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Cynthia Armistead (17 KP) rated The Nightmare Stacks: A Laundry Files Novel in Books

Feb 23, 2018  
The Nightmare Stacks: A Laundry Files Novel
The Nightmare Stacks: A Laundry Files Novel
Charles Stross | 2016 | Fiction & Poetry
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Another fun entry in the Laundry Files series, this one is narrated by Dr. Schwartz, from the previous novel. Poor Alex is trying to come to grips with his sudden career change and living life as a PHANG (vampire, to the rest of us). He has also fallen into social interactions with an actual female person, which is vastly unusual in his life. In fact, having a social life is rather foreign.

There are a fair number of cringe-worthy scenes, if you (like me) are embarrassed when anyone else is. Of course, this is a comedy/horror/science fiction/fantasy series, so there are the requisite horrid things in the plot. If you've gotten this far in the series, I shouldn't need to warn you about that. I really wouldn't choose this volume as an entry point if I were you.
  
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Sarah (7800 KP) rated Modern Romance in Books

Dec 14, 2019  
Modern Romance
Modern Romance
Aziz Ansari | 2016 | Health & Fitness
8
8.0 (6 Ratings)
Book Rating
Interesting and funny
I had to do a double take when I first saw a recommendation to read this book - a factual non-fiction book written by a comedian isn't something you hear about every day. But it's actually a fun and hugely interesting read.

There's a great balance in this between facts, data and laughs, and there are some very clever insights in this into modern dating and romance. It was also interesting to read about dating in other foreign cities that I didn't know much about. Aziz is a relatively endearing author, coming across as rather friendly and inviting and you get the feeling that he really cares about the subject matter. There's a lot of truth in this book and whilst I don't think anything in this is massively groundbreaking, it's still an insightful and entertaining read.