Beat the Reaper: A Novel by Josh Bazell
From the moment I started reading “Beat the Reaper”—which opens with the protagonist Dr. Peter Brown brutally, efficiently and humorously taking out a mugger, and footnotes about the fibula and how removing it doesn’t really affect a person’s ability to walk—I knew I was in for a wild [...]
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Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell - Review
The King Beyond the Gate by David Gemmell - Review
The King Beyond the Gate (Drenai Tales, Book 2) by David Gemmell
‘The King Beyond the Gate’ suffers slightly from ‘repetitive theme syndrome’ but still comes out fighting and gets more than a few hits in. Well worth a look and it’s ‘stand alone’ nature makes it a good one for the casual reader looking to [...]
The Mystery of Grace by Charles de Lint - Review
The Mystery of Grace by Charles de Lint
‘The Mystery of Grace’ is one of those books where I can quite honestly say that I’m really glad I took the time to give it a go. If this book is anything to go by then I can see myself finding more of de Lint’s work. One [...]
Fool Moon by Jim Butcher - Review
Fool Moon (The Dresden Files, Book 2) by Jim Butcher
Like I’ve just said, ‘Fool Moon’ is a comfort read but that just happened to be what I was after at a time of year when everything seems to be getting colder and a little more bleak everyday (I went out barefoot this morning, to take [...]
Raven: Blood Eye by Giles Kristian - Review
Raven: Blood Eye by Giles Kristian
While I enjoyed reading ‘Raven’, I couldn’t escape the feeling that I had read it before. Obviously I hadn’t, what with the book not being out until February next year, but there were elements that seemed overly familiar i.e. the archetypal ‘boy with a mysterious past who turns out to [...]
All the Windwracked Stars by Elizabeth Bear - Review
All the Windwracked Stars by Elizabeth Bear
I was also left wondering at times just what sort of a book ‘All the Windwracked Stars’ was setting itself up as. I’ve got nothing against sex in books provided it does something for the plot, there was a fair bit of sex here but all of it arose [...]
The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson - Review
The Well of Ascension (Mistborn, Book 2) by Brandon Sanderson
‘The Well of Ascension’ improves upon what is set out in ‘Mistborn’ and promises good things to come from ‘The Hero of Ages’, a series that is so far proving to be well worth picking up.
Eight and a Quarter out of Ten
Graeme’s Fantasy Book Review: ‘The [...]
Crimson by Gord Rollo - Review
Crimson by Gord Rollo
Evil stalked the streets of Dunnville in a night of terror that people don’t like to talk about, if they’ll even admit that it happened at all. Years have passed since that day but a chance encounter (that has nothing to do with chance) is about to signal the return of the [...]
Ravensoul by James Barclay - Review
Ravensoul (Legends of the Raven 4) by James Barclay
‘Ravensoul’ is a more than fitting finale to a series that I’ve really enjoyed. Fans will love it; newcomers to the series could read this on its own (as there’s plenty of ‘what has gone before’ filler type stuff) but would be advised to start on ‘Dawnthief’ [...]
The Queen of Stone by Keith Baker - Review
The Queen of Stone: Thorn of Breland by Keith Baker
‘The Queen of Stone’ was an odd one for me. It wasn’t badly written as such, it just never really got going. Fans of Keith Baker (or the Eberron books in general) may end up getting a lot out of ‘The Queen of Stone’, this just [...]
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