I do like an unlikeable main character, and even though when I was reading this, I was telling myself that I should give her a chance, and that circumstances had made her the way she was, I still found her thoroughly unfriendly and rude.
The last third of the novel was particularly good, and really made the book for me. Everything is explained, and it was utterly fascinating: the fact that this is based on a true story blew my mind!
Many thanks to The Pigeonhole and Naomi Joy for reading along.
The Dark Crystal the Ultimate Visual History
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Mother Love: Embracing the Ups and Downs of Being a New Parent
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Mother Love isn't a parenting book. It was written to help parents makes the transition from person...
Whatchareadin (174 KP) rated Missing in Books
May 10, 2018
Missing is a good book based in Australia. With so many twists and turns, you are never sure where you are headed next. This book keeps you on the edge of your seat and wondering what is going to happen next. There are a few parts of the book that get confusing at times and I had to read over these a couple of times. There are a lot of components to keep track of which adds to the confusion. Overall, though, this is a book that is a good read.
**I was given this book by the author in exchange for my honest review.**
The Field Guide to Achieving HR Excellence Through Six Sigma
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The Performance of European Business in the Twentieth Century
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David McK (3918 KP) rated Last Human (Red Dwarf #3) in Books
Jan 28, 2019
Written by Doug Naylor (who co-wrote the first 2 booms with Rob Grant), this follows an all-new plot with certain scenes lifted from the TV show on which it is based. Unfortunately, it fails to capture the humour of the show, with most of the 'funny' bits falling flat.
Both this and the next book (<I>Backwards</I> by Rob Grant) are perhaps best viewed as alternate third books in a trilogy: if that is the case, <I>Backwards</I> is the better of the two, even if neither of the two books in question live up to the first two. In short, the whole (Grant Naylor) is better than the sum of the parts!
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Management Science in Fisheries: An Introduction to Simulation-Based Methods
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A key goal of fisheries management is to regulate extractive pressure on a resource so as to ensure...