389 reviews found, sorted by Review date descending
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Somewhat Disturbing  

by: rogerco

Oryx and Crake  

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on: 01 Jul 2023

Somewhat disturbing, although perhaps not as likely as when it was written

Full review 241 words

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A bit Midsommer Murders-ery  

by: rogerco

The Mortal Sickness  

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on: 18 Jun 2023

Simple and quite well told but the milieu is unconvincing

Full review 61 words

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Nice slice of flyover life  

by: Roger CO

The Bean Trees  

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on: 01 Jun 2023

Social realism of the Southern States

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Somewhat like the previous one with added comedy  

by: Roger CO

The Rabbit Factor  

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on: 29 May 2023

Comedy and gangsters with a bemused statistician

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rating of "Moving Pictures"  

by: Roger CO

Moving Pictures  

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on: 22 May 2023

No summary or review available

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Simple Rules Create Complex Social Systems  

by: rogerco

The Dawn of Everything  

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on: 29 Apr 2023

1. Freedom to Move 2. Freedom to Refuse an Order 3. Freedom to Create New Forms of Social Reality

Full review 49 words

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The prize is in the reading  

by: rogerco

The Silence of the Girls  

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on: 16 Apr 2023

First class writing.

Full review 93 words

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A Life in Transistion  

by: rogerco

A Fortune-Teller Told Me  

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on: 20 Mar 2023

The year of not flying certainly seems to have changed him for the better, from the hard boiled journo to someone a lot more aware of the darker side of the rising tide of capitalism.

Full review 130 words

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Not successful  

by: rogerco

Utopia Avenue  

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on: 19 Feb 2023

A collection of cameos by dead musicians

Full review 340 words

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rating of "The Siege of Krishnapur"  

by: Roger CO

The Siege of Krishnapur  

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on: 25 Jan 2023

No summary or review available

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rating of "Unsheltered"  

by: Roger CO

Unsheltered  

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on: 24 Dec 2022

No summary or review available

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rating of "Agent Running in the Field"  

by: Roger CO

Agent Running in the Field  

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on: 28 Nov 2022

No summary or review available

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Classic Pynchon  

by: rogerco

Bleeding Edge  

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on: 26 Nov 2022

New York in the aftermath of the dot-com crash of 2001 provides a natural landscape for Pynchon's

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rating of "The Black Swan"  

by: Roger CO

The Black Swan  

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on: 01 Sep 2022

No summary or review available

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Easy reading  

by: rogerco

Ross Poldark  

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on: 15 Aug 2022

Review extract: A quick light read. ...

Full review 58 words

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A stoned shaggy dog's tail  

by: rogerco

Inherent Vice  

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on: 14 Aug 2022

A gripping return to form in true shaggy dog form

Full review 257 words

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A Lost Opportunity for a good book  

by: rogerco

The Lost Apothecary  

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on: 27 Jul 2022

Review extract: The eighteenth century story is competently told although seemingly a little unlikely, the probelm comes with the appalling wet american woman and her nasty husband in the today section. ...

Full review 75 words

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How the Gods Live  

by: rogerco

Circe  

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on: 16 Jul 2022

Fabulous storytelling

Full review 40 words

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Poetical writing at its best  

by: rogerco

Hamnet  

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on: 24 Jun 2022

Engrossing and affecting tale

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rating of Emotionally Weird  

by: Roger CO

Emotionally Weird  

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on: 22 Jun 2022

No summary or review available

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rating of "Kafka on the Shore"  

by: Roger CO

Kafka on the Shore  

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on: 06 Jun 2022

No summary or review available

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rating of "The Wee Free Men"  

by: Roger CO

The Wee Free Men  

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on: 03 Jun 2022

No summary or review available

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More of the Same  

by: rogerco

Winterkill  

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on: 18 May 2022

More snow, a death, a past, the real crime not the death

Full review 71 words

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Macbeth on Discworld  

by: rogerco

Wyrd Sisters  

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on: 20 Apr 2022

An entertaining fast read

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Excellent Read  

by: rogerco

Grasshopper  

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on: 02 Apr 2022

Keeping the tension up with hints of what is to come at every stage

Full review 104 words

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