I'm addicted to these books.
I read the rest of the series first before getting to this one and I think that's the best way to do it, these books on their own aren't the best, they're not quite as good as the rest, but if you get to love the character first then they give you the back story that the main series only hints to.
I read the rest of the series first before getting to this one and I think that's the best way to do it, these books on their own aren't the best, they're not quite as good as the rest, but if you get to love the character first then they give you the back story that the main series only hints to.
Just one thing to say - can we have more Abigail, please, Mr Aaronovitch? Maybe her own series?
Affortunato creates a very convincing and all too possible future for us that brings to mind the greats in the genre - sometime Fahrenheit 451, at others 1984 and occasionally Brave New World. Highly recommended.
One of my favourite books of all time, I've read it 4 or 5 times now. Highly recommended for any geek.
A pleasant little short story but nothing very deep or too fulfilling.
It is not often that a book actively makes me want to stop doing anything else in order to read it but this was one of them, I thoroughly enjoyed it, even though I don't read romance or erotic novels normally. Speaking of which, don't be put off by its possible status as an "erotic" novel, there's almost more sex in a Wilbur Smith or Peter F Hamilton book.
Very enjoyable and very easy to read.
Very enjoyable and very easy to read.
A great continuation to the tale that incorporates some great new characters in tantalising situations. Highly recommended!
Very addictive, read it so quickly!
I got very invested in the characters and really started to care about what happened to them. A very good read.
I got very invested in the characters and really started to care about what happened to them. A very good read.
One of the best books in the series in my opinion, we get to find out about some characters that we have only heard about before in a great setting.
Keeps you hooked and wanting more, a great continuation to the series.
Chewing gum for the mind, entertaining but devoid of real nutritional value.
Everything starts to come together so neatly and just makes you want to keep reading and find out what happens next.
A fun continuation for the series. Some fairly strong scenes but they work well within the story and aren't just there to titillate. Worth a read.
Very fun read. Even though it's not my usual genre there's more than enough to keep anyone interested.
Very hard to get into. Leckie creates a very complicated, very different world with lots of unfamiliar names and terms to confuse the reader, but eventually it starts to catch your interest and by about two thirds through the book you start to find it harder to put down.
The best in the series in my opinion. Even though the second half of the book made me uncomfortable all of the time it made me want to keep going and going and going.
I need the next book!
I need the next book!
A bit of a detour from the main series to follow a couple of the new characters we met in the last book, still great though!
I don't know what it is about this author but she always makes me want to keep reading her books, even when they're not my usual style of reading.
A very good addition to the series that tells us where everything began. A perfect introduction.
This is like a precursor to almost all YA books I've read - it's the classic fool's journey. Despite that, there are enough twists and turns to keep you interested and isn't as simple as most of the YA that you find more recently.
Original, fun and surprising. Couldn't put it down.
My first impression was that Gaiman had read "Small Gods" by Terry Pratchett and was just translating the idea to the real world. However, even if this is the case, the book takes the idea in a different direction to create a compelling tale that has little to do with Pratchett.
My only problem was that, despite only having seen adverts and not the series itself, I kept seeing Ian McShane as Wednesday... Not necessarily a bad thing, but I dislike it when TV imposes an image on me before I read a book.
My only problem was that, despite only having seen adverts and not the series itself, I kept seeing Ian McShane as Wednesday... Not necessarily a bad thing, but I dislike it when TV imposes an image on me before I read a book.
Not quite to my taste. While I like the absurd it didn't quite reach the same heights as a Philip K Dick book for example, and it felt like it didn't quite go far enough with the story that the author was trying to tell.
Having said that it was well worth the effort of reading.
Having said that it was well worth the effort of reading.
Finally got around to rereading this after about three decades... As relevant today as it was when it was written. Essential reading for crimethinkers and oldthinkers alike.
A charming and frank, if not very detailed account of the life of a spitfire pilot in the Battle of Britain.
It was good, it was interesting, but there were just too many people running around doing too many different things for me to care to much about whether they succeeded or not, so I never really felt the pull to keep reading that books often have.
Barely made it to 3*s...
Parts of the book were good and made me want to keep reading, but then invariably the chapter changed and we went back to people whose story I wasn't interested in.
And in the end it just kinda all fizzles out... If it's going to do that I at least want it to make me think, like a Philip K Dick book, but this one almost just left me thinking that I was glad it was over because I can forget about it.
Parts of the book were good and made me want to keep reading, but then invariably the chapter changed and we went back to people whose story I wasn't interested in.
And in the end it just kinda all fizzles out... If it's going to do that I at least want it to make me think, like a Philip K Dick book, but this one almost just left me thinking that I was glad it was over because I can forget about it.