jessicaxmaria's reviews
857 reviews
Blue Hour: A Novel, by Tiffany Clarke Harrison
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
The Employees: A workplace novel of the 22nd century, by Olga Ravn
challenging
dark
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
4.75
Heat 2, by Meg Gardiner, Michael Mann
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
3.5
SURE!
A fun heist novel that is wonderfully over-the-top in many ways (I read a couple sentences of a sex scene to my friends when they asked what I was laughing at), but provides a great backstory for the characters we met in the movie Heat. The heists, the action, the detectives and Chris, and a psychotic criminal (a la Waingro), all intriguing and loved the wild ride. There was one great payoff near the end, but then the book doesn't quite land entirely successfully.
3.5 stars, would watch this movie.
A fun heist novel that is wonderfully over-the-top in many ways (I read a couple sentences of a sex scene to my friends when they asked what I was laughing at), but provides a great backstory for the characters we met in the movie Heat. The heists, the action, the detectives and Chris, and a psychotic criminal (a la Waingro), all intriguing and loved the wild ride. There was one great payoff near the end, but then the book doesn't quite land entirely successfully.
3.5 stars, would watch this movie.
Open Me, by Lisa Locascio
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
3.5
There's a lot packed in here, and so much to admire about it, but it still left me unsure... which I suppose is good? Going to have to mull this over before final review...
Superfan: How Pop Culture Broke My Heart, by Jen Sookfong Lee
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
3.25
Vertigo, by W.G. Sebald
challenging
mysterious
slow-paced
3.0
I certainly liked this book, and the prose was wonderful--I now have a full understanding of what 'Sebaldian' means (the reason I wanted to read Sebald was some of my favorite books were called this adjective). However, as I've read since completing, starting with Sebald's first book is probably not the best idea. It's a little too opaque. My lukewarm feeling toward this won't hold me back from reading The Emigrants soon, though, and likely finish the trilogy with Rings of Saturn as well.