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I was excited to read a fantasy book set in a Chinese based culture rather than the usual European culture found in most fantasy books. However I couldn't get past a certain event that happens early in the book, and was clearly going to have ongoing effects on the character. The descriptions are very evocative, which probably didn't help me in this case. And I could see the book turning into a great read.

I found this too difficult to follow. I don't think the artwork, or the panel scene choices helped to make this a coherent plot

Invaluable. I've always been terrified of this subject, and it took me two attempts to go through this book, but it is so well told and knowing it has a “happy ending” that it was well worth paying through my personal discomfort to gain the information and most importantly lived experience this book offers

Contains some useful tips but is very consumerist. Some of the advice seems to be to get rid of stuff for the sake of getting rid of it because you can always but it again later. While that may be true, it's also very wasteful. There is a balance between the two.
I'm also not a fan of the idea of thanking my possessions for doing their job, it's ridiculous

This is the closest description of panic attacks to my experiences I've ever read (scarily so). Whilst the second half of the book was fairly familiar in terms of treatments/etc, the first half was perfect for me.

I was initially put off by the tagline of Pride and Prejudice with Dragons, but this captured the regency novel feel really well without getting bogged down in the posturing

A good follow up to Dreadnought. Some of the characters are basically caricatures, I suppose that fits in with the comic book feel of the setting. I do think Greywytch was too much though, and found it unbelievable that Danny's presence would drive her to take the action she did. Looking forward to book three

this started out well, but quickly became repetitive. At one point he was just listing recipes at me.
Don't read this if you are looking for an in-depth analysis of why Denmark scores so highly in happiest countries. While there are some insights, they are few and far between

Read in less than two days

I haven't read a book as quickly as this one for quite some time. The plot drew me in straight away, which is a rare thing, and it just kept building.
I am not good at writing reviews, but if you enjoy fun vampire stories, this is definitely for you

Ah nostalgia; loved these as a kid

I was expecting to be disappointed with this Myfanwy is not the main character, but Felicity and Odette make up for it. Great, fun read

I'm being generous giving this 5 stars, it's more of a 4, but given how quickly I readit (I only started last night) I clearly enjoyed it. This reminded me of Sookie Stackhouse novels in style, as it was quite light, and the letters mechanism doesn't stand up to too much scrutiny within the plot, but are a good storytelling device.
A fun read, and I'm planning to read the next book

Very light given the subject matter, particularly once you get past the revelation near the beginning, but a fun read

Loved rereading this, but this time as the audiobook. The narrator got the tone perfectly and I burst out laughing several times (not ideal when walking along the street...)

I think I might just like this more than “the long way to a small angry planet”. Totally different style; whilst I sometimes found the switches between viewpoints frustrating, that was simply because I wanted to stay in that viewpoint for longer.

Listened to this via audiobook - definitely the way to go as Hannah narrates it herself (would be weird for a memoir to be read by anyone other than the subject). You can hear the emotion in her voice during the especially difficult memories and that adds to the reader experience.

More of a 4 star, but gets an extra 1 for the series overall. I especially like that Ning was everything her parents deserved

Read this as it was the banging book club pick for last month and they gave it rave reviews. Really similar to Silver which I read a few years ago and also loved, but this one has the added element of Sophie Stones' book and therefore of privacy after death. It's made me think about various biographies I've read and wonder how their subjects would feel about a book being written about them - and particularly I'm questioning whether I should ever read the book about Billy Tipton which clearly inspired this book and I've always planned to read.

I need to read this again when there is less going on around me as I missed quite a lot through distraction.

Right now I hate this book - how dare it finish like that! Need the next one now :)

Fun read, nice to read something that's not SFF and doesn't require any world building

I really wish I'd listened to the first book as well. the narration adds so much to this series for me

I liked this well enough, it just felt lacking in some way. Once the stone appeared in the story, it felt like things happened very quickly with no time to process it - though that could be because I listened to it and it wasn't holding my attention for processing.
I like the world building so would pick up the second book for that alone - kind of similar to The Long Earth series with Kel as the only stepper, and magic :)

I can see the Firefly comparison

Definitely a book which shows its age; I've not read a lot of classic science fiction, but what I have read seems to be quite shallow in terms of character development and this book is the same. I actually thought during the last plot arc that this could have made quite an entertaining film, because films can get away with less characterisation. Overall, a decent plot, decent world building, and a mildly enjoyable read.