onefinemess | June 12, 2011
by: Steven Erikson OK. I admit it, I had the lowest expectations I’ve had yet going into this series. Why? Because it was YET ANOTHER entirely new cast. OK, that’s not quite true – this is the backstory, or some of it at least, for a character introduced last book. Sort of like how House [...]
onefinemess | June 7, 2011
by: Steven Erikson OK, so I stayed up (way too) late last night reading the last 300 or so pages. It doesn’t help that I can’t read the clock from the couch without my glasses. Not in the least. And now I’m drinking Red Bull. This is an odd book. The way it flows. You’ve [...]
onefinemess | June 2, 2011
by: Colson Whitehead This wasn’t quite what I expected. Yes, I know it is somewhat strange to expected an alternate history look at the world, if everything were driven by the elevator world… but that’s what I was sold on! Kind of. Not that I was let down, just deflected a little. I mean, the [...]
onefinemess | May 31, 2011
By: Steven Erikson The cover copy should just say “Shit happens.” Nothing that can be said in the space of a single page could really cover all the craziness in between these covers. Meaning: It’s “business as usual” in Malazan book #3. Seriously though, now I *really* know why the back cover copy for these [...]
onefinemess | May 23, 2011
I made it about 80 pages in… but I just can’t do it. It’s so damn depressing. And knowing about all the horrible things that happen ahead of time makes it even worse. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE these books… and the horrible things that happen are solid story. But, you know, some of [...]
onefinemess | May 12, 2011
by: Steven Erikson This book was just as bizarrely addicting/engrossing/consuming/headaching as its predecessor. I must have grown used to the alien style of dialogue, because I only notice that I’m really confused when I think about it. More crazy shit happens here. Some of it related to the previous book. Some of it tying into [...]
onefinemess | May 2, 2011
by: Steven Erickson Alright. So, this was a fairly quick read. Kind of. I have a feeling I could (should?) have spent twice as long on it, re-reading things and flipping back pages to tie them in with other things but sadly, that’s not how I read. I just plow through. So much of the [...]
onefinemess | April 28, 2011
…and I don’t know WHAT the fuck is going on. Seriously. This may be the densest first chunk of fantasy I have ever read. So much name and location dropping. So much subtext in conversations that I feel like I should understand and know is being shoved between the lines & have a clue about [...]
onefinemess | April 24, 2011
by: Patrick Rothfuss SO GOOD. Really, that’s all I need to say, but I’ll try and take up some more page space. When I read a book I’m really into my temperature drops and my pulse rate rises. Seriously, everytime I put down the book I was cold and my heart was beating. Even the [...]
onefinemess | April 20, 2011
OK, so I didn’t get to it yesterday, but I don’t see anyone complaining – so here’s the first bit. This is the first 5 pages or so, basically the section I submitted when agents requested the first five pages. It cuts right at a scene break, so that works. This seemed to do OK [...]
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