Arunsr1ni rated The real story: 5 stars
The real story by Stephen R. Donaldson
Science fiction roman.
Loved it. Will read more by David.
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Arunsr1ni reviewed Slade House by David Mitchell
Slade House is the seventh novel by British novelist David Mitchell. The novel received mixed …
Review of 'Slade House' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Arunsr1ni reviewed Without Light or Guide : Los Nefilim by T. Frohock
Review of 'Without Light or Guide : Los Nefilim' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Loved, love, loved it. Characters- they shine out from Teresa's pen. Magic is low, but story expands and we come to know the allegiances and the cracks inside them. The protagonist is extremely well handled. I can't wait for the next novella.
Arunsr1ni reviewed Chase the morning by Michael Scott Rohan
Chase the morning (1994, Orbit)
Review of 'Chase the morning' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Clear writing, great characters, superb dialogues, brilliant magic and more than that - a work that ponders with the 'emptiness' we feel, stuck in a rut of salary-rent/mortgage-date-love-children life, against a backdrop of a swashbuckling adventure story. Absolutely loved it.
Arunsr1ni reviewed House of Suns by Alastair Reynolds
Six million years ago, at the dawn of the star-faring era, Abigail Gentian fractured herself …
Review of 'House of Suns' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Fantastic - probably my favorite Alastair Reynolds book till now.
Arunsr1ni rated Cugel saga: 5 stars
Arunsr1ni rated The eyes of the overworld: 5 stars
Arunsr1ni rated The Dying Earth: 5 stars
Arunsr1ni rated Lord Foul's Bane: 4 stars
Lord Foul's Bane by Stephen R. Donaldson
Lord Foul's Bane is a fantasy novel by American writer Stephen R. Donaldson, the first book of the first trilogy …
Arunsr1ni reviewed The Flinch by Julien Smith
Review of 'The Flinch' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Just barely scratched the surface, but for what it's made of, its gold. Would've loved if the author had delved deeper.
Arunsr1ni reviewed Black Sun Rising by C. S. Friedman
Review of 'Black Sun Rising' on 'Goodreads'
1 star
DNF. Too slow and prose lacked any hook to keep me reading.
Arunsr1ni reviewed The Anubis gates by Tim Powers
An ancient Egyptian sorcerer, a modern millionaire, a body-switching werewolf, a hideously deformed clown, a …
Review of 'The Anubis gates' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
Parts of the book was awesome, parts very tiring and parts that I wanted to skim and mail the author requesting a summary of what happened. It was an adventure book in that the author sets the scene and stuff 'happens'. But not necessary that the reader invests into a character. About that, so many body shifting happens that you need to remember 'who is this character inside now?'.
Brilliant adventure book and I wish I was a fan of poetry for I'd have loved to get a sneak peak into Ashbless and others' lives. Good read, but I'll forget this before I know it.
3.5/5
Arunsr1ni reviewed The Republic of Thieves by Scott Lynch
Review of 'The Republic of Thieves' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Loved it. Will write a longer review later.
Arunsr1ni reviewed Drood: A Novel by Dan Simmons
On June 9, 1865, while traveling by train to London with his secret mistress, 53-year-old …
Review of 'Drood' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
When I finished the last chapter in the 775 page tome, I know I'd miss reading the book, 50 pages every morning, getting lost into the 'oven' of hot and filthy London, amidst one of the greatest literary figures who has every lived - Charles Dickens.
The book is about a rail accident that Dickens brushes death with, and a horror he meets in the name of Drood. Ensnaring his long friend and collaborator Wilkie Collins, who is the narrator of the book, he starts to investigate the mysterious figure.
The story then meanders between the murky opium filled catacombs, the laudanum filled brain of Wilkie Collins, portrayal of an amazing personality of Dickens, the devouring of a creative soul's reality by laudanum(form of opium) whose side product is subhumanly powerful jealousy. Not to doubt the beauty of writing from master story teller Dan Simmons, taking yet another new genre …
When I finished the last chapter in the 775 page tome, I know I'd miss reading the book, 50 pages every morning, getting lost into the 'oven' of hot and filthy London, amidst one of the greatest literary figures who has every lived - Charles Dickens.
The book is about a rail accident that Dickens brushes death with, and a horror he meets in the name of Drood. Ensnaring his long friend and collaborator Wilkie Collins, who is the narrator of the book, he starts to investigate the mysterious figure.
The story then meanders between the murky opium filled catacombs, the laudanum filled brain of Wilkie Collins, portrayal of an amazing personality of Dickens, the devouring of a creative soul's reality by laudanum(form of opium) whose side product is subhumanly powerful jealousy. Not to doubt the beauty of writing from master story teller Dan Simmons, taking yet another new genre in his literary career.
The story is long, and isn't a Holmesian structure where the mystery moves it, instead morphs into a shade that tinges every scene of Wilkie's life. We learn so much about Dickens, his writing, his ego, his theatricality, his command with conversations(every time Wilkie takes up an offensive with the master, he ends up belittled and thrown offtrack that ends up bewildering him). Chapter are devoted to just how good Dickens was during his tours.
I'm just sad we don't have authors do them anymore, unless you consider a chapter reads here and there. Sad that people don't queue up to buy serials. Sad that authors aren't nearly celebrated as they were a century ago. In short, I felt myself transported to mid 19th century. The novel was that powerful.
Arunsr1ni reviewed In Midnight's Silence : Los Nefilim by T. Frohock
Review of "In Midnight's Silence : Los Nefilim" on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Could've been tighter. I wanted to know more about Diego and Miquel, not just their characters, the back story. The novella expanded more on the history but my favorite character from Wings and Hisses did not appear here. Hoping she does in the next installment.