brendamn's Reviews (370)

In regards to class struggle, this book will be eternally topical. Exemplifies it expertly yet simply.

I absolutely love John Steinbeck's writing style, when he describes a character I immediately picture what they would look like in full detail. The scenes he paints are vivid. These are qualities I often find lacking in most of the more current books I have read so I am always thankful for that with Steinbeck. Really though I probably just need to pick better books to read.

What a way to end a book though. If someone told me beforehand there is no way I would have thought them serious. Won't be forgetting that, I guess.

Pretty cliché and pretty cheesy but entertaining enough.

Seems you can always expect and enjoyable read with any Pratchett book you choose. A sense of humor uniquely his own mixed in with a healthy dose of thoughtful social commentary.

I was expecting to enjoy this book a lot more than I actually did. I think the characters killed it for me mostly, I just did not find them well written. Charlie Gordon's disability felt very poorly portrayed as well, like it was a caricature of how it ought to have been.

Cool premise, sad ending, overall disappointing.

Absolutely ridiculous book, in a good way. Short but for the most part it does not waste a page, missing one can throw off the whole story. I do not think I could come up with any simple description of the plot, in a way that would make sense at least.

I am a sucker for the Kardashev scale. The book sorta felt like Arthur C. Clarke's Childhood End in places. Looking forward to the rest of the series.