tam_winterfish's reviews
24 reviews

Shropshire Ghost Stories by Sally Tonge

3.0

Ok but the stories were too short, a bit more suspense could have been added

Falling Down by Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan

1.0

Not really a book, maybe an opening chapter… nothing really happened, don’t really want to find out what happens 

The Murder Plague: A Dystopian Thriller by Scott Michael Powers

3.5

Handle With Care by R.L. Dunn

2.0

If you removed the very bad romance, halved the number of characters and made it an action story it could have been quite good. But instead it was just every character falling in love at first sight and being an idiot. Too many references to the past which weren’t needed and the beginning of the book was all over the place.
The cover of the book never fails to make me laugh!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Blood, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Excrement, Vomit, Violence, War, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, and Death

A Captain's Duty: The true story that inspired the major film, Captain Phillips by Richard Phillips, Richard Phillips

adventurous emotional inspiring tense fast-paced

5.0

Very well written, the story kept moving no filler added 

Forgotten English by Jeffrey Kacirk

informative lighthearted medium-paced

4.5

Very interesting, nice short passages that don’t go into too much detail.

Bang!: The Complete History of the Universe by Patrick Moore, Brian May, Chris Lintott

challenging informative slow-paced

4.25

Very informative and well written, I could understand most of it but parts were difficult to get my head round.

Washington Black by Esi Edugyan

adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Well written but there were lots of coincidences and I have no idea if the ending was supposed to mean something…

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Slavery, Abandonment, and Fire/Fire injury

A.L.I.V.E. by R.D. Brady

adventurous tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

Lots of action but it never got boring, I wanted to know what happened next.

The English Civil War: A People's History by Diane Purkiss

informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

Overall very interesting, there were a few chapters which were a struggle to get through.
Well written for the average non historian to understand.