Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Review: Swallowing Darkness


Swallowing Darkness
Swallowing Darkness by Laurell K. Hamilton

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



There was a plot! And it was decent! Much less silly sex. I've finished them all now, so onto something a bit more meaty, but I'll read the next one whenever it comes out.



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Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Review: A Lick of Frost


A Lick of Frost
A Lick of Frost by Laurell K. Hamilton

My rating: 0 of 5 stars



Okay, much better. Things happened, she's finally preggers, more court politics. One more to go to meet up with where I started.



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Review: Mistral's Kiss


Mistral's Kiss
Mistral's Kiss by Laurell K. Hamilton

My rating: 2 of 5 stars



There seem to be some very common criticisms of Hamilton's writing and this book really drove most of them home to me. The woman does not seem to be very interested in plot. 300 pages and all that happened was two gardens grew and there was one attack? Seriously? And yes, the sex is rather on the repetitive side, lasts too long, and each of the guards is described in far too much detail far too often. Again, if I wasn't reading them all back to back, I'm sure it would be less annoying, but read this way, well I could never hear about anybody's skin tone or suit again with great happiness.



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Monday, August 13, 2012

Review: A Caress of Twilight


A Caress of Twilight
A Caress of Twilight by Laurell K. Hamilton

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



These are fun. And since I read the most recent book first, half he fun is in seeing how they'll get there.



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Thursday, August 09, 2012

Review: Starship Troopers


Starship Troopers
Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



I see why this book won a Hugo Award. I found it way more fascinating than I ever would have expected to find a book about war and boot camp. I'm going to have to rewatch the movie.

The idea of voting being tied to military service was particularly interesting. Unfortunately, I don't feel that the argument can be made that in reality soldiers are more likely than others to be conscious of the good of the group before the individual. I think the recent shooting in the Sikh temple drives that home.



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Thursday, August 02, 2012

Review: A Kiss of Shadows


A Kiss of Shadows
A Kiss of Shadows by Laurell K. Hamilton

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



I like Merry Gentry. Particularly the politics of the Unseelie Court. These are going to be fun.



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