Reviews and Comments

A fine collection.

But not where you should start reading Dresden stories.

I need to space out my Jack Reacher books. Reading them too close together puts me in a mental space where I think everyone I see is ready to do violence to me.

Unlike Jack Reacher, I'm not ready to handle it if they do. So the tension I feel probably doesn't do me any good.

This is probably a better book than I am rating it at, but I just didn't like spending time in this world.

After reading book after book with lots of violence, this collection of stories about offbeat kids was just what I needed.

I need to space out my Jack Reacher books. Reading them too close together puts me in a mental space where I think everyone I see is ready to do violence to me.

Unlike Jack Reacher, I'm not ready to handle it if they do. So the tension I feel probably doesn't do me any good.

I really enjoyed my time in this book and look forward to the sequels.

The child Nona is a compelling character and it's fun to read about a convent where novices are trained to be killers.

This one gets delightfully twisted.

There's not much point to my writing a review of this. If you're a Dresden fan, you'll read it. If you're not a Dresden fan, you probably don't want to start with a bunch of stories that fall after all sorts of things have happened to him.

In the opening chapter of this book, Reacher finds himself rescuing a student from a kidnapping and accidentally shooting a cop.

That can't be Reacher, I thought, maybe it's an impostor.

This is pretty good dark fantasy.

But, unlike me, you might want to start it after the sequels are published.

Of course this was fun. It's Christopher Moore.

I was happy to see that on this, Jack Reacher doesn't get sucked into a murderous plot because he's in the wrong place at the wrong time. Instead, it's because someone went looking for him.

And Jack Reacher is one big and tough guy. I cannot understand how they have Tom Cruise playing him in movies.

This is a great fantasy series.

And so far, all the books end properly, so if you can't read the next book right away, it's all right. I mean, you will want to read the next one because you'll want to spend more time with some of the characters, but it will be okay if you have to wait a while.

This was fun. Reminiscent of Neal Stephenson.

No talking cats or mice, but people bonded with animals. If there's a sequel, we can hope someone to bond with a cat or a rodent.

I was happy to see that on this, Jack Reacher doesn't get sucked into a murderous plot because he's in the wrong place at the wrong time. Instead, it's because someone went looking for him.

And Jack Reacher is one big and tough guy. I cannot understand how they have Tom Cruise playing him in movies.