Yamato

Glorious post apocalyptic optimism that is much better than The Road 

Mediocre, but I still have some fondness for it because nostalgia is one hell of a drug 

Holden definitely isn't a good person, but he is one of the most interesting characters in literature - every page is dedicated to making this lost, deeply lonely soul feel real. Can definitely see why this is life changing for so many people; your enjoyment of the book is heavily contingent on your enjoyment of Holden though 

Kind of brilliant? The protagonist isn't a good person, but her actions are entirely believable because we're given her entire thought processes as she digs herself deeper and deeper into literary hell 

Really powerful, well researched nonfiction narrative, but the sections detailing sports legislation are so painfully dull 

A grandiose, cinematic, and ambitious graphic novel - perhaps it falters because of this ambition, but Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale gave it a good fucking shot 

Deserter is a series of manga short stories written early on in Junji Ito's career. 
Junji Ito would go on to become one of the most famous and celebrated manga authors of all time, and it's clear why he became a legend from the very start. 
While most of the anthology is relatively weak with dull, boring concepts and pretty bad pacing, the entire anthology is thoroughly enjoyable with Junji Ito's
superb artwork. And when Deserter works, it really works, with the titular “Deserter” short story being an all time great. 

  Our Wives Under The Sea is not a love story. It is a story about love. It???s about how beautiful love is, how precious all of the little moments spent together are, how you come to learn your lover???s charming quirks and eccentricities. These romantic asides aren???t built into the story for the romance though: They???re built into the story to juxtapose against the harsh coldness between the lovers only a few months later, because in that time, one of them was supposed to be on an oceanic exploration for a few weeks but returned a few months later a completely changed person. It???s not so much the horror it???s advertised as, but rather the aftermath of horror. Both of the protagonists are pushed to their emotional extremes, but refuse to let go of each other. Our Wives Under The Sea is not a love story, it is a story about how fragile love seems and also about how strong it really is, a portrait of a marriage in the face of tragedy, an ode to the seemingly insignificant moments still remembered years later. In a tight 220 pages, Our Wives Under The Sea is a devastating, powerful novel that remains compulsively readable throughout with exceptionally poetic prose and some truly clever chapter breaks (you???ll know what I mean when you see them). 

I deeply respect this book and Le Guin but this book is a slog to get through 

Immersive, beautiful world and prose occasionally shattered by an incredibly overpowered main character who gets through every problem with his plot armor.

Concise, briskly paced, exciting narrative. It is absolutely a breath of fresh air reading this after The Stormlight Archive. 

Rather solid science fiction 

Supporting characters aren't quite as strong as the first two books

Fascinating character study thrown away for an average action climax

Boring, unexciting 

Rushed climax to a generic thriller 

Passable, forgettable sapphic romance. Would have a lower score because of the objectively awful main character, but I have a soft spot for LGBT romance.

This occasionally physically hurt to read. Any book that illicits such a visceral reaction from me will get my recommendation. Powerful memoir about abusive relationships and the impact it has on you.

Incredible second half, not so incredible first half. Still a very powerful work

Amazing concept; unimaginative, generic execution 

Abhorrent pacing, but the Kaladin chapters are absurdly good and elevate this novel into a worthy sequel 

Boring hetero romance with some lovely writing about yetis 

Too lost within its own pessimism to tell a good story

This would be critically and commercially panned if it was not part of the Cosmere. Dull, generic, unimaginative fantasy

A very strong work from Murakami marred by an absurd amount of incest. Despite incest related complications, Murakami still weaves a compelling narrative with some shockingly progressive views for his time.