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A Study In Scarlet
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Book Fifteen.
I had not read any Sherlock Holmes before, but was very much looking forward to reading this. I wasn’t disappointed. I was laughing and smiling constantly through the first several chapters.
Basically, Holmes is a delight. He is the perfect amount of egotistical, in exactly the same way Hercule Poirot is, and i can not emphasise enough how much that endears them both to me. Holmes isn’t a braggart; he’s honest. He is smarter than you. And him, and her, and them. He isn’t afraid to compliment people, either, when it’s deserved.
I loved this book, and it took an extraordinary amount of willpower to not pick up ‘The Sign of Four’ and begin reading it immediately afterwards! Why egotistical detectives hold such a wonderful place in my heart i really don’t know.
(Longer spoiler-filled review at: marvelatwords.wordpress.com)
I had not read any Sherlock Holmes before, but was very much looking forward to reading this. I wasn’t disappointed. I was laughing and smiling constantly through the first several chapters.
Basically, Holmes is a delight. He is the perfect amount of egotistical, in exactly the same way Hercule Poirot is, and i can not emphasise enough how much that endears them both to me. Holmes isn’t a braggart; he’s honest. He is smarter than you. And him, and her, and them. He isn’t afraid to compliment people, either, when it’s deserved.
I loved this book, and it took an extraordinary amount of willpower to not pick up ‘The Sign of Four’ and begin reading it immediately afterwards! Why egotistical detectives hold such a wonderful place in my heart i really don’t know.
(Longer spoiler-filled review at: marvelatwords.wordpress.com)
2nd Jun 2013, 13:16
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Since Tomorrow
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Book Fourteen.
I loved the concept for this book. A desolate city, with the few remaining inhabitants struggling to survive and rebuild after climate change, pandemic and economic collapse decimate the world as we know it.
It starts really well, throwing the reader into this world by showing a market place where people trade bits and bobs found in the old, abandoned and ruined city for food grown by groups with farms and drugs grown by those with no motives but greed. It set the tone, introduced the characters and immersed me into the setting well.
Ultimately, this was an interesting and well told story about survival in a decimated world. I may have has issues with a few characters, but the fact that i had them means they were well written enough for me to feel something, which is always better than not feeling anything at all. The characters are what made this book for me.
(Longer spoiler-filled review at: marvelatwords.wordpress.com)
I loved the concept for this book. A desolate city, with the few remaining inhabitants struggling to survive and rebuild after climate change, pandemic and economic collapse decimate the world as we know it.
It starts really well, throwing the reader into this world by showing a market place where people trade bits and bobs found in the old, abandoned and ruined city for food grown by groups with farms and drugs grown by those with no motives but greed. It set the tone, introduced the characters and immersed me into the setting well.
Ultimately, this was an interesting and well told story about survival in a decimated world. I may have has issues with a few characters, but the fact that i had them means they were well written enough for me to feel something, which is always better than not feeling anything at all. The characters are what made this book for me.
(Longer spoiler-filled review at: marvelatwords.wordpress.com)
1st Jun 2013, 18:22
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Vertigo
While crossing The Humber Bridge.
23rd May 2013, 21:56
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Carter Beats the Devil
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Book Thirteen.
The mystery of whether Carter murdered the president or not was the one plot line i was least interested in, and with good reason, as it turned out my instant suspicions on it were correct; for me it wasn’t a mystery at all. Far more interesting was Carter’s life, his illusions and his scrapes with the Secret Services and an old rival.
I had heard that the second half of the book was disappointing, after what the first half had set in motion. I did not find this at all (thankfully). If anything, the second half was better than the first, filled with unrelenting suspense, danger and entertainment.
The only thing that was a let down for me, was the last 20 pages. They were just superfluous. I found every word boring and pointless. If i ever re-read this book, i’ll know to stop reading a few chapters early.
(Longer spoiler-filled review at: marvelatwords.wordpress.com)
The mystery of whether Carter murdered the president or not was the one plot line i was least interested in, and with good reason, as it turned out my instant suspicions on it were correct; for me it wasn’t a mystery at all. Far more interesting was Carter’s life, his illusions and his scrapes with the Secret Services and an old rival.
