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The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated A Prayer for Owen Meany in Books

Oct 5, 2020  
A Prayer for Owen Meany
A Prayer for Owen Meany
John Irving | 1990 | Fiction & Poetry
10
8.5 (8 Ratings)
Book Rating
None of John Irving's novels have touched me as much as much as this one, and if you ask me, his work went drastically down hill after he wrote this. You can read my review here. https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2014/08/04/john-irvings-masterpiece/
  
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The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated Evidence of the Affair in Books

Oct 6, 2020  
Evidence of the Affair
Evidence of the Affair
Taylor Jenkins Reid | 2018
9
9.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
4.5/5 stars.

After loving the last two novels by Taylor Jenkins Reid, when I saw this short story available for nearly nothing on Amazon, I snatched it up. Here's my review.
https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2020/09/13/shortstorysunday-a-novella-and-a-short-story/
  
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Phil Leader (619 KP) rated Dragonsdawn (Pern: Dragonriders of Pern, #6) in Books

Nov 12, 2019  
Dragonsdawn (Pern: Dragonriders of Pern, #6)
Dragonsdawn (Pern: Dragonriders of Pern, #6)
Anne McCaffrey | 1989 | Science Fiction/Fantasy
7
7.8 (5 Ratings)
Book Rating
The first of the Pern novels that fills in the backstory of the main sequence of books, this tells the tale of the first few years of the colonisation of Pern from a delegation from Earth. They find a lush paradise full of interesting plants and animals and spread out across the warm southern continent. And then the Thread starts to fall...

Teased by the end of The White Dragon, this is a full-blown science fiction novel. The various plot points don't just cover the details of the human habitation and the devastating impact of Thread on an unprepared populace, but also provides dramatic tension in the greed of a small number of the colonists in trying to secure what riches there are on the planet.

This is a more-or-less essential read for anyone who enjoys the Pern novels, so much of the way the later society works, and the dragons themselves, are explained. It is not perfect, however. It is a pretty much by-the-numbers story, with a lot of the outcomes already known and some of the sub plots are superfluous and slow some parts down too much. Also the need to namecheck every Weyr and reference from the original novels is a little tiresome - and unnecessary.

Still, a solid entry on the impressive list of novels that does deliver what it promises.
  
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Alison Pink (7 KP) rated The Wizard Returns (Dorothy Must Die, #0.3) in Books

Jan 15, 2018  
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The Wizard Returns (Dorothy Must Die, #0.3)
2015
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
This book wasn't as good as the other 2 prequel novels in this series. It was short, but still took me awhile to get in to. I, hoping the second "real" book in the series is better. If not, I just might be done reading them.
  
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Catherine (40 KP) rated The Book Thief in Books

Aug 31, 2017  
The Book Thief
The Book Thief
Markus Zusak | 2016 | Fiction & Poetry
9
8.8 (129 Ratings)
Book Rating
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The Book Thief is one of my favorite young adult novels. The creativity of writing from the perspective of Death made this story memorable to me. I felt close to the characters and empathized with them.