panderkins's Reviews (279)

Dated back to 2015-16 but still applicable today. An enjoyable, inspiring read about my favorite coach and team. Could have used a better editor and the last 15% of the book was an advertisement for other books in the leadership case studies. It was only $3 on Amazon so I'm glad I read it.

I don't give five stars often but this was SO good! Excellent, best book of the year! I can't wait to read more by her but for now I've had my little fill of WWII. I loved it. The stuff about the mental institution caused me anger that people could be committed to such places, that such a thing as lobotomies existed. It was just a fascinating account of British code breakers with a lot of great romance and spy intrigue thrown in.

Enjoyable. Read it as part of a library reading challenge.

I read in Bjorn Lomberg that polar bears are regenerating and aren't that endangered anymore. I don't trust most environmental rhetoric but I trust Lomberg. We need to hear the hopeful stories too or environmentalism is just ideology.

The adults on here who hated it seem to have missed that this is a children's book...

I had a craving for an Asian epic and this dropped into my lap somehow. I liked it but I agree with criticisms of many 3 and 4 star reviews...the storytelling could fall flat in places (too much tell, not enough show) and I wanted more character depth, not more characters. The ending was a little long. But overall, very good book, highly recommend.