While I was initially confused about the genre of this book — I went into thinking it was horror because I confused John Scalzi with Jon Lindqvist (in my defense the cover of Let the Right One In looks a LOT like Lock In’s — and they’re both named John/Jon) — once I realized it was sci-fi, not horror, I really enjoyed it. In fact, I feel like I need to read some more of this guy’s work because I rarely read sci-fi anymore, despite the fact that I […]
Really only about 10% of this has to do with the damn painting
Wow, this book was long. And it took a long time to read — even long books don’t usually take me more than a few evenings and I feel like I spent two damn weeks with this one. And while I enjoyed it most of it, I feel like it 1. Could have been a hell of a lot shorter without affecting things too much and 2. Was not really what I expected (much more teenage angst, much less art-related heists). “You can look at […]
Redeems itself by the end (much like Hook himself)
Lisa Jensen’s Alias Hook take a loooong time to get going — she’s quite the fan of flowery writing, and it began to make me crazy after a bit. I had less interest in Hook’s past than his present and future. But once Stella Parrish arrives, things go from barely tolerable to quite interesting and I flew through the last 1/4 of the book, eager to see the ending. “He has youth and innocence on his side, and the heartlessness that comes with them. I have only […]
Another winner by Liane Moriarty
Ah, Liane Moriarty redeems herself after the quite terrible The Hypnotist’s Love Story with the stellar The Husband’s Secret. It’s very twisty and interesting and even though I figured out “the secret” pretty quickly, she spends just as much time discussing the repercussion as she does the secret itself, so it stays fascinating until the end. And man, are there repercussions. “None of us ever know all the possible courses our lives could have and maybe should have taken. It’s probably just as well. Some secrets are meant […]