Richard

Audible Listen

I saw the film and liked it, so I listened to the book again, which is brilliant.

Audible Listen

Bloated, plodding and overly complex. After the near perfection of the earlier books in the series, I found this very disappointing. I’m sad to say this is my last outing with Carl

Kindle Read

Still a thrilling story, but compared to earlier books in the series this was very much a linear progression of one main storyline. Previously there’d been 5 or 6 main arterial storylines with many tributaries diverting off. Usually the second half of the book was all the storylines climaxing together. I remember reading some of them and celebrating when I got to a new chapter to see it was a ‘bob’ chapter.

Audible Listen

When I die, I want someone to speak my death in this way - warts and all. Very interesting ideas about alien life, but I feel the story of Jane could have been better resolved.

Audible Listen

This is the first book I listened to with the whole family (including my 10 year old son). We all enjoyed it together and often analysed it in coffee shops. Reading is usually such a personal journey, so doing it together was a bit of a revelation. We’ve now started book 2 together (61 hours long!)

Audible Listen

Such a great production with multiple actors giving great performances. I really loved this one, and listening in huge chunks. Will pick up more by the same author

Audible Listen

I loved the first book, but really struggled here. There were parts of it that shone like the first, but too few. I may continue the series at some point, but will take a break for now.

Kindle Read

Each time I finish one of these books I always think, “the next one won’t be as interesting since all the story lines I’m most invested in are now resolved”, but I keep being proved wrong. And for this very reason, I’m moving straight onto the next one!

Audible Listen

I took this one on pure recommendation and knew nothing of the story, and I’m glad it was that way. It’s a surprising book. I was rooting for the lead the whole way. I’m going to go straight onto the next in the series.

Kindle Read

No surprises here. The book was building to the inevitable end from the very beginning. However, the second half of the book was great and I devoured it in a few days.

Audible Listen

It is bleak, but a story about how humans treat each other when they’ve lost everything is always going to be bleak. I loved the relationship between father and son (especially at the beginning when there’s still some hope). This book makes me want to be a better father.

Audible listen

Micheal Urie has the perfect voice for Marcellus. These were my favourite sections of the story

Audible Listen

I’m a fan of the character after reading the Mr Mercedes trilogy. However, this book expects you to have read all the books from the Holly universe and there are multiple references to other cases the characters have previously worked on. I will go back and fill in some of the blanks.

Fans of Holly and of the author will love this.