Books read in May / June
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gervase_fen13) Where the Shadows Lie by Michael Ridpath
14) Robocalypse by Daniel H Wilson
13) An Icelandic set thriller featuring a transplanted US detective, Tolkien correspondence and an antique ring... this has its moments (chapter twelve is a complete-in-itself faux saga, and a very entertaining one) and Ridpath is clearly having fun with lines like "Arni was having trouble locating Elvish speakers in Iceland, especially on a Saturday." It didn't quite work for me - I never really bought in to the detective's backstory, and found the final few chapters a bit of a chore to get through.
14) is a pacy dystopian war story told in bite size chunks that make it ideal to be read as an e-book. Some ingenious ideas, some hand-me-down characterisation, and a feeling throughout of the narrator's impatience to get to the end of the story so that Dreamworks can hurry up and make the movie which this is sure to be one day.
Two books in two months reflects changed circumstances - no more daily commute and new shift patterns in a brand new job.
14) Robocalypse by Daniel H Wilson
13) An Icelandic set thriller featuring a transplanted US detective, Tolkien correspondence and an antique ring... this has its moments (chapter twelve is a complete-in-itself faux saga, and a very entertaining one) and Ridpath is clearly having fun with lines like "Arni was having trouble locating Elvish speakers in Iceland, especially on a Saturday." It didn't quite work for me - I never really bought in to the detective's backstory, and found the final few chapters a bit of a chore to get through.
14) is a pacy dystopian war story told in bite size chunks that make it ideal to be read as an e-book. Some ingenious ideas, some hand-me-down characterisation, and a feeling throughout of the narrator's impatience to get to the end of the story so that Dreamworks can hurry up and make the movie which this is sure to be one day.
Two books in two months reflects changed circumstances - no more daily commute and new shift patterns in a brand new job.
