Christmas 2010: I realised that I had got stuck in a rut. I was re-reading old favourites again and again, waiting for a few trusted authors to release new works. Something had to be done.On the spur of the moment I set myself a challenge, to read every book to have won the Locus Sci-Fi award. That’...
Originally reviewed here.Why I Read It: Initially I wanted to read this because I was attracted to the pretty cover. But then I started digging a bit and found quite a few glowing reviews for it from bloggers I trust and have similar tastes with. My brother went on a book-buying spree a few years ag...
Started off slow, but I fully realize that was a miscalibration with the story compatibility recognizer. I don't really do the mother-hen story line, and I often get the urge to slap headstrong teenage boys. I started this on vacation in NYC, and we just weren't getting along. Plus, NYC is all busy ...
I listened to the audiobook. There are two narrators, and they switch back and forth whe the point of view changes. So... this book. It was ok. The premise was really interesting - it's a mish mash of western, steampunk, and zombies. Unfortunately, the characters themselves are pretty dull, and...
I know I'm missing something, and maybe I should have gone more than a third through this little adventure, but I was getting zero enjoyment out of this. I'm not in the mood to be patient and if your characters really must insist on speculating about what if General Jackson had died in Chancellorsvi...
This had all the fundamentals for being a wonderful book: solid writing, an intriguing premise, a unique steampunk fantasy setting, several strong female characters, richly detailed alternative history and zombies. This should have been awesome. The novel is set in an alternate version of late 19th ...
I should point out that I'm not a zombie fan. I'm really not. I don't like decomposing body parts in my food or on my carpet. I know, I'm zombist.So I can understand if you really like zombies how you might not like this book because while there are zombies, they are not starring members of the c...
The good parts: this book paints with vivid imagery a unique and memorable alternate history; Priest's vision of an alternate Seattle stayed with me. I liked that it was steampunk set in America; most others do tend to be European. The characters were somewhat complex; their very irrationalities wer...
Der Erfinder Leviticus Blue hat im Seattle des Jahres 1863 eine Maschine entwickelt, mit der er dem russischen Zar ermöglichen will, riesige Goldadern unter dem Boden Alaskas abzubauen. Doch der erste Test der Maschine geht schrecklich schief und zerstört die halbe Stadt. Darüber hinaus sickert nun ...
I almost liked Boneshaker enough to give it a 4 star rating--I'd probably give it 3.5. I thought that the action was pretty repetitive, and there were some ambiguities that I would have liked to have answered a bit better than they were. The book was entertaining, though, and at some point I reach...
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