David Scrimshaw rated Post Captain (Aubrey Maturin Series): 5 stars
I didn't get into this and didn't finish it.
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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 The memory garden by M. Rickert
Bay Singer has bigger secrets than most. Now that she knows about them. Her mother, …
Review of 'The memory garden' on 'Storygraph'
3 stars
I didn't get into this and didn't finish it.
David Scrimshaw rated Death Masks: 4 stars
David Scrimshaw reviewed Lockstep by Karl Schroeder
"When seventeen-year-old Toby McGonigal finds himself lost in space, separated from his family, he expects …
Review of 'Lockstep' on 'Storygraph'
4 stars
Not quite as gosh-wow as other Schroeder books, but still fun.
David Scrimshaw rated Cryptonomicon: 4 stars
David Scrimshaw rated Mona Lisa Overdrive: 4 stars
Mona Lisa Overdrive by William F. Gibson, William Gibson (unspecified) (Bantam spectra book)
Mona Lisa Overdrive is the final novel of the William Gibson's cyberpunk Sprawl trilogy.
Living in the vast computer …
David Scrimshaw rated Dune: 5 stars
Dune by Frank Herbert
Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, heir to a noble family …
David Scrimshaw rated The Diamond Age: 4 stars
The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
Decades into our future, a stone’s throw from the ancient city of Shanghai, a brilliant nanotechnologist named John Percival Hackworth …
David Scrimshaw rated Matter: 4 stars
Matter by Iain M. Banks (Culture, #8)
David Scrimshaw rated Cryptonomicon: 4 stars
David Scrimshaw rated Dune: 5 stars
Dune by Frank Herbert (Dune, #1)
Dune is a 1965 science-fiction novel by American author Frank Herbert, originally published as two separate serials in Analog magazine. …
David Scrimshaw rated THE DOSADI EXPERIMENT: 5 stars
David Scrimshaw rated Anathem: 4 stars
Anathem by Neal Stephenson
Anathem, the latest invention by the New York Times bestselling author of Cryptonomicon and The Baroque Cycle, is a magnificent …
David Scrimshaw reviewed The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
Chava is a golem, a creature made of clay, brought to life by a disgraced …
Review of 'Golem and the Jinni' on 'Storygraph'
4 stars
This story was a bit more gloomy than I like.
But, New York when they were just building subways was fascinating.
The Golem and the Jinni are both characters I'd like to encounter again.
It's fun to read about magical beings that aren't based on Tolkien themes.
This story was a bit more gloomy than I like.
But, New York when they were just building subways was fascinating.
The Golem and the Jinni are both characters I'd like to encounter again.
It's fun to read about magical beings that aren't based on Tolkien themes.
