David Scrimshaw reviewed Lustlocked by Matt Wallace
Review of 'Lustlocked' on 'Storygraph'
4 stars
These are fun. I'm going to keep going on the series.
These are fun. I'm going to keep going on the series.
Reviews and Comments
An avid sci-fi and fantasy reader who sometimes does historical fiction or even mainstream.
You might notice that most of my reviews are 5 stars. That's because if I start reading a book that doesn't engage me, I stop reading it. Life is too short. I've realized that it's not fair to review a book I haven't read and nobody really needs to hear why I didn't get into a book especially when they might like it.
My goals with reviews are to be brief and give other potential readers an idea of why they might like the book. I leave it to the marketing people and other reviewers to describe the plots.
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David Scrimshaw reviewed In Other Lands
Review of 'In Other Lands' on 'Storygraph'
5 stars
A fun read where you can feel confident that some surprises are in store but nothing truly awful will happen.
Review of 'Lustlocked: A Sin du Jour Affair' on 'Storygraph'
4 stars
These are fun. I'm going to keep going on the series.
These are fun. I'm going to keep going on the series.
David Scrimshaw reviewed In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan
Review of 'In Other Lands' on 'Storygraph'
5 stars
A fun read where you can feel confident that some surprises are in store but nothing truly awful will happen.
Review of 'Hexarchate Stories (3) (Machineries of Empire)' on 'Storygraph'
5 stars
If you're a Yoon Ha Lee fan, you don't need my review to know you have to read this.
If you're a fan of modern science fiction, you have to read Yoon Ha Lee and you should probably start with [b:Ninefox Gambit|26118426|Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1)|Yoon Ha Lee|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1446557461l/26118426.SY75.jpg|46065520].
If you're a Yoon Ha Lee fan, you don't need my review to know you have to read this.
If you're a fan of modern science fiction, you have to read Yoon Ha Lee and you should probably start with [b:Ninefox Gambit|26118426|Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1)|Yoon Ha Lee|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1446557461l/26118426.SY75.jpg|46065520].
Review of 'Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas' on 'Storygraph'
5 stars
If you're a Yoon Ha Lee fan, you don't need my review to know you have to read this.
If you're a fan of modern science fiction, you have to read Yoon Ha Lee and you should probably start with [b:Ninefox Gambit|26118426|Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1)|Yoon Ha Lee|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1446557461l/26118426.SY75.jpg|46065520].
If you're a Yoon Ha Lee fan, you don't need my review to know you have to read this.
If you're a fan of modern science fiction, you have to read Yoon Ha Lee and you should probably start with [b:Ninefox Gambit|26118426|Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1)|Yoon Ha Lee|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1446557461l/26118426.SY75.jpg|46065520].
David Scrimshaw reviewed Chasing the Phoenix by Michael Swanwick
In the distant future, Surplus arrives in China dressed as a Mongolian shaman, leading a …
Review of 'Chasing the Phoenix' on 'Storygraph'
5 stars
I love Darger and Surplus.
If you like a weird post-post-apocalyptic future like out Gene Wolfe's [b:The Shadow of the Torturer|60211|The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun, #1)|Gene Wolfe|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1329650008l/60211.SX50.jpg|762497], and you like lovable rogue conmen, you have to read Swanwick's Darger and Surplus stories.
I love Darger and Surplus.
If you like a weird post-post-apocalyptic future like out Gene Wolfe's [b:The Shadow of the Torturer|60211|The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun, #1)|Gene Wolfe|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1329650008l/60211.SX50.jpg|762497], and you like lovable rogue conmen, you have to read Swanwick's Darger and Surplus stories.
David Scrimshaw reviewed Nobody Cries at Bingo by Dawn Dumont
Review of 'Nobody Cries at Bingo' on 'Storygraph'
5 stars
This is apparently autobiography. So, we learn that Ms Dumont went to law school. I always feel sad when I learn that someone went to law school but didn't stay with the law.
But if they're going to write engaging books that let us learn about people we don't learn enough about, I'm just glad that their path took them to where they are.
And get this, she does standup comedy. There's an audio clip at:
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/laughoutloud/dawn-dumont-at-the-turtle-island-too-gala-a-celebration-of-aboriginal-comedy-1.1742517
This is apparently autobiography. So, we learn that Ms Dumont went to law school. I always feel sad when I learn that someone went to law school but didn't stay with the law.
But if they're going to write engaging books that let us learn about people we don't learn enough about, I'm just glad that their path took them to where they are.
And get this, she does standup comedy. There's an audio clip at:
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/laughoutloud/dawn-dumont-at-the-turtle-island-too-gala-a-celebration-of-aboriginal-comedy-1.1742517
David Scrimshaw reviewed Wicked King by Holly Black
Review of 'Wicked King' on 'Storygraph'
5 stars
I was almost inclined not to read this because the fairyland our human heroine is navigating is not a fun place to be.
But this is a good story.
David Scrimshaw reviewed Akin by Emma Donoghue
Review of 'Akin' on 'Storygraph'
5 stars
Emma Donoghue is a guaranteed good read.
What set this one apart for me is
- it had the type of characters you don't see many stories about, and
- the two main characters aren't that nice, but you wind up liking them anyway.
Emma Donoghue is a guaranteed good read.
What set this one apart for me is
- it had the type of characters you don't see many stories about, and
- the two main characters aren't that nice, but you wind up liking them anyway.
Two time-traveling agents from warring futures, working their way through the past, begin to exchange …
Review of 'This Is How You Lose the Time War' on 'Storygraph'
4 stars
I don't know if this was fantasy or science fiction. It was maybe weirder than I'm ready for.
I don't know if this was fantasy or science fiction. It was maybe weirder than I'm ready for.
David Scrimshaw reviewed Tiamat's Wrath by James S. A. Corey (The Expanse, #8, #8)
Thirteen hundred gates have opened to solar systems around the galaxy. But as humanity builds …
Review of "Tiamat's Wrath" on 'Storygraph'
5 stars
It's the Expanse, #8.
Therefore a must read.
And it paid off, fully.
It's the Expanse, #8.
Therefore a must read.
And it paid off, fully.
David Scrimshaw reviewed The Quantum Garden by Derek Künsken
THE ULTIMATE CHASE
Days ago, Belisarius pulled off the most audacious con job in …
Review of 'The Quantum Garden' on 'Storygraph'
5 stars
This second volume in the series has a good fast-moving story with big ideas and more depth on some of the characters from the first volume.
I'm looking forward to the next installment.
This second volume in the series has a good fast-moving story with big ideas and more depth on some of the characters from the first volume.
I'm looking forward to the next installment.
David Scrimshaw rated Lovecraft Country: 4 stars
Review of 'Summary of Trapped by Kevin Hearne' on 'Storygraph'
4 stars
These Iron Druid stories are a good substitute for Harry Dresden stories.