oxytocin reviewed Warden by Delyth Angharad
It's not often someone gets the drop on Alwyn Jove, Imperial Warden and powerful magic-wielder—but …
More erotic than I expected
5 stars
and otherwise quite sweet!
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oxytocin reviewed How to Do Nothing by Jenny Odell
In a world where addictive technology is designed to buy and sell our attention, and …
Way better than I expected
5 stars
Not a “self-help” book, it is a call to action. There were some pretty good ideas in there, and helpful references/anecdotes.
oxytocin reviewed The Wise Man’s Fear by Patrick Rothfuss
“There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with …
Nice
5 stars
Pretty similar to the first book (but in a good way)
oxytocin reviewed Der Name des Windes by Patrick Rothfuss
In »Der Name des Windes« erzählt Patrick Rothfuss die Geschichte von Kvothe, dem berühmtesten Zauberer …
Page-turner
5 stars
Well written, funny sometimes, like someone telling a story at a fireplace. Felt cozy to me.
Contains a few not-so-constructive patterns (like "I need to make my heart of stone to control emotions"), but for me it was Ok, definitely better than in "Consider Phlebas".
oxytocin reviewed The Star Diaries by Stanisław Lem
he Star Diaries is a series of short stories of the adventures of space traveller …
Funky Retro Black Mirror-ish
3 stars
Some stories felt like the black mirror museum episode, some are a bit boring. (And Ijon can be annoying. He gets angry quickly.) I read it in German, maybe some chapters are funnier in Polish?
Painful
4 stars
Exciting, feels realistic, war strategy, a lot of innuendo (and smugness? — everyone feels very clever). Passages of feeling powerful, passages of feeling completely powerless. I would recommend it with a content warning: "Cruel and depressing".
oxytocin reviewed Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks
Consider Phlebas is perhaps one of the lesser-known, but nevertheless the first, of the revelationary …
Meh…
2 stars
I guess I expected more… There’s one chapter (the eaters) that you can just skip completly imo. There’s been several times when I just wanted to stop reading (the eater-chapter and gendered stereotypes that continue to exist unchanged in the far future…), but I kept going for some reason and have not been rewarded.
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower (published 1950) is a Horatio Hornblower novel written by C. S. Forester. …
Sailship fun with nationalism
4 stars
Most of this book is exciting 18th/19th century sailing mechanics with wind strategy, and trying to capture the other ship without destroying it (I enjoyed it!). The cast is (almost) only men. And there are frequent commentaries on how badly organized the other navies/armies are, in comparison to the English ones.
The prose is not the best one I’ve ever read, but it’s easy to read and the chapters are independent episodes, which makes it a good snack.
oxytocin reviewed Hollow world by Michael J. Sullivan
"Ellis Rogers is an ordinary man who is about to embark upon an extraordinary journey. …
An optimistic outlook
5 stars
I think this book provides an optimistic utopian-kind of outlook on the future. I enjoyed reading it, it was a form of feel-good escapism.