The finale to the Legend series basically makes everyone sick. It’s like a goddamn Victorian plague novel where everyone’s got f–king tuberculosis. It’s just too big to fit into the last book, and it suffers because of it. And then the ultimate ending feels like a cheat and then a double cheat. John Green already wrote the book on teenage angsty illness romance. Better luck next time.
gimme a match
Okay, so I haven’t been reading so much this week. I got caught up in Witnesses, the French mini series that came out on Netflix this week. That was pretty awesome. Go check it out. Then I found a Danish show that was intriguing. And I haven’t been listening to my books on tape because I’m getting chased by zombies now during my morning walks and runs (Zombies,Run! by Six to Start. Soooooo much fun!). So this morning I borrowed/downloaded this book for free and […]
You Got Herd
Kathryn Dance may be a lesser spin-off of Deaver’s excellent Lincoln Rhyme series, but that doesn’t detract from Deaver pitching a good story. From a serial killer who uses crowd panic to cause stampede murders, to a wave of hate crimes, to a task force fighting a drug pipeline from Mexico to LA to San Fran, there’s a lot of good threads woven here. I figured everything out off the bat. Only to discover the Deaver had totally bamboozled me in the best possible way. […]
Killabytes
The Laundry files takes on vampires. Vampires are number two behind zombies on the “Oh, Goddammit, Come ON” list because everyone’s doing them and there are backlashes to the backlashes to the backlashes. Somehow, Stross finds a mathemagical way to work the mythos, and it totally works. Not just that, but the repercussions through the story as a result are startling and devastating. I’m even more eager for book six coming out in a few months.