Review: Blackwork

Blackwork by Monica Ferris

My rating: 3 of 5 stars







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Review: The Magicians

The Magicians by Lev Grossman

My rating: 2 of 5 stars



The Magicians : Narnia stories :: Cards Against Humanity : Apples to Apples
Except it's not the fun, shockingly forbidden amusement of your first game of CAH. It's the jaded, not-quite-buzzed-anymore feeling of your fifth or sixth playthrough of the same base set of cards with the same group of friends. There's a little bit of satisfaction in taking a trick (in reading an amusing or well-constructed phrase) but most of the time it's just a bit of something to do to pass the time, no longer novel in its crassness. Furthermore, the plot was glacially slow to get underway.



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Review: Dreams of Gods & Monsters

Dreams of Gods & Monsters by Laini Taylor

My rating: 3 of 5 stars



It didn't grab me as much as the first (and, to a lesser extent, the second) book did. Maybe that's because I was distracted while listening, or maybe it was because it tried to do a little bit too much. The whole Stellian storyline felt shoehorned in, and some aspects never resolved to my satisfaction - what about the creepy fruit and the pointy teeth? Eliza. Why? Where did she come from, all of a sudden, in the third book of the trilogy?



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