Crossing the Pond Reviews
Redhead by the Side of the Road by Anne Tyler My rating: 4 of 5 stars Micah Mortimer is set in his ways. His siblings and extended family tease him good-naturedly about his unvarying routine. Much like Macon in The Accidental Tourist, Micah is over-compensating for his messy (but loving) upbringing. He needed order in […]
The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler My rating: 4 of 5 stars I love Anne Tyler! Tyler’s imagination and observational skills are astounding. This novel mirrors life lately for so many of us. The prevailing “wait and see” mentality is a bit unsettling. But hark! Tempus fugit: tik tok, tik tok…! Macon tries to rigidly […]
The Villa by Rachel Hawkins My rating: 4 of 5 stars Well! The word “switcheroo” popped into my head, more than once, when I finished listening to the Audiobook ARC of The Villa by Rachel Hawkins – ably narrated by Julia Whelan, Kimberly M. Wetherell and Shiromi Arserio. I did a few double-takes during the […]
Funny story to start this off: it seems that all assassins in novel series are named John, like John Milton. Or John Rain, whose specialty it is to make the death look natural. (There are also the Jacks, like Reacher or Widow – they’re not assassin’s, they’re drifters. It’s a small and simple world out […]
3.5 out of 5 stars. A story that wants to be a lot of things simultaneously. Recommended if you crave some popcorn movie feeling in the shape of literature.
4.5 out of 5 stars. Pulp fiction meets Fantasy, with added Arabian spices – a wild ride.
5 out of 5 stars. Classic Reacher at it’s best, twisting and thrilling plot.
4 out of 5 stars. Fantasy Noir – Raymond Chandler meets Orcs (German content).
4 out of 5 stars. Great thriller that missed some potentials on side characters.
I’m a fan of Martha Wells Murderbot Diaries, so I was immediately curious when I read the blurb to this novel: The Murderbot Diaries makes first contact in this new, futuristic, standalone novel exploring sentience and artificial intelligence through the lenses of conflicted robot hero Unit Four, from Marina Lostetter […] This comparison was written […]
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