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ibk rated A Visit From the Goon Squad: 3 stars
A Visit From the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
Jennifer Egan's spellbinding interlocking narratives circle the lives of Bennie Salazar, an aging former punk rocker and record executive, and …
ibk started reading The Man Whose Teeth Were All Exactly Alike by Philip K. Dick
The Man Whose Teeth Were All Exactly Alike by Philip K. Dick
The Man Whose Teeth Were All Exactly Alike is a realist, non-science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick. …
ibk started reading The Dancers at the End of Time (Dancers at the End of Time, #1-3) by Michael Moorcock
ibk rated Hello Friend We Missed You: 4 stars
ibk started reading Radicalized by Cory Doctorow
Radicalized by Cory Doctorow
Four short stories about the near future and the dystopia we're building for ourselves.
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ibk started reading 813 by Maurice Leblanc
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ibk finished reading The hollow needle by Maurice Leblanc
ibk reviewed Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
Piranesi's house is no ordinary building; its rooms are infinite, its corridors endless, its walls …
Even better the second time
4 stars
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Almost four and a half stars. I first read this several years ago, and remember being vaguely confused and perhaps a little disappointed by it. But on a second read, it really is very good. I particularly enjoy the tie to magical parts of her other books; in particular the consequences for acolytes of great magicians.
ibk reviewed Grey Nomad by Alison Ferguson
Ok
3 stars
I wasn’t expecting much, and my expectations were met. The story is ok, the setting is ok, the characters are ok, the writing is ok. But none are more than ok. I found the intergalactic politics confusing and rather boring, but I know there are those who like that sort of thing. I was confused by the setting: notionally a decade into the future, but somehow the character of Joyce is from a decade (or more) in the past. The paucity of mentions of social media is baffling, especially at the denouement. The knitting motif is a bit hit and miss: sometimes it is the core of Joyce’s being, but then we’ll go for chapters with no mention. It could have been used more. It’s probably only 2 and a half stars really.