Chris

I love the movie, and I really enjoyed this book. The law school characterization - the broad strokes - is funny and pretty spot on. Law school is weird, and the weirdness is similar from school to school. I like what they took of that from the book and incorporated into the movie. I suspect, given the gobs of folks here who were 'meh' about the book - they're not picking up on the insider humor regarding law school. What can I say, you had to be there. Elle spends a lot of time skipping class - which doesn't jibe with law school (esp 1L) - but that fictional quirk works for the story and I easily forgave it. She studies and she's smart - so she's working through the material on her own time. I liked the characterization of the trial attorney also - (he's turned into a bit of a villain in the movie) - he's at a point in his career where a lot of the shine has gone off the job and he's got an idiot for a client - and that's nicely sketched out without being heavy handed. I'll add this one to my beach re-reads and will probably loan it out to my friends with JDs. Thumbs up!

I’m so bummed. This one has been on my to-read list for years. To my delight, I found it tucked away in a used bookstore. The reviews plastered all over the cover are glowing – it’s a Hugo and Nebula Award Winner! I bought it and took it home, and immediately started reading.

I am not feeling the love for this one. I really had to work to finish this rather short book. It’s not particularly funny ha ha… mildly amusing, perhaps? The world-building was interesting. The style of writing made for some confusion and heavier wading than I was expecting. The pacing is weird – then I figured out it was published in serial form, so I could forgive some of that oddness. And, it’s a product of its time – so it’s just so very many many men (even the aliens are men) and the two women that crop up either are either the sex interest or in need of being rescued.

Murderbot rejoins the team from book #1 to help them out of a sticky situation. It's another fun quick read. I like the shortness of these little novellas - but am ready for something more 'feature length' in the form of a full-on novel.

This has been on my to read list for a few decades. I probably should have read it back in the '80s when the 1960s scifi/fantasy misogyny wouldn't have bothered me so much.

The book is a series of vignettes. Some are better than others. Some are a little hard to follow because of the dated style of the writing. Interesting concept that doesn't really get into the moral decision of how Helva came to be wired into the mainframe of a ship and encased in a titanium tube. I really liked the world building in the first vignette. I found the vignette involving the actors extremely hard to follow - this section really dragged for me.

Happy to check this one off of my to read list. Enjoyed it... I was entertained...but I'm not going to continue with the series.

I enjoyed this - but it's not my favorite in the series.

Flavia is on the cusp of transitioning into a teenager...and I'm not sure the series will survive the transition. There's so much potential here...please don't screw it up.

I dislike the annoying and unfunny cousin <s>Oliver<-s> Undine - her introduction to the series felt rather jump-the-shark and unnecessary to me. Someone needs to dispatch her to boarding school or off to other relatives.

Nancy Drew-esque high school sleuth investigates years-old crime. I kept thinking of this one as "Gidget solves a murder." I enjoyed this one more than I thought I would - some implausible scenarios, but good pacing - I couldn't put it down.