Sarah

I really wanted to like this book but it was just “meh”.

Meh. Very formulaic.

It's very early Pratchett and it's hard to evaluate it on its own without thinking of Discworld.

It's getting harder and harder to write a hidden unknown world/creatures in London with the large body of work that already exists. And I was thinking that as I started this book. That said it turned out to be very enjoyable and I will definitely get the subsequent books of the series.

This was an unexpected gem! I absolutely adored this.

Phenomenal book. One of the best this year. And unlike some of the other related books I've read, this one is written by someone who understands all the physics (he's worked in the field for decades). Although he is fairly detailed about the physics, it's so well written. My only “gripe” is that this book is so information dense that I'm going to HAVE to reread this one. Oh darn!

Update: and now I have! It was just as good the second time.

Weird but good. It was like a sci-fi “Infinite Jest” in some ways.

Definitely would have benefited from another draft or two with a good editor. It's a decent story but it needed someone to weed out the old tropes like “emerald eyes” and whatnot.

Great new series.

Fun book. Glad I took a chance on it during an Audible sale.

Nice variation on the urban fantasy theme.

New Di Tregarde story! I never thought I see that.

Fascinating and scary.

Meh. Good enough to finish, not good enough to read the rest of the series.

Cool concept somewhat irritating protagonist. He's kind of repetitive in his summation of his “crappy life” and his approach to things. Not much inner progress. Probably won't get the rest of the series in audio, maybe the library.

Total utter surprise. A delightful book that started slow and then just pulled me in.

Nice use of Egyptian mythology.

This is like the Nora Robert's of UF and I mean that as a compliment. I went and bought book 2 as soon as I finished this one.

Started out well but despite some good action scenes, I just couldn't like a single one of the characters. Definitely will not be reading the rest of the series even if it is free.

This series has really grown on me.

Adorable. I want there to be more.

I like this series. Nice chunks (since it's based on newspaper columns), gentle humor, and great science.

I wanted to like this as I've always been fascinated by the Pony Express. Most of it was quite good but I'm shocked to realize that it was published in 2003. It's fairly racist in places (for example referring to Native Americans as savages). It also glorifies the taking of land for the civilized peoples (i.e. white settlers). Disappointing. Look elsewhere for your history.

Updated: I've just realized this was written by a historian who died in 1930, so unfortunately his language and attitude are par for the course for his time. It's still irritating.

Pretty dry. Definitely not a future re-listen.

This is an absolute little gem if you're interested in astronomy/NASA/relativity etc. Very very neat.