Ennui Enthusiast finished reading A Hero Born by Jin Yong (The Legend of the Condor Heroes, #1)
The Song Empire has been invaded by its warlike Jurchen neighbours from the north. Half …
Great sense of adventure and a breeze to read through.
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I generally love reading introspective speculative fiction, psychological crime thrillers, investigative journalism, true crime, and some postmodern fiction. I fortunately/unfortunately live near a bunch of nice used book stores, so I'm always running out of shelf space.
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Ennui Enthusiast finished reading How a Game Lives by Jacob Geller
Over his illustrious career, Jacob Geller has written and produced a sprawling collection of video …
Insightful collection of essays with plenty of annotations to enrich it for those familiar with the original video essays
Ennui Enthusiast finished reading Latro in the mist by Gene Wolfe
An epicly fragmented odyssey that just kinda ends. Need time to digest.
Ennui Enthusiast finished reading The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
The Alchemist tells the story of Santiago, the young Andalusian shepherd who dreams of buried …
A little preachy and simplistically romantic, but i appreciate the overall sentiment.
Ennui Enthusiast finished reading Artificial condition by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #2)
It has a dark past - one in which a number of humans were killed. …
fun little scifi adventure with some chuckle-inducing dialogue between the two main characters
Ennui Enthusiast finished reading The Vanished Birds by Simon Jiménez
A "highly imaginative and utterly exhilarating" (Thrillist) debut that is "the best of what science …
Lovely and melancholy scifi story. Leans a little into the fantasy and musical whimsy side of the genre.
Ennui Enthusiast finished reading The Peregrine (Star Ways) by Poul Anderson
There was Joachim, captain of the Nomad star ship Peregrine, and ruler of the Peregrine …
An ok scifi story.
Ennui Enthusiast commented on Sandman Slim by Richard Kadrey (Sandman Slim, #1)
Working as a sideshow gladiator in Hell after being snatched by demons at the age …
The writing is so cringe. Constantly making superficial similes that use pop culture references.plot is basically spawn but even more cliche.
Ennui Enthusiast finished reading The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker
From his Books of Blood to The Damnation Game, Weaveworld, and The Great and Secret …
Glad the story didn't overstay its welcome, but it seemed to fixate more on gore than horror and tension.
Glad the story didn't overstay its welcome, but it seemed to fixate more on gore than horror and tension.
Ennui Enthusiast finished reading The Ninth Rain by Jen Williams (The Winnowing Flame Trilogy)
The great city of Ebora once glittered with gold. Now its streets are stalked by …
Decent Science fantasy story with appealing characters. Some of the plot twists were kinda predictable, but that doesn't bother me too much. Not sure if I'll seek out the sequel.
Decent Science fantasy story with appealing characters. Some of the plot twists were kinda predictable, but that doesn't bother me too much. Not sure if I'll seek out the sequel.
Ennui Enthusiast finished reading Johannes Cabal, the detective by Jonathan L. Howard
Interesting detective story that has very little to do with necromancy with lots of mystery tropes
Ennui Enthusiast finished reading The Caves of Steel by Айзек Азимов (The Robot Series, #2)
"A Del Rey book."
It was bad enough when Lije Baley, a simple plainclothes …
Hmmmystery
How you write a detective book that doesn't care about the mystery
3 stars
A slide of life story that is strangely mundane and disguises itself as a detective novel. I did end up appreciating the quietly witty dialogue and character ensemble despite the low stakes.
Ennui Enthusiast finished reading Sword & Citadel by Gene Wolfe (The Book of the New Sun)
Shadow and Claw is an omnibus of the second two books of Gene Wolfe's Book …
wild
Ennui Enthusiast finished reading Shadow & claw by Gene Wolfe (The book of the new Sun ;)
Shadow and Claw is an omnibus of the first two books of Gene Wolfe's Book …
Wildest science fantasy I've read. Can't wait for the next volume.
Wildest science fantasy I've read. Can't wait for the next volume.