Rate the last book you read

[user 188685]

Rate your last book that read from 1-10, was it good and would you recommend it to anyone?

 

[user 135671]

Oi oi wee Sunflower, where the bloody hell have you been.... Prison? Welcome back

The last book I read was Illuminations by Alan Moore. It's a collection of short stories, none very short, one long enough to be its own novel, by, imo, the best and most influential comic book writer ever.

From ghosts and otherworldly creatures to theoretical Boltzmann brains fashioning the universe at the big bang, Illuminations is exactly that a series of bright, startling tales from a contemporary legend that reveal the full power of imagination and magic.

It's flipping marvellous, I'd highly recommend it to anyone, Brits in particular. 9 out of 10, well played Mr. Moore.

 

[okidoke]

I’ll come back to this, but fyi, I’ve been keeping a record of my reading for over 20 years!

Off the top of my head though, Michael Moorcock’s “Dancers at the end of time” was brilliant. 10/10 from me.

 

[user 135671]

I’ll come back to this, but fyi, I’ve been keeping a record of my reading for over 20 years!

Off the top of my head though, Michael Moorcock’s “Dancers at the end of time” was brilliant. 10/10 from me.

Oh serendipity man! Dancers was my favourite book in my early teens, I absolutely loved it, then life happened and I forgot all about it until someone on here mentioned it a few weeks ago. It's still a bloody fantastic read.

 

[user 188685]

Oi oi wee Sunflower, where the bloody hell have you been.... Prison? Welcome back

The last book I read was Illuminations by Alan Moore. It's a collection of short stories, none very short, one long enough to be its own novel, by, imo, the best and most influential comic book writer ever.

From ghosts and otherworldly creatures to theoretical Boltzmann brains fashioning the universe at the big bang, Illuminations is exactly that a series of bright, startling tales from a contemporary legend that reveal the full power of imagination and magic.

It's flipping marvellous, I'd highly recommend it to anyone, Brits in particular. 9 out of 10, well played Mr. Moore.

Hi random guy,thanks so much

 

[okidoke]

"Hardball" by Sara Parentsky. A V.I. Warsharsli detective series novel. I've been slowly working my way through the series and so far I think this is the best one. Very suspenseful and a page turner.

 

[4No1]

Mike Omer Zoe Bentley series. 7-8/10. Yeap, it was quite interesting for me, I definitely would recommend it for those, who like crime/setective stories.
I have a "crime-time" now. Sometimes it happens to me and for a month or a few I read only dystopia/pop-science/sci-fi/detectives/etc. So among others I've been reading in this "crime-time" (4-5 for now I guess), Omer is the best.

 

[okidoke]

An interesting concept with potential, but a bit predictable and some things in the book should've been better researched by the author because they didn't quite ring true when mentioned. Much of the scenarios seemed cliché to me. Give it a 6/10. For $2 it was okay.

 

[4No1]

Since we have a few of the reading topics, I'm not sure. But as I'm going to review/rate a little bit, then this is better I guess.

The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths not worth time, the characters are weird, ok, everyone makes mistakes, but they were supposed to be clever enough to understand that everything has the consequences, and they were really suprised. 4/10.

Fairy series by Mike Omer - 6/10

The Appeal by Janice Hallet 7/10 (I postponed The Twyford Code though, in the begining it's 5/10)

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern 7/10

Can't get over Island by Aldous Huxley, it's been 19 months

Looking for something interesting

P.S. And my favorite book, though I've never reread it is The Gray House by Mariam Petrosyan. 10/10 though it's quite peculiar.
Also some of those I read long ago
Ray Bradburry - everything by him 9-10/10
8-9/10 The Bridge, The Wasp Factory, Walking on glass, all by Iain Banks
Player Piano 10/10 Slaughterhouse-five 9/10 by Kurt Vonnegut
All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr 8/10

 

[okidoke]

The last book I read (or tried to read) was The Love Of Stones by Tobias Hill (1970-2023). 0ver 450 pages in length, I gave up after 85 pages. It didn’t engage me and I could endure it any longer. I’m sure there are people who would love it, but it wasn’t for me. 2/10.

 

[okidoke]

My book reviews on youtube for anyone interested

 

[mustachioed_badass_42]

'Beyond Good and Evil' by Friedrich Nietzsche. I'd rate it 8 out of 10. It is a philosophical work questioning previous philosophical systems. 234 pages in length, it has insightful observations about human psychology and the subjective nature and development of morality. It attacks various philosophical systems, including Stoicism, a philosophy I used to like.

I'd recommend it to anyone interested in philosophy, but perhaps not to people in general. Nietzsche's aphoristic and provocative writing style may be off-putting to some. It also makes some outrageous claims, especially at the end of chapter 7, which just appear to be rantings.

But overall, it has great insights on the human mind. It contains detailed arguments as well as some witty epigrams. Certainly a fascinating experience.

 

[mustachioed_badass_42]

@okidoke You sound Australian

 

[okidoke]

@okidoke You sound Australian

Indeed I am, to which my profile will attest