What Are You Reading 2

[Quatermass]

You also missed the point of my review, Pip. I didn't say that the book was bad. I said it was good. Not stellar or great, but good. I deliberately didn't include the numerical score I had given it, due to the controversy my scoring system caused in the past, but I gave Rivers of London 8.5/10. Okay, that's probably a skewed numerical scale, should be a 7 or a 7.5, but in my reviews proper, I have to nitpick.

[EFF!] me tender with a pogo stick, sideways.

I just found it run of the mill. And keep in mind that I gave one of Aaronovitch's Doctor Who books (The Also People) the same score. And quite frankly, it's an improvement over Transit which, good though it was, was a tad too grungey and dark at times. In addition, as I point out in my review, I'm not that big a fan of the mystery genre, really. I tried it, mostly, because everyone here loved it, otherwise I may never have even heard of it, unless I happened to look at Aaronovitch's Wikipedia page.

It was enjoyable, but it didn't reach the heights I hoped it might. Maybe I set my expectations too high. Who knows? But this was not an indictment of the book. And quite frankly, the villain of the story was one of the most original things I have read in fiction.

[pip]

Fair enough. I'm too used to people coming back raving about the books that its a shock to o the systemm when there is criticism .

[Quatermass]

Fair enough. I'm too used to people coming back raving about the books that its a shock to o the systemm when there is criticism .

Thank you.

Rivers of London was a good, decent book. It just didn't have the wow factor for me. Or maybe I've been spoilt by too much Neil Gaiman. I mean, look at Neverwhere.

Have to say, though, Molly was perhaps the most interesting character. Surprising, considering that she didn't say anything. And if she's not a vampire, then I have to wonder what the hell she is.

Out of all the books by Ben Aaronovitch, my personal favourite is his novelisation of his Doctor Who story, Remembrance of the Daleks. And keep in mind that I've never reviewed it. My read and review shtick only began a few years back, as an incentive for me to branch out and read authors and books that I wouldn't normally. Like Dickens, or Austen, for example. But that aforementioned novelisation had a wonderful, dark lyricism.

Of course, I also heard that Aaronovitch has the same attitude to deadlines as Douglas Adams...

[Bouncy Castle]

Blimey - I love the Rivers of London series, but gave up on Neverwhere about a quarter way in.

[pip]

Fair enough. I'm too used to people coming back raving about the books that its a shock to o the systemm when there is criticism .

Thank you.

Rivers of London was a good, decent book. It just didn't have the wow factor for me. Or maybe I've been spoilt by too much Neil Gaiman. I mean, look at Neverwhere.

Have to say, though, Molly was perhaps the most interesting character. Surprising, considering that she didn't say anything. And if she's not a vampire, then I have to wonder what the hell she is.

Out of all the books by Ben Aaronovitch, my personal favourite is his novelisation of his Doctor Who story, Remembrance of the Daleks. And keep in mind that I've never reviewed it. My read and review shtick only began a few years back, as an incentive for me to branch out and read authors and books that I wouldn't normally. Like Dickens, or Austen, for example. But that aforementioned novelisation had a wonderful, dark lyricism.

Of course, I also heard that Aaronovitch has the same attitude to deadlines as Douglas Adams...

Have to say that while i love Gaiman, Neverwhere is a bit of a patchwork quilt of a book cobbled together in sometimes strange ways. I enjoyed it but not his best work at all.

[Quatermass]

I gave Neverwhere the same score, but partly because it was weird and a little inaccessible at times. Whereas Rivers of London was accessible, but it didn't quite have the same flavour.

Different tastes, I suppose.

Anyway, I'm already partway through the novelisation of Metal Gear Solid 4, and I'm going to try and read Bitter Seeds after that. Or maybe I Am Legend.

[KingCarrot]

All you fast readers make me sick lol.

I take ages with discworld, not because I am a slow reader - but because I suffer from intense brain-fog over the last year or so. I don't think I will ever complete the discworld series and move on to other books.

[Alanz]

i'm about half way through Dodger at the moment it's very good.

[Dotsie]

Would I offend pip massively if I said that Rivers of London was OK, but not anything special, and I might read the sequels at a later date if nothing else presents itself?

[Quatermass]

Would I offend pip massively if I said that Rivers of London was OK, but not anything special, and I might read the sequels at a later date if nothing else presents itself?

Well, that was what I said (save for the 'if nothing else presents itself', as I want to try and continue the books before long), and I'm currently sewing my head back on. And I dunno how I'm gonna get these bite marks out...

BTW, this is meant in jest.

[pip]

Would I offend pip massively if I said that Rivers of London was OK, but not anything special, and I might read the sequels at a later date if nothing else presents itself?

Well, that was what I said (save for the 'if nothing else presents itself', as I want to try and continue the books before long), and I'm currently sewing my head back on. And I dunno how I'm gonna get these bite marks out...

BTW, this is meant in jest.

You're ok dotsie, and Q . I've had a sleepless week so i enjoyed my brief venting
Q , i really enjoyed I Am Legend so definitely worth a read. Much better thyan the film.

[Quatermass]

Which film? There are three of the buggers.

[Tonyblack]

All you fast readers make me sick lol.

I take ages with discworld, not because I am a slow reader - but because I suffer from intense brain-fog over the last year or so. I don't think I will ever complete the discworld series and move on to other books.

It depends what sort of mood I'm in as far as speed is concerned. I have read a book and a half a day, or, as now, it's taking me ages to read one.

[KingCarrot]

All you fast readers make me sick lol.

I take ages with discworld, not because I am a slow reader - but because I suffer from intense brain-fog over the last year or so. I don't think I will ever complete the discworld series and move on to other books.

It depends what sort of mood I'm in as far as speed is concerned. I have read a book and a half a day, or, as now, it's taking me ages to read one.

It don't help when I have to read a lot of the sentences twice nowadays for them to sink in. Each time I read I need to go back a few pages to remind myself what's going on. I also look at the name's of main characters and think "who on earth is that?". I really am in no state to be reading, but I love it too much to stop. I either have some form of dementia or chronic lyme disease - I don't think it's solely M.E anymore lol.

I will fight (by reading books) until I die...

[Tonyblack]

As far as Discworld books go - I don't think any of us ever get everything the first time of reading. I have read some of the books a dozen times and I still find new stuff that I missed before. Terry's books are often multi-layered and you read one and it may be quite some time before you realise there's a lot more to it than meets the eye. It's what i love about the books.