Ben Saufley - Reading

Books I've Rated 3.5 / 5

Ratings Breakdown

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1.5

2

2.5

3

143

3.5

4

183

4.5

5

Marble Hall Murders

by Anthony Horowitz

Finished 2025-05-26
The Element of Fire

by Martha Wells

Finished 2025-05-23
Middletide

by Sarah Crouch

Finished 2025-05-18
The Writing Retreat

by Julia Bartz

Finished 2025-04-26
Sunrise on the Reaping

by Suzanne Collins

Finished 2025-04-10
Stay Awake

by Megan Goldin

Finished 2025-04-05
After the Ending

by Lindsey Fairleigh, Lindsey Pogue

Finished 2025-02-26
Iron Gold

by Pierce Brown

Finished 2024-08-17
Age of War

by Michael J. Sullivan

Finished 2024-07-19
The Midnight Feast

by Lucy Foley

Finished 2024-06-28
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

by Suzanne Collins

Finished 2024-06-22

I didn’t hate this. I really loved the way Collins ended the trilogy; it was so interesting and real, in a universe that wasn’t very. So I was curious to see how she’d do Snow. I think the biggest issue I have is the pacing. The heel turn feels sudden and late, even if there are some smart breadcrumbs left along the whole journey. I also expected the heel turn to be in response to something but I think it was sly that it was basically always in him. He was never going to be anything else because of his basic flawed belief system. A lot of “banality of evil” stuff here. So I liked it overall but yeah I think it could’ve been better paced and while I thing Collin’s is smarter than some of her “dystopian YA” peers about the things she writes about, I don’t know that this one will stick with me too long, like the epilogue of the trilogy did.
The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest

by Stieg Larsson

Finished 2024-05-24
Close to Death

by Anthony Horowitz

Finished 2024-05-15
Dark Matter

by Blake Crouch

Finished 2024-05-11
What She Did

by Carla Kovach

Finished 2023-11-29

Totally serviceable genre book. The resolution was pretty obvious from pretty early on, but I didn’t guess everything .

Books I've Rated 3.5 / 5

Ratings Breakdown

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1.5

2

2.5

3

3.5

4

4.5

5

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Marble Hall Murders

The Element of Fire

Middletide

The Writing Retreat

Sunrise on the Reaping

Stay Awake

After the Ending

Iron Gold

Age of War

The Midnight Feast

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest

Close to Death

Dark Matter

What She Did