Mr. Gaiman is one of those adventurous creators who sees no reason why his tales shouldn’t embrace slapstick comedy, mystical musings, and the grimmest collection of serial killers this side of death row.–Clive Barker in the Introduction to The Sandman Vol.2: The Doll’s House Is there a way I can give this 6 stars? Holy guacamole this was a fun book. There was all that stuff and more in these gems. Dream discovers that there are some denizens of his realm that have gone missing […]
The first half of this book is a joke, the second half is pretty okay, actually.
This book is an unholy mess of contradictions and swirling tide pools of unnecessary words. So, there are one of two ways this review could go: 1) I think of every single criticism I can that bothered me while reading this book and I write them all down until the review balloons up to the size of a small baby elephant (which is a pretty big size for a review), also including the things I think it did right as well; or 2) I take the […]
Sometimes your world must get turned upside down for you to truly see yourself
Thanks to the fine folks at BookBub, I got the Kindle edition of this book for free last spring. Part of my quest with this Cannonball Read was to try out new genres and forms, so this book, the first in the Airship Racing Chronicles, fits the Steampunk bill. And you know, it was kinda fun. As the book opens, Lily Starship and her airship crew are flying over London, racing in the Airship Grand Prix. After a thrilling finish, in which they disappointingly come in second, […]
Hold me closer, tiny dancer
I’m not sure what “Sloe Ride” title of Rhys Ford’s new book is referring to, but that’s a small quibble for an otherwise generally enjoyable book. It’s number 4 in The Sinners series, and while I was able to follow it without too much effort, I think I would’ve enjoyed it more if I’d read books 1-3 first. There were enough references to recurring characters and earlier occurrences that made it pretty clear I should’ve already known these secondary (in this book) storylines. They are […]