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Mar 01, 2019 03:24PM
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/book/show/2...I haven't left a review. There are so many already, I don't know what I could add. The protagonist is 72, not an age group we see in lead roles. The setting is Laos in the 1970s, after it fell to communist rule. I enjoy reading stories about places and cultures I'm unfamiliar with, and this book did not disappoint. I'm a mystery reader, and solving two very different cases kept me fully engaged and playing along. There's a whole series of these, and I've already bought the next one.
Are these reviews of your own work or reviews you've written?
Patricia wrote: "Are these reviews of your own work or reviews you've written?"Feel free to share the reviews you've written. We're all readers too and it's a good way to get recommendations :)
My review of John Kang's excellent fantasy novella, Thorn of the Night Blossoms. Just 99c on Amazon.com :)
My review of The Ladybird Book of The Meeting. Quite possible the best book about business ever written.
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My review of Russell Hoban's excellent post-apocalyptic tale Riddley WalkerI read this book when it came out in the early eighties, and all I remembered about it was I liked it. Re-read it, and yeah, I had pretty good taste back then, apparently.
Here be my review of Jonathon Munros:Ian Miller knows how the world works, which makes him an intriguing author. But what’s even better, he knows how the world doesn’t work, which makes him an entertaining one as well. As a result, while reading his novel Jonathon Munros, we’re constantly reminded of what screw-ups we all are. That it’s humanity’s own flaws—our ignorance, indifference and greed—that have always been, and always will be, our ultimate enemy.
Set in a late 2200’s, the book begins by establishing that its title character is an unredeemable cad, only to then pose a question: what if this deeply flawed human were to serve as the template for a self-replicating race of super-powered androids? The answer, it turns out, is that mankind would respond in kind, trading in noble heroics for corporate intrigue, political machinations, and the age-old art of covering one’s ass. No, it’s not a pretty picture, but it is an accurate one, as well suited for a world of Trump and Brexit as it is for some imagined future.
But lest you think it’s all doom and gloom, be prepared for the book’s lighter touches. Beneath Miller’s scathing reportage lurks a wicked sense of humor, a delight in admitting that our foibles and failures are part of what makes us human, and the key as well to defeating the android menace he so convincingly evokes. And though the final resolve is too rounded, too nuanced, to qualify as “happy�, it still provides hope that despite all our bungling, we’ll eventually reach the stars
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For what it's worth, I just posted a review of "Get High on Confidence" by Chad Scott but can't get the link to stick.
Brian wrote: "For what it's worth, I just posted a review of "Get High on Confidence" by Chad Scott but can't get the link to stick."Lets see if I can get it to work.
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Death by a thousand flashbacks.
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Sam :)
