don't know who's to blame, exactly, the writer or the translator. It was a lot of 'he did this and then he did that', not to speak of the more graphic points that had absolutely no impact due to being stiffly written. Sure it was interesting, but it was absolutely soulless. Shame, it was a good story, but horribly written/translated.

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes

4.0

Extremelly fun and amusing, a great classic to read if you hold the opinion that classics are boring.