⭐⭐⭐⭐ Burning Midnight by Will McIntosh was a really enjoyable read, and one that managed to keep me interested pretty much from beginning to end. It's got an interesting premise, some great ideas, and, perhaps most importantly, it knows how to keep things moving without making you feel as though you're being dragged from one … Continue reading A Colourful Concept with a Few Rough Edges
⭐⭐⭐⭐ I was with Creature for most of the book. Hunter Shea does a great job of grounding the horror in something painfully human, and that gives the story a very different feel from what I expected going into it. That said, there were definitely stretches where I felt the story was going in circles, … Continue reading A Creeping Dread That Slowly Gets Under Your Skin
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I went into Fruit Fly by Josh Silver knowing very little about it, and I genuinely think that’s the best way to read this book. I’d seen it mentioned a few times, knew people were raving about it, and had a vague idea of the premise, but I wasn’t prepared for just how dark, … Continue reading When Someone Else’s Life Becomes Your Story
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I knew going into The Shepherd’s Crown that this one was going to be difficult. Not because I expected it to be a bad book, but because I knew what it represented. This is the final Discworld novel. The last time Terry Pratchett would take us there, and, for me, the end of a … Continue reading Not Quite Finished, Still Wonderful – A Final Visit to an Extraordinary World
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ After being pretty disappointed with Snuff, I went into Raising Steam hoping it would feel like Discworld getting back to its usual self, and thankfully, it really did. This felt much more like the Pratchett I love: funny, clever, warm, slightly ridiculous, and packed with observations about people and society without ever forgetting that … Continue reading Full Steam Ahead: Discworld Back on Track
⭐⭐ I really didn’t expect to be giving a Rivers of London book two stars, but here we are. I’ve enjoyed this series for a long time, and even when some of the previous books haven’t quite hit the heights of the best entries, there’s always been enough there to keep me invested. The characters, … Continue reading Bare This, Bare That, Barely Finished It
⭐⭐⭐ Snuff is, unfortunately, my lowest-rated Discworld book so far. Giving a Discworld novel three stars feels strangely harsh because even a weaker Terry Pratchett book still has plenty going for it. There are funny moments, some great observations, familiar characters I love spending time with, and flashes of that Pratchett brilliance that makes Discworld … Continue reading Even Discworld Has an Off Day
⭐⭐⭐⭐ I’ll admit, I wasn’t completely sold on I Shall Wear Midnight when I first started it. I went into this one expecting to enjoy it because it’s Terry Pratchett, it’s Discworld, and it’s another Tiffany Aching story, but for quite a while I found myself wondering where exactly the book was going. It felt … Continue reading A Slow Start, But a Great Discworld Finish
⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Haunted Forest Tour is exactly what it promises to be. The premise is wonderfully ridiculous in the best possible way: after a portal opens up and unleashes countless monsters into a forest, the government does the only sensible thing they apparently can think of and turns it into a tourist attraction. Visitors climb … Continue reading A Wild Ride Through Monster-Filled Mayhem
⭐⭐⭐⭐ I had a really good time with Whistle. Linwood Barclay has always been great at writing fast-paced thrillers that are difficult to put down, and while this one leans much more into horror than some of his previous work, it still has that same page-turning quality. I found myself saying I'd read just one … Continue reading Creepy, Compelling and Hard to Put Down
