I saw the advertisement for the TV show for this book, and I seem to recognize the main actress, so when I saw the book in Kindle, I thought I would give the book a read. Such a superficial reason, right? Yes, lately I seem to choose books to read based on what I see,…
It’s been a long while since I read a book from Stephen King, and although I liked and respected his writings, I can’t get in much with the horror themes for most of his books. This book has some ‘scary’ part but for the most part of it, it is a mix of fantasy, fiction…
I’ve just finished reading the first book from the Wheel of Time and it was a disappointment. I went to read the reviews to find a confirmation bias, and sure enough when I filtered the one star reviews, I found some that agreed my view, that the book was too bogged down in details. There…
I’ve been doing work recently and felt that the time allocated to me has been too short. It felt like there was not enough time to read all the background material and produce a result from it. But since the work was required soon, I changed my mindset and just set on producing a document,…
I feel cheated. I thought at first this was a war story, but then it became a love story, before in the end it becomes a whole mess of loose ends. It is a great book though and it has a great story with complex events and characters, especially more interesting as it shows a…
This is a review of the trilogy, covering the three books. Don’t get me wrong, the books are both short, but I am a bit lazy and I don’t think I need to write three reviews for the trilogy. The books tell the story of Arthur and his knights, in a ‘realistic’ way. I say…
This book is short. Too short I think, and if I hadn’t known better, I would have thought that it is just one of those hacks where the writer just plucks anecdotes and send it out to print. But I know the author and has seen a Netflix series about his books, so I understand…
I like Lee Child’s writing. The sentences are short and curt and the dialogue are quite smart, without being too scripted. The book seems real enough. The problem is however with the storyline. Spoiler Alert. Jack Reacher is supposedly roped in to ‘help’ FBI with an investigation, where the serial killer targets ex-army who suffered…
This is a short children’s book but I thought I would review it here mostly so that I can look back in the future. I like the book. It tells the story about Robert, who thinks his angry teacher, is a monster. But upon one afternoon accidentally spending time with her in the park, he…
A Jack Reacher series. I really like the first book, where the author, Lee Child, introduced a no-nonsense character that’s willing to bend things to uphold ‘justice’. That character was Jack Reacher. He was also methodical and thorough, always taking precautions and stacking odds on his side. It was entertaining and in certain ways, insightful….
