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Entry tags:
White Night - Book Review; Five Quarters of the Orange - Book Review
I'm a little behind posting reviews, so I'll keep it short and put them all in one entry.
Title: White Night (Book 9/11 in the Dresden Files series)
Author: Jim Butcher
Number of Pages: 416
Genre: Mystery/Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Book Number/Goal: 41/50 in 2009
Review: I enjoyed reading White Night. I didn't find it as "intense" as the last few books, but it still lived up to expectations.
***SPOILERS BELOW*** I REALLY like how Lasciel's story played out. That type of character morality growth is always interesting to watch. I think Butcher did an excellent job with that arc. I was really hoping for a "happy ending" there. I also think that Butcher timed it just right. It wasn't over-played.
I have also been reading the Dresdin Files short stories that fall between the novels. I am finding them to be quite disappointing, not for their content, but for their length. They are just SO SHORT (think roughly 50 pages). I want more!!!
Title: Five Quarters of the Orange
Author: Joeanne Harris
Number of Pages: 307
Genre: Fiction
Book Number/Goal: 42/50 in 2009
Review: I don't want to say too much here, as it's the current book for my on-line book club and we haven't discussed yet, but I will say that I thought that the book was going to be so much more than it actually was. I was looking for it to be complex where it simply wasn't. Perhaps I've been reading too much Sci-Fi/Fantasy with twists and turns and surprises that I expected more drama. (Or, maybe it's that I've been living with my husband the Drama-Queen too long.) I just didn't feel that the "secrets" were all that 'impressive'.
Title: White Night (Book 9/11 in the Dresden Files series)
Author: Jim Butcher
Number of Pages: 416
Genre: Mystery/Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Book Number/Goal: 41/50 in 2009
Review: I enjoyed reading White Night. I didn't find it as "intense" as the last few books, but it still lived up to expectations.
***SPOILERS BELOW*** I REALLY like how Lasciel's story played out. That type of character morality growth is always interesting to watch. I think Butcher did an excellent job with that arc. I was really hoping for a "happy ending" there. I also think that Butcher timed it just right. It wasn't over-played.
I have also been reading the Dresdin Files short stories that fall between the novels. I am finding them to be quite disappointing, not for their content, but for their length. They are just SO SHORT (think roughly 50 pages). I want more!!!
Title: Five Quarters of the Orange
Author: Joeanne Harris
Number of Pages: 307
Genre: Fiction
Book Number/Goal: 42/50 in 2009
Review: I don't want to say too much here, as it's the current book for my on-line book club and we haven't discussed yet, but I will say that I thought that the book was going to be so much more than it actually was. I was looking for it to be complex where it simply wasn't. Perhaps I've been reading too much Sci-Fi/Fantasy with twists and turns and surprises that I expected more drama. (Or, maybe it's that I've been living with my husband the Drama-Queen too long.) I just didn't feel that the "secrets" were all that 'impressive'.