Kritikak eta Iruzkinak

Being new to Grisham, I'm again impressed by his character development. You do get the expected legal procedural and also get interesting characters. Even though they're 'ambulance chasers' and a bit sleazy, I wanted to hear about them.

The pace is a bit clunky in the middle but still an entertaining book.

I found this book from 1993 in a local little library. The power went out that night in an intense desert storm, so I started reading by phone light. I finished in one sitting.

It's very well written with simple, unobstructed prose. The words get out of the way so you can experience the emotional journey. You will definitely cry on this one, but it will be cathartic.

I want to pedal around in a double-decker bike with a robot.

There's some scientific explanation but it's needed for the story, so it's well done. You also get to emotionally bond with the characters, which is rare in the 'harder' sci-fi. Very enjoyable.

Although the book has a little bit of exposition along the way, the idea is just too good. I'll read the next one too.

By the way, the idea is just like the series says: a monk and a robot.

The emotions in this one are tough, not harsh, but difficult. And difficult, when done with love, can be satisfying.

As a character. Not in a sexual way.

I'm hooked on these books. Bardugo's style is perfect. The world is open for another too!

You get such a sense of the reality of the people in this book. They're alive and annoying and curious and beautiful.

I just can't recommend this book. The premise is interesting and the plot structure kept me curious. But the constant recapping and sophomoric relationships killed it. I just didn't care by the end.

I probably should've read other reviews first, but a book about maps! Too bad.

The book has great characters you get to know well, like most Irving novels. He also explores some new main themes in skiing and LGBTQ+ issues.

But he repeats a bit too much, annoyingly. And I know of no other author that gets so hung up on his secondary themes. It's like Irving bingo. See if any of these ring a bell: author protagonist, Austria-love, a super short man, hotel fixations, wrestling!, a hint of incest, boarding school... It's got 'em all. Also, make sure you like reading screenplays; there's a few interlaced in the narrative.

Others didn't hit with me.

Another fun little story, this time in the 'normal' world under a different setting.

The short nature of these novels (novellas? novelettes?) gives a succinctness to the stories. They're in and out without dwelling or nostalgia.

You get to see a battle in this one. A quick view back into another world.

Really good though. I'm still enjoying the different worlds of the series.