It is hard on me to say bad things about one of Mr. Stross's books, however, this is a wide miss. I have enjoyed a lot of his writing and this one just when to broad to keep the attention. The characters are are too watered down to create any kind of connection with, and the plot is is too loose to get caught up in. If there is to be a follow up, which it seems there is, I hope it finds a track and a voice.
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Typically interested in Sci/Fi, for the most part, but read some fantasy, Greek Classics, the occasional biography if it is someone I care about. Science related non-fiction is good and Horror is good too.
Reading is for relaxation for me so I often don't read the most difficult fair. I do challenge myself from time to time.
I am looking for good narratives describing Hell as a literal place. (like The Inferno)
I am not Nurotipical.
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AKABobHoward rated Fool Moon: 5 stars
Fool Moon by Jim Butcher (The Dresden Files, #2)
Business has been slow. Okay, business has been dead. And not even of the undead variety. You would think Chicago …
AKABobHoward rated Goblin: 4 stars
AKABobHoward rated The Haunting of Hill House: 4 stars
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (Penguin classics)
First published in 1959, Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House has been hailed as a perfect work of unnerving …
AKABobHoward rated House: 5 stars
Raelyn Drake: House (2018, Lerner Publishing Group)
House by Raelyn Drake
The old, abandoned house at the end of Grace's street is a local legend. All the neighbors say it's haunted, …
AKABobHoward rated The Naming Of The Beasts: 5 stars
AKABobHoward rated Iron Sunrise: 5 stars
AKABobHoward rated Storm Front: 5 stars
Storm Front by Jim Butcher (The Dresden Files, #1)
The novels of the Dresden Files have become synonymous with action-packed urban fantasy and non-stop fun. Storm Front is Jim …
AKABobHoward rated Thicker Than Water: 5 stars
AKABobHoward rated To Sleep in a Sea of Stars: 5 stars
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini (Fractalverse, #1)
Kira Navárez dreamed of life on new worlds. Now she's awakened a nightmare. During a routine survey mission on an …
AKABobHoward rated Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?: 4 stars
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick (Blade Runner, #1)
It was January 2021, and Rick Deckard had a license to kill. Somewhere among the hordes of humans out there, …
Fahrenheit 451 ; Chroniques martiennes ; Les pommes d'or du soleil by Ray Bradbury
Fahrenheit 451 is a 1953 dystopian novel by American writer Ray Bradbury. Often regarded as one of his best works, …
AKABobHoward reviewed Dead Lies Dreaming by Charles Stross
Review of 'Dead Lies Dreaming' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
AKABobHoward rated The Labyrinth Index: 3 stars
The Labyrinth Index by Charles Stross (Laundry Files, #9)
"The arrival of vast, alien, inhuman intelligences reshaped the landscape fo human affairs across the world, and the United Kingdom …