I had heard that the second half of the book was disappointing, after what the first half had set in motion. I did not find this at all (thankfully). If anything, the second half was better than the first, filled with unrelenting suspense, danger and entertainment.
The only thing that was a let down for me, was the last 20 pages. They were just superfluous. I found every word boring and pointless. If i ever re-read this book, i’ll know to stop reading a few chapters early.
(Longer spoiler-filled review at: marvelatwords.wordpress.com)
12th May 2013, 16:04
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The Spire
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Book Twelve.
I almost gave up on this book within in the first two chapters, but i’m glad i didn’t. It was a bit too much like a soap opera for my liking, with nothing to string the chapters together except Jocelin’s very slow descent into madness, and the drama (bullying, rivalries, affairs and family) between the characters.
In his obsessive behaviour towards the spire, and his determination to ignore everything else (the lives of the people around him, his own feelings and even his own illness), made me view Jocelin as quite one dimensional. That may be unfair, but it is how he viewed his limited world, so it is how i chose to view him.
I was disappointed that we didn’t get to see the spire fall. I was hoping Jocelin would be crushed under it; his folly truly accomplished. But i can live with the idea that Jocelin didn’t get to see it fall.
(Longer spoiler-filled review at: marvelatwords.wordpress.com)
I almost gave up on this book within in the first two chapters, but i’m glad i didn’t. It was a bit too much like a soap opera for my liking, with nothing to string the chapters together except Jocelin’s very slow descent into madness, and the drama (bullying, rivalries, affairs and family) between the characters.
In his obsessive behaviour towards the spire, and his determination to ignore everything else (the lives of the people around him, his own feelings and even his own illness), made me view Jocelin as quite one dimensional. That may be unfair, but it is how he viewed his limited world, so it is how i chose to view him.
I was disappointed that we didn’t get to see the spire fall. I was hoping Jocelin would be crushed under it; his folly truly accomplished. But i can live with the idea that Jocelin didn’t get to see it fall.
(Longer spoiler-filled review at: marvelatwords.wordpress.com)
4th May 2013, 17:07
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Geocaching
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My first one. I think i'm more excited about the idea of hiding them than i am finding them. Though having looked on the map, it's already encouraging me to visit parts of the city i haven't explored before :)
28th Apr 2013, 19:45
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We
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Book Eleven.
I appreciate that this was one of the first dystopian, totalitarian novels ever written. I appreciate that it influenced Orwell and Huxley, and without it we may never have experienced Nineteen Eighty Four and Brave New World. But. But that doesn’t mean this is a good or well written book.
Throughout the book D-503 is constantly toing and froing between his emotions and his logic, and really, it just got old very quickly. I wanted him to make his mind up and do something. His slow (slow) awakening that all may not be truly okay in the One State could have been an interesting journey to read about, but it just wasn’t. All the way to the end, he couldn’t decide what he wanted, what he believed. He couldn’t choose, and then that choice was taken away from him. And really, it was a relief to have his straighforward lack of drama back at the end, if only for two pages.
(Longer spoiler-filled review at: marvelatwords.wordpress.com)
I appreciate that this was one of the first dystopian, totalitarian novels ever written. I appreciate that it influenced Orwell and Huxley, and without it we may never have experienced Nineteen Eighty Four and Brave New World. But. But that doesn’t mean this is a good or well written book.
Throughout the book D-503 is constantly toing and froing between his emotions and his logic, and really, it just got old very quickly. I wanted him to make his mind up and do something. His slow (slow) awakening that all may not be truly okay in the One State could have been an interesting journey to read about, but it just wasn’t. All the way to the end, he couldn’t decide what he wanted, what he believed. He couldn’t choose, and then that choice was taken away from him. And really, it was a relief to have his straighforward lack of drama back at the end, if only for two pages.
(Longer spoiler-filled review at: marvelatwords.wordpress.com)
25th Apr 2013, 19:08
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