What are you reading?

[KiramidHead]

Drood by Dan Simmons

So far I'm getting that Dickens was kind of a prick.

[Gentleman Death]

Little Star by John Lindqvist....

.... This was an interesting book as it starts out amazing and by the time you reach the end, you feel like you've read three different books and wish the author would've stuck with the first half.

The first two hundred pages or so, I was pretty engaged to the story. I really like the atmosphere and character development of Lennart, Leila, Jerry and ultimately Theres.

But what derailed it, for me, was the introduction to the next main character, Teressa. Now, I really like how the author went in to such detail of her story and how we end up where we do with her, but it was very hard for me to really care all that much.

I wanted to know more about what was going on with Theres, how she ended up in the forest, why she is the way she is, etc. That was why I continued and finished this book and was definitely dissatisfied. I feel like the book turned into a YA novel and about 450 pages into it, I was ready to be done.

I enjoyed the writing style and for those first 200 or so pages. There was some interesting things after the first half of the book that were fine, but sifting through 300+ more pages to get through them was not worth it.

[AliceApocalypse]

Little Star by John Lindqvist....

.... This was an interesting book as it starts out amazing and by the time you reach the end, you feel like you've read three different books and wish the author would've stuck with the first half.

The first two hundred pages or so, I was pretty engaged to the story. I really like the atmosphere and character development of Lennart, Leila, Jerry and ultimately Theres.

But what derailed it, for me, was the introduction to the next main character, Teressa. Now, I really like how the author went in to such detail of her story and how we end up where we do with her, but it was very hard for me to really care all that much.

I wanted to know more about what was going on with Theres, how she ended up in the forest, why she is the way she is, etc. That was why I continued and finished this book and was definitely dissatisfied. I feel like the book turned into a YA novel and about 450 pages into it, I was ready to be done.

I enjoyed the writing style and for those first 200 or so pages. There was some interesting things after the first half of the book that were fine, but sifting through 300+ more pages to get through them was not worth it.

Thank you for the honesty, I hate getting started into a read; only to find that it wasn't worth the time.

I have a few favorite authors and was really excited for a new book from one, and I couldn't even finish the first 5 chapters.  Predictable and boring, what a real disappointment.

[Gentleman Death]

Little Star by John Lindqvist....

.... This was an interesting book as it starts out amazing and by the time you reach the end, you feel like you've read three different books and wish the author would've stuck with the first half.

The first two hundred pages or so, I was pretty engaged to the story. I really like the atmosphere and character development of Lennart, Leila, Jerry and ultimately Theres.

But what derailed it, for me, was the introduction to the next main character, Teressa. Now, I really like how the author went in to such detail of her story and how we end up where we do with her, but it was very hard for me to really care all that much.

I wanted to know more about what was going on with Theres, how she ended up in the forest, why she is the way she is, etc. That was why I continued and finished this book and was definitely dissatisfied. I feel like the book turned into a YA novel and about 450 pages into it, I was ready to be done.

I enjoyed the writing style and for those first 200 or so pages. There was some interesting things after the first half of the book that were fine, but sifting through 300+ more pages to get through them was not worth it.

Thank you for the honesty, I hate getting started into a read; only to find that it wasn't worth the time.

I have a few favorite authors and was really excited for a new book from one, and I couldn't even finish the first 5 chapters.  Predictable and boring, what a real disappointment.

...Yeah, it's a shame because it started out with such a bang and I really don't mind reading such extensive books. But the payoff was pretty weak. But I do like his writing style and still want to check out Handling the Undead...

The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum....

...I knew what I was getting into before I started this book, I'd read some reviews and grasped what was ahead of me which was good, as this book isn't intended for a 'enjoyable' read. Almost like watching one of those series you see on TV about despicable crimes except this time, your mind creates the images from the authors description of the events and wonders.

I'm glad that the sole focus of the book wasn't on what happened to Meg and her sister, Susan. But incorporates a first hand narrative from the boy next door, David. It was interesting to read his thinking at the beginning of these girls getting abused as he puts himself in the curious and victim blaming category. Luckily he does start realizing that things aren't right and try's to fix things. Although there were times I found it hard that he'd sit, watch and wanted to see where it went...but who knows.

I think if the book didn't incorporate more of his first hand account and some of the history with neighbors then this could've been a straight up Hostel type of book.

This is a different type of book as it's not about monsters, the supernatural, aliens or some unspeakable force from the grave, but real life people doing real life horrible things to a young girl for no reason other than to see what happens next...Not for the faint of heart.

[kwisatz]

The Forever War


rIdLeYs nExT fIlM jajaja

[Immortan Jonesy]

Cool read.

rIdLeYs nExT fIlM jajaja

The man is a national treasure 

"I will tell you why – it's all the things you just said and the fact that I had these epic Monopoly battles with my family when I was young" ~ Ridley Scott

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[Gentleman Death]

The Fishermen by John Langlan...

...What an odd book this was, in a good way though. I knew little to nothing going into this book which was probably a good thing, however, I would also like to let anyone else who decides to read this know that the first part of this book is kinda hard to get through. It's slow...and honestly, the main character of Abe is boring. But once you get past that first 60 pages or so, the story jumps out at you.

It was nice to read a book that seems to have placed itself into several genres that the author was able to wrap into one. Now, it can be disjointed at time, but it's still very much worth the read.

Parts horror, folklore, cosmic horror, you don't know how to classify this book which makes it pretty cool. You'll want to go fishing in search of odd fisherman tales of magic, leviathans and nymphs, but want to stay away for the same reason. I promise you'll never look at casting a rod and wonder what's at the end of the line the same again.

[Ingwar]

First Person Singular, a collection of eight stories by Haruki Murakami.

[Kradan]

Das Kapital

[𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔈𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔥 𝔓𝔞𝔰𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔯]

A book on capitalism?

[Kradan]

Yes. We must know our enemy\s strengths and weaknesses

[Eighty-Five]

It's a 26 year old book. Well-worn as you can see. Reading it again for the first time in a decade.

[Ingwar]

Yes. We must know our enemy\s strengths and weaknesses

Better read Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty. It's more contemporary.

[KiramidHead]

Still working on Drood, but things have gotten f**king nuts these past few chapters.

[Kradan]

Yes. We must know our enemy\s strengths and weaknesses

Better read Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty. It's more contemporary.

I'll read it as soon as our wise and can-do-no-wrong censorship approves it