Rating: 4 stars An interesting story about British expats and their relationship (if any) to Zimbabwe that kinda failed to deliver The long: The Death of Rex Nhongo’s title seems to be about an important man in Zimbabwe, but his death isn’t that important to the rest of the book.…

Rating: 4 stars The short: A well written horror book that gets the reader through quickly but contains some unnecessary elements The long: I want to start by saying how much I enjoyed the writing and the pacing in the book. I think it’s undersold, but I used to watch…

Rating: 4.5 stars The short: A quick, enjoyable (and somewhat superficial) book rooted in the post-war Jewish culture in Toledo The long: I don’t have much to say, to be honest. I had a good time reading the book, practically a relaxing experience during this week (all of them seem…

Rating: 4 stars The short: A little rough of a beginning but a great follow-through. The long: When I first cracked open the book and went through the first few pages, I was ready to slam it closed and go onto something else. There were a few sentences that annoyed…

Rating: 4 stars The short: A quick-moving book in a decently well thought-out world, but it fails to live up to expectations. Long: Before I begin, I chose this book because it was either the winner or runner up of a Sci-Fi award, and I had pretty high expectations coming…

Rating: 4.5 stars The short: A quick, fun adventure with time travel. It goes by fast and keeps the reader’s interest with good writing. The long: I enjoyed the book with a few hitches. I don’t think the quality and pacing can be understated. It kept me reading and could…

Rating: 4 stars To begin this review, I want to say that I'll be including a number of spoilers. It's a nearly 50-year-old book, and you should have read it by now (or before reading such a review). You have your warning. To start, I will list off the negatives,…

Rating: 5+ stars Before I read One Hundred Years of Solitude, I read somewhere that it was about the history of humanity. As I was going through it, I thought it was the history of a city or a family or an individual, but in fact it’s much more than…

Rating: 4 stars The short: The story is unconventional in some ways and good for that. I enjoyed it and recommend it as long as you go in with an open mind. The long: This book is about women and written by a woman, so I believe that there are…

Rating: 4 stars Here's a brief of my review: a cool high concept sci-fi that sometimes did too much tell and not enough show. Now, for my longer review: I didn’t realize this was the first book in a series until the end, so if any of my problems get…