Sara

This volume was unfortunately too boring and stagnant. Also, I don't see where all the story will be going.

5 million stars.

David Attenborough is to me the British version of Piero Angela, the executive producer of the documentary series named Super Quark in Italy.

I urge you all to read this and watch also the same documentary on Netflix for the following reasons:
- it provides a very clear and structured explanation of what's happening to our planet: from what we have done to it, to the consequences of our actions, to what we have to do to make amendments.
- you do not need to have a scientific degree to understand it, although you'll benefit from knowing a few concepts in advance, at least superficially. For example, what the initial and final products of photosynthesis and cellular respiration are: nothing that a quick read on the wiki can't do.
- if you are not sure if the climate disturbances we are experiencing in the last decades are linked to biodiversity loss and our ever-going expansion (i.e. conversion of natural habitats into land for humans), this book will explain to you how and why
- it includes a glossary, which explains specific terminology, like ‘carrying capacity', ‘carbon storage', ‘bioenergy', ‘biochar', etc.

Please note that if you are a person who already cares about the stakes our planet is at and who is already doing small everyday actions to live more sustainably, this book won't soothe your worries.
If you don't care about ‘climate crisis', well, I will recommend you this book, because you should care, since Earth is our home and we are all connected to each other.

Sir David Attenborough uses very graphic and melodic writing that gave me the feeling I was reading his documentary (in more depth) and could picture everything he said in my head. This made the reading experience very smooth and awesome.

3.5 stars.

As far as I enjoy the humour and what happens to our character, there's no plot progression nor character development and I start asking myself if there's going to be any.

Unpopular opinion here xD

I found it was nice to move away a bit from the school and to focus on Your, but still there's little story progression and world building.

2.75 stars. I loved the premise of this book, the story and the setting. unfortunately, the characterization suffers a lot here. First of all, a map would have been helpful. A capital and different houses are mentioned, but nothing is explained in more detail. Characters lack personality, I could not connect with them and it becomes difficult to follow the story, too. it feels like the author put too many ingredients in the recipe, creating a wonderful world and story, yet underdeveloped. it's a pity that the book is too short. some more space could have helped to define the characters in more depth. it's not a book I would recommend. If you look for Asian myths, I would suggest to look somewhere else first, like daughter of the moon goddess or six crimson cranes.

This manga is a very nice addition. The art is very cute.
The story develops very quickly. The pace is a bit too fast for my taste.
Characters are very enjoyable and pretty well-characterized for being a manga.
Link is very immature and impulsive in this volume. I hope I can see him grow in the next volumes.
The setting and the world are also pretty well-depicted yet simple.

3.75 stars

As a fan of dragon, this book was a great addition for my library.
It's a sort of encyclopedia about them, focusing on the dragons and Dragon-Killers of the past. It includes records of myths from all over the world and illustrations drawn by the author himself.
Highly recommended to every dragon lover!

4.5 stars

4.25 stars.

4.5 stars

3.5 Stars.

Grafica: 5 stars
Story/plot: 2 stars, mostly absent.
Characters: 4 stars. Very good introductory characterization.

Speravo che il manga mi potesse aiutare di più a capire chi è chi, ma non è servito a molto.
Grafica carina. La storia per sé è interessante ma non mi ha preso molto.

2.75/5

13.10.2021
Praise for the cover! But...no praise for the the announcement or kind of marketing with which the book cover was announced: “now with 500% more sex”.

Wait.

I am no erotica reader. I am a fantasy reader and I expect to have a solid plot, deep world-building and character development. Then, if the chemistry between two characters is good, sex can also be present, but that HAS TO BE second to the rest.

So I don't know what to expect, but I did not like that announcement at all.

It gives out the idea that sex is going to sell more books and considering that most of Sarah Maas' readers are female, I wonder if it is true that you are incentivized to buy certain books if there is a lot of romance and sex involved. I cannot believe that. With all the global sensibilization about women's rights, sexual harassment, emancipation, and so on, I cannot believe that Maas' readers are gonna fall for that.

Dear author and publisher, please, if you want to sell books where the main focus is sex, that's fine but AT LEAST label them as ‘erotica with fantasy elements' and not as adult fantasy, because fantasy should be respected as a genre and we readers should be made aware of what we are buying.

2.5 stars

It's the 28th February. HOSAB came out a couple of weeks ago and 141 people already rated the book 4 or 5 stars. That's annoying.

2.75

12 January 2021: New year's resolutions
1. Continuing with what I started last year: I decided that I am allowed to buy a new book after I finished reading at least two books, in order to decrease my quite abundant paper tbr-pile (currently standing at 115 books). It worked so far, it just takes long.
2. Concluding the series that I have started and not yet finished, giving priority to books that I own in paper format:
- Midnight Breed
- Demonica Update: 01/12/2021
- Parasol Protectorate Update: 11/03/2021
- ASOIAF
- Fever Update: 25/07/2021
- BDB
- Night huntress
- Kate Daniels
- Legion
- Dresden Files
- Farseer trilogy
- Vampire Empire
- Throne of glass
- The falconer
- Legends of the first empire
- Lotus war
- Mistborn era 2
- All souls trilogy
- Heartstrikers
- Stormlight Archive Update 27/07/2021
- Iron Fey
- Legend of Drizzt
I am curious to see my progress on the second point throughout the year. It is unrealistic that I will complete all the listed series, but I would be glad if I will conclude at least three of them. Also, I am a person who needs to change after sticking to the same world (aka, series) for some time.

3.5 stars.

I liked this one more than the previous thanks to the larger presence of Harmony and TenSoon. This helped me out to connect to the first era trilogy that I loved so much. I also like Wayne for his craziness and fun. However, I cannot really connect to the other main characters and I am not a fan of western atmosphere, making my reading experience not as involving as I wanted to.

3.75 stars.

Novellas do not really work for me and this one made no exception. However, I liked the characters and story very much.

2021: Rated down to 3 stars. I could not connect to the characters and did not enjoy the Western atmosphere.

1.5 stars.

3.5 stars.
Well written book with a very interesting story. However, characters were pretty flat.

3.75 stars.

Finally the series got closer to the lords of deliverance: more focused on plot and characterization. I liked Ideas and Lore very much.
Only con: being a Paranormal romance with quite of sex thrown out all over the place.

2.5 stars.
It's very difficult for me to rate classics.
How can I even rate a work that was written so long ago?

Overall Beowulf was a nice read, hinting at historical relationships between different populations. I had barely little fun reading it. There is no character depth or characterization. I would recommend this reading for personal purposes or if you have a passion for classics, not if you expect it to be enjoyable.

19.09.21

4.5 stars for the cuteness. I noticed the narration has improved from the first book, adding a little bit more depth to the characters. However, it still lacks world depth. Magic is still something happening somehow without explanation. The connection between Ezran and animals is treated very superficially. I would love to see the narration taking some steps further and becoming more mature. So far it's clear that the target in mind is children or middle grade. The public is not only composed by kids and, yeah personally, I would love to have more explanations about magic and characters relationship with it.


I won't understand people who rate a book before it even comes out.