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Esteban Torres

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Isabel Ibañez: Where the Library Hides (2024, Hodder & Stoughton)

Where the Library Hides is Isabel Ibañez's stunning conclusion to the story that started in …

What a PITA

After the first book that reads like Dora the Explorer visita Egypt I had to continue with the 2nd one. What a disaster. The characters are flatter than the paper they are written in.

Cliché over cliché and no substance whatsoever.

Still have way to go and I don't know if I'll be able to force myself through it

Florida is slipping away. As devastating weather patterns and rising sea levels gradually wreak havoc …

Low 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

Ursula K. Le Guin: The Left Hand of Darkness (Paperback, 2010, Ace Books)

On the planet Winter, there is no gender. The Gethenians can become male or female …

Good

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

Ursula K. Le Guin: The Left Hand of Darkness (Paperback, 2010, Ace Books)

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