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Esteban Torres

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Ling Ma: Severance (Hardcover, 2018, Farrar, Straus and Giroux) 4 stars

Candace Chen, a millennial drone self-sequestered in a Manhattan office tower, is devoted to routine. …

Review of 'Severance' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

The books is ok-ish. Nothing really happens and there's zero character development.

I was waiting for some sort of surprise development nearing the end of the book and then it just ended...

I felt like someone had ripped a few chapters at the end.

Definitely not something I would recommend :/

Danielle Steel: Moral compass : a novel (2020, Random House Inc) 3 stars

Review of 'Moral compass : a novel' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

Nice interesting idea for a story. Development of the main topic happens too fast. Not enough time to build a relationship with the characters. Before you know they are fucked and you couldn't care less because you are not invested in them.

Still a good idea, looking forward to reading future books from this author

The fever king (2019, Skyscape) 3 stars

Review of 'The fever king' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

It's a decent book. Interesting story about magic and political critic; then turns heads first into a 'Young Adult' hormone crazy borderline "City of Bones" (thankful not as horrible). So far so good; interesting progression, truth be told the plot twists are somewhat obvious.

Up until that point I'm ok with the book. The ending though... feels too rushed; as if the author was running out of pages and had to cram in the end; quite unfortunate.

Do recommend reading the companion Webtoon in WEBTOONs app/website; the illustrations are nice and the adaptation from the book is quite good.

reviewed The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu (Three-Body Trilogy, #2)

Cixin Liu: The Dark Forest (2015) 4 stars

"With the scope of Dune and the rousing action of Independence Day, this near-future trilogy …

Review of 'The Dark Forest' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Liu kept the writing style and rhythm from the Three Body Problem in this one.

The beginning is hard to digest and get into the pace that this book has; but once you get into it is a page turner

Lots of seemingly disconnected plots converge at the very end to give the book a whole new meaning

Blake Crouch: Recursion (Hardcover, 2019, Crown Publishing) 4 stars

Memory makes reality.

That’s what New York City cop Barry Sutton is learning as he …

Review of 'Recursion' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Interesting play in the old time travel story.

The book is interesting; will keep you glued to the pages wondering what next; even though you already know as it doesn't propose any groundbreaking storytelling Avenue.

Still quite interesting and enjoyable

Gerald Brom: The Child Thief (Hardcover, 2009, Eos) 5 stars

Peter is quick, daring, and full of mischief—and like all boys, he loves to play, …

Review of 'The Child Thief' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

I grabbed this book I think just because of the author; didn't read the synopsis and when I finished one book just took it she started reading it; this, had no idea it was a fresh take on Peter Pan.

This gave me a nice perspective and some surprise when things started to fall into place.

Really nice storytelling (sans the bit of the policeman that ran because "left his stove on"...)

Loved the raw take on the old story and how unapologetic Peter is until Nick makes him see things as they truly are.

Definitely recommended

Robert Reid: Year Zero (2012) 4 stars

Year Zero is a 2012 science fiction novel by Robert Reid. It was published by …

Review of 'Year Zero' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Funny dumb easy to read book.

Don't read it expecting simmering Uber clever. But does the job of entertaining

Kind of follows the steps of Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy in comedy writing