kuoirad rated Early Riser: 5 stars
Early Riser by Jasper Fforde
Every Winter, the human population hibernates.
During those bitterly cold four months, the nation is a snow-draped landscape of desolate …
Rounded up from 4.5.
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kuoirad reviewed Gamechanger by L.X. Beckett
Review of 'Gamechanger' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Would you give up everything to change the world?
Humanity clings to life on January--a …
Review of 'The City in the Middle of the Night' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
I...didn't get it. Ending came out of nowhere to me, left me feeling like a Neal Stephenson book, or Stephen King's The Dome. A little disappointed because I really liked All The Birds In The Sky.
Would you give up everything to change the world?
Humanity clings to life on January …
Review of 'The City in the Middle of the Night' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
I...didn't get it. Ending came out of nowhere to me, left me feeling like a Neal Stephenson book, or Stephen King's The Dome. A little disappointed because I really liked All The Birds In The Sky.
kuoirad rated Apocalypse Nyx: 4 stars
kuoirad reviewed To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers
At the turn of the twenty-second century, scientists make a breakthrough in human spaceflight. Through …
Review of 'To Be Taught, If Fortunate' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
First 3/4 was great, everything I love about Ms. Chambers's writing. Last quarter was ok, ending came out of nowhere to me. Feels unfinished, like ending a musucal piece without resolving the chords.
kuoirad rated Rogue Protocol: 4 stars
Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)
Sci-fi’s favorite antisocial A.I. is back on a mission. The case against the too-big-to-fail GrayCris Corporation is floundering, and more …
kuoirad reviewed Pushing ice by Alastair Reynolds
In 2057, Bella Lind and the crew of the Rockhopper mine comets for their ice, …
Review of 'Pushing ice' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
The first half of the book, I thought it was gonna be a 5 star book. Then the second half went into a Rama-ish bent that felt less focused. Still an enjoyable book.
kuoirad rated Sinclair Lewis: 3 stars
Sinclair Lewis: Sinclair Lewis (2022, Independently Published)
Sinclair Lewis by Sinclair Lewis
It Can't Happen Here is a semi-satirical American political novel published in 1935. It's Plot centers around newspaperman Doremus Jessup's …
kuoirad rated It Can't Happen Here: 3 stars
It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis
It Can't Happen Here is a semi-satirical American political novel published in 1935. It's Plot centers around newspaperman Doremus Jessup's …
kuoirad rated Midnight in Chernobyl: 4 stars
Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham
"Journalist Adam Higginbotham's definitive, years-in-the-making account of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster--and a powerful investigation into how propaganda, secrecy, …
kuoirad reviewed Sex on the moon by Ben Mezrich
Review of 'Sex on the moon' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
Rounding down from 3.5 stars. I understand and mostly agree with the.criticisms about the style of writing and the overly-glowing portrayal of the protaganist.
Still, an enjoyable read.
kuoirad reviewed Thin Air by Richard Morgan
Review of 'Thin Air' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
I really, really enjoy the sci-fi "noir" books he writes, and I'm glad he's come back to them.
Could do without the sex scenes. I'm not a prude, mind you, they just don't seem to advance the story, necessarily.
kuoirad rated The Moon is a Harsh Mistress: 4 stars
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress is a 1966 science fiction novel by American writer Robert A. Heinlein about a …