Lucas M.
reviewed Words of Radiance
Big ideas, tight execution. I went in with hype and mostly got what I wanted.
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Hard sci-fi and space operas. The harder the science the better.
reviewed Words of Radiance
Big ideas, tight execution. I went in with hype and mostly got what I wanted.
reviewed The Martian
The Martian respects the reader's intelligence. The characters in The Martian feel real enough to argue with.
reviewed Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go respects the reader's intelligence. The characters in Never Let Me Go feel real enough to argue with.
reviewed When Breath Becomes Air
Systems and consequences feel coherent. Already thinking about a reread next year.
The kind of sci-fi that ages well. The ending stayed with me longer than expected.
The kind of sci-fi that ages well. The ending stayed with me longer than expected.
reviewed The Midnight Library
Asimov tier for my shelf. Would recommend to the right reader without hesitation.
reviewed The Maze Runner
Concept-driven fiction at its best. Pacing had lulls, but the payoff satisfied me.
Mind expanded. Highly recommend. The dementors are genuinely frightening.
reviewed The Handmaid's Tale
The Handmaid's Tale respects the reader's intelligence. The characters in The Handmaid's Tale feel real enough to argue with.
Dune respects the reader's intelligence. The characters in Dune feel real enough to argue with.
reviewed Morning Star
Morning Star respects the reader's intelligence. The characters in Morning Star feel real enough to argue with.
reviewed Mockingjay
Concept-driven fiction at its best. Pacing had lulls, but the payoff satisfied me.
reviewed Brave New World
Brave New World respects the reader's intelligence. The characters in Brave New World feel real enough to argue with.
Concept-driven fiction at its best. Pacing had lulls, but the payoff satisfied me.
The Road respects the reader's intelligence. The characters in The Road feel real enough to argue with.
reviewed Flowers for Algernon
Flowers for Algernon respects the reader's intelligence. The characters in Flowers for Algernon feel real enough to argue with.
reviewed The Fellowship of the Ring
The science actually checked out for me. Themes linger longer than the plot twists.
reviewed Golden Son
Golden Son respects the reader's intelligence. The characters in Golden Son feel real enough to argue with.
reviewed Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 respects the reader's intelligence. The characters in Fahrenheit 451 feel real enough to argue with.
reviewed Throne of Glass
Nerded out hard and loved every page. Some sections shine brighter than others, but the whole works.
reviewed The Hobbit
The science actually checked out for me. Themes linger longer than the plot twists.
Systems and consequences feel coherent. Already thinking about a reread next year.
reviewed The Return of the King
The science actually checked out for me. Themes linger longer than the plot twists.
reviewed Project Hail Mary
Project Hail Mary respects the reader's intelligence. The characters in Project Hail Mary feel real enough to argue with.
reviewed The Two Towers
The science actually checked out for me. Themes linger longer than the plot twists.
Mind expanded. Highly recommend. Not perfect, but memorable in the ways that count.
reviewed Ender's Game
Ender's Game respects the reader's intelligence. The characters in Ender's Game feel real enough to argue with.
Concept-driven fiction at its best. Pacing had lulls, but the payoff satisfied me.
reviewed A Court of Wings and Ruin
Systems and consequences feel coherent. Already thinking about a reread next year.
The kind of sci-fi that ages well. The ending stayed with me longer than expected.
Mind expanded. Highly recommend. Not perfect, but memorable in the ways that count.
reviewed The Way of Kings
Big ideas, tight execution. I went in with hype and mostly got what I wanted.
reviewed The Name of the Wind
Big ideas, tight execution. Slow in spots, but the prose is worth it.
reviewed Red Rising
Red Rising respects the reader's intelligence. Hunger Games meets Rome in space and it works.
reviewed The Hunger Games
Concept-driven fiction at its best. Pacing had lulls, but the payoff satisfied me.
Mind expanded. Highly recommend. The Dursleys are cruel in a way that still stings.