occasional_owl's reviews
306 reviews

William Shakespeare: The Complete Plays in One Sitting by Joelle Herr

informative lighthearted

• Strong character development? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Useful little book. Too much modern slang.

היפריון by Dan Simmons

emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

Very compelling at points. Unfortunately it's also rife with misogyny and obsessed with John Keats.
התרגום לעברית מלא בניסוחים צורמים.

קרמילה by J. Sheridan Le Fanu

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

Very long, in a way that doesn't feel justified. A lot of stuff was brushed over too quickly. I wish Griff got more characterization.

Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever? by Dave Eggers

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Did not finish book. Stopped at 64%.

Somehow both too long and frustratingly shallow at the same time,  which is kind of impressive I guess.

Worm by Wildbow, J.C. McCrae
Did not finish book. Stopped at 19%.

Started reading this over a month and a half ago. I started being quite invested in Taylor's story, but then it shift to be focused on the wards and I realized I'm just really damn bored, and barely 20% through.
I wish there were fewer fight scenes, which were getting a bit repetitive, and more explanations/glimpses of the world and how it differs from ours. The few things we do hear up to this point like

scion, the leviathan/endbringers, part of Canada being gone???

were super interesting but not really expanded on for twelve hundred pages.
I love long, slow books (see "jonathan strange and mr norrell") but this is too much for me, at least right now.

חרשתא by יהודית קגן

adventurous tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Lanark by Alasdair Gray
Did not finish book. Stopped at 30%.

170 pages in and I'm just so damn bored

Edit, four months later: I said what I said but I still find myself thinking about this book.

The Truth by Terry Pratchett

funny mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

Dragged quite a bit, but overall I mostly enjoyed it.