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Esteban Torres

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Ransom Riggs: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Hardcover, 2013, Yen Press)

Graphic novel adaptation

Review of "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" on 'Goodreads'

The characters are not that well developed honestly; some of the children are pretty flat.

That being said I enjoyed the book; the narrative is not incredible or full of surprises but it leads you nicely and in the end I had a really good time and was a bit disappointed by how it ended (because it left me wanting more; which means I'll probably read/listen to the 2nd book in the trilogy)

Ernest Cline: Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1) (Paperback, 2011, Crown Publishers)

Ready Player One is a 2011 science fiction novel, and the debut novel of American …

Review of 'Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)' on 'Goodreads'

The beginning is quite slow and would dare say boring.
The author takes it sweet time seeing the mod and explaining the world.

The middle of the book improves this pase and the story becomes more interesting.

The end is not bad but isn't great.

Overall the book is pretty predictable except for one or two minor surprises. I enjoyed the book but wanted too floored by it.

Ania Ahlborn: Seed (Paperback, 2012, 47North)

Review of 'Seed' on 'Goodreads'

Honestly this book is not so "revealing" as in bringing new things to the table; that aside the book is incredibly well written as far as keeping you hanging and always wanting more at the same time as making you feel totally impotent same as Jack feels across the whole book.

Even thought you might infer the ending a couple of chapters before it comes the book ends just the way it should.

This books wasn't written with a Disney style in mind, its crude, is interesting and will give you a "good" time while you read it; at least for me the author transmitted pretty well how the characters felt in such a great way the whole book I felt so disheartened and impotent.

I recommend this, again, not the best book out there but is worth reading.

Robert Kirkman: The Walking Dead: Compendium One (Paperback, 2009, Image Comics)

Review of 'The Walking Dead: Compendium One' on 'Goodreads'

The compendium starts really slow in terms of "real story" and the initial transitions between scenes are badly placed; but after 20 pages the book starts to take strength and after that there's no stopping to it.

The book is full of "body" lots of different stories that intertwine with the zombie apocalypse; this book has everything: drama, horror, terror, tension.

I really recommend this book (compendium).