Esteban Torres reviewed Of Jade and Dragons by Amber Chen
Meh
2 stars
Interesting understory. Unfortunately it's written like Harry Potter meets Twilight; but the worst of the two sagas combined
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Esteban Torres rated Academy for Liars: 2 stars
Academy for Liars by Alexis Henderson
Lennon Carter’s life is falling apart.
Then she gets a mysterious phone call inviting her to take the entrance exam …
Finally finished the book. That was a tough one to finish. It wasn't bad per se. Want great either. Just not very palatable
Could have been a blogpost or 2
2 stars
Finally finished the book. That was a tough one to finish. It wasn't bad per se. Want great either. Just not very palatable
Esteban Torres started reading Storyworthy by Matthew Dicks
"A 30-time StorySLAM champion shows readers how to improve their storytelling skills, and how doing …
Time to read it again
Esteban Torres reviewed The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton
Florida is slipping away. As devastating weather patterns and rising sea levels gradually wreak havoc …
Low 3 stars
3 stars
Not bad but definitely not great. Mostly the story of a man that never listened and that costed him everything. Then the story of a resilient girl/woman
Esteban Torres reviewed The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (Hainish Cycle)
On the planet Winter, there is no gender. The Gethenians can become male or female …
Good
3 stars
For a long perdió of time it felt like this book reads like The Dark Tower. But then it hit me, checked the publishing year; TDT is the one that reads like this
Overall interesting book. Sometimes a lot of made up terminology muddies the story. But definitely worth being called a classic
Esteban Torres finished reading The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (Hainish Cycle)
On the planet Winter, there is no gender. The Gethenians can become male or female …
For a long perdió of time it felt like this book reads like The Dark Tower. But then it hit me, checked the publishing year; TDT is the one that reads like this
Overall interesting book. Sometimes a lot of made up terminology muddies the story. But definitely worth being called a classic
Esteban Torres reviewed Translation State by Ann Leckie (Imperial Radch)
Qven was created to be a Presger translator. The pride of their Clade, they always …
Ok-ish
3 stars
2.8 stars for me. I feel like the lore and complexity of the characters would have fit better a saga. Compressed into a single file book made it not work great
Esteban Torres rated Storyworthy: 5 stars
Storyworthy by Matthew Dicks, John Glouchevitch Matthew Dicks
"A 30-time StorySLAM champion shows readers how to improve their storytelling skills, and how doing so can improve their relationships, …
Esteban Torres rated Those Beyond the Wall: 4 stars
Micaiah Johnson: Those Beyond the Wall
Those Beyond the Wall by Micaiah Johnson (The Space Between Worlds, #2)
Faced with a coming apocalypse, a woman must reckon with her past to solve a series of sudden and inexplicable …
Esteban Torres rated Starter Villain: 4 stars
Starter Villain by John Scalzi
Inheriting your mysterious uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might imagine.
Sure, there are the things you'd expect. …
Esteban Torres rated Rouge Street: 2 stars
Rouge Street by Jeremy Tiang, Shuang Xuetao
From one of the most highly celebrated young Chinese writers, three dazzling novellas of Northeast China, mixing realism, mysticism, and …
Esteban Torres rated Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries: 4 stars
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
A curmudgeonly professor journeys to a small town in the far north to study faerie folklore and discovers dark fae …
Esteban Torres rated Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands: 4 stars
Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett (Emily Wilde, #2)
When mysterious faeries from other realms appear at her university, curmudgeonly professor Emily Wilde must uncover their secrets before it’s …