I recall the TV series loosing a lot of steam around this point, and the third book is even worse since it's 550 pages for a scenario that would have been a handful of chapters in Leviathan Wakes.
Ashford is an unacceptably shallow villain.
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LordBowlich finished reading Abaddon's Gate by James S.A. Corey (The Expanse, #3)
Abaddon's Gate by James S.A. Corey (The Expanse, #3)
For generations, the solar system — Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt — was humanity's great frontier. Until now. The …
LordBowlich reviewed Abaddon's Gate by James S.A. Corey (The Expanse, #3)
For generations, the solar system — Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt — was humanity's …
The Series is Loosing Steam Here...
3 stars
LordBowlich finished reading The Heart Sutra by Red Pine
LordBowlich reviewed The Heart Sutra by Red Pine
A wonderful translation of the Heart Sutra with commentary
5 stars
Western philosophers fill thousands of pages just to get a glimpse at what 35 lines in the Heart Sutra achieve.
Red Pine's line-by-line commentary and history of the piece is an excellent decompression and exploration of the piece. This is my second read through, and I've already started reading it again.
LordBowlich started reading Abaddon's Gate by James S.A. Corey (The Expanse, #3)
Abaddon's Gate by James S.A. Corey (The Expanse, #3)
For generations, the solar system — Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt — was humanity's great frontier. Until now. The …
LordBowlich rated Wobblies & Zapatistas: 5 stars
Wobblies & Zapatistas by Staughton Lynd, Andrej Grubačić
Wobblies and Zapatistas offers the reader an encounter between two generations and two traditions. Andrej Grubacic is an anarchist from …
LordBowlich finished reading Wobblies & Zapatistas by Staughton Lynd
Wobblies & Zapatistas by Staughton Lynd, Andrej Grubačić
Wobblies and Zapatistas offers the reader an encounter between two generations and two traditions. Andrej Grubacic is an anarchist from …
LordBowlich started reading Wobblies & Zapatistas by Staughton Lynd
Wobblies & Zapatistas by Staughton Lynd, Andrej Grubačić
Wobblies and Zapatistas offers the reader an encounter between two generations and two traditions. Andrej Grubacic is an anarchist from …
Tedious and Shallow
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Sorry Bernie. I found your book to be a rather boring a tedious break down of last election cycle and laundry list of bills that the Democrats failed to ever pass. Lots of cheerleading, but rather shallow on the analysis side of things.
LordBowlich rated A Girl on the Shore: 3 stars
A Girl on the Shore by Inio Asano
Longing for Something Bigger
From the Eisner Award-nominated Inio Asano, creator of Solanin and Nijigahara Holograph, comes one of his …
LordBowlich rated It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism: 2 stars
LordBowlich rated The City & the City: 5 stars
The City & the City by China Miéville
When a murdered woman is found in the city of Beszel, somewhere at the edge of Europe, it looks to …
LordBowlich finished reading The City & the City by China Miéville
When a murdered woman is found in the city of Beszel, somewhere at the edge …
Superb neo-noir. Give it fifty or so pages to get into it. This book reminds me of a cross between Jack Vance (Miéville is clearly a fan of Ulan Dhor Ends a Dream the split cities here seem very much like a precursor to that short story) and William Gibson. The later being that it takes a good fifty pages before you get a chapter explaining what all of the lingo means. And suddenly what is going on snaps into place.
LordBowlich started reading The City & the City by China Miéville
The City & the City by China Miéville
When a murdered woman is found in the city of Beszel, somewhere at the edge of Europe, it looks to …