Now that Bingo is over, I’m getting around to reviewing all the books I read this summer and autumn that didn’t fit into Bingo Squares. One of my favourites–an unexpected favourite–was The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle (or, as I believe it is called in the US, The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle). When I found the link on Amazon, it was rated #1 for science fiction. I don’t think that’s an apt comparison, however, because part of the charm of this book is that it […]
Hold On To Your Hats, Turns Out I’m Mad
To say that this book is inelegant with the subjects it attempts to deal with is putting it kindly: this novel is obnoxious and gross. I don’t even remember how I first became aware of it, but I remember reading a synopsis and thinking, “that can’t be right?” I was baffled as to how it would work, and thought I certainly wouldn’t like it. But curiosity got the best of me (oh, also the author stating that people should read it before criticizing it, due […]
You really should read this one!
A surprisingly powerful book. I read this book a few years ago and for some reason I didn’t enjoy it much. However I had some friends read it recently and tell me how much they enjoyed it, so I figured I should read it again. And yes, I enjoyed it a lot more this time. I have no idea why I didn’t like it last time, my only reason might have been how detailed and wordy it is. The book focuses on a small […]
“You can’t just go around hurting and killing people like that.” “Why not?” asks Tupra.
I honestly wasn’t sure if I was going to continue reading this series after the first book. It’s one of those book that is incredibly intense, complex, erudite, interesting, audacious, and fantastical in a lot of ways. But it also felt like once I read one of the books, I felt like I had read all three. And in a way, I think I am right. By the end of the third book, some 1250 pages into the whole project, I am not sure what […]