michaelmarshall's Reviews (251)

The Galaxy, and the Ground Within

Becky Chambers

4.0

emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Quantum: Einstein, Bohr and the Great Debate About the Nature of Reality

Manjit Kumar

5.0

challenging informative mysterious medium-paced

Staggering Hubris: The memoir of Boris Johnson's most classic spad: The 'Rona Years, Vol. 1

Josh Berry

4.0

dark funny informative fast-paced

River Kings: A New History of the Vikings from Scandanavia to the Silk Road

Cat Jarman

5.0

adventurous informative mysterious medium-paced

Sunburn: The Unofficial History of the Sun Newspaper in 99 Headlines

James Felton

4.0

dark funny informative fast-paced

The Transgender Issue: An Argument for Justice

Shon Faye

5.0

challenging informative inspiring medium-paced

The Song Rising

Samantha Shannon

4.0

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

George R.R. Martin

5.0

adventurous dark inspiring medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Inferior: The true power of women and the science that shows it

Angela Saini

5.0

Unthinkable

Helen Thomson

5.0