Ben Saufley - Reading

Books I've Rated 3 / 5

Ratings Breakdown

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1.5

2

2.5

3

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3.5

4

192

4.5

5

The Vexed Generation

by Scott Meyer

Finished 2019-06-27
Why Marx Was Right

by Terry Eagleton

Finished 2019-06-24
Mr. Mercedes

by Stephen King

Finished 2019-06-20
Rivers of London

by Ben Aaronovitch

Finished 2019-05-19

I would never have read this book if it had been presented in what is apparently the American branding which is renamed “Midnight Riot” and features a low-pixel explosion and a silhouetted figure who looks like Vinnie Jones (the protagonist is mixed race and presents as black) and looks just all-around terrible. But I came across the paperback, with the intriguing map illustration and the “Rivers of London” name, and that made me seek out the audiobook (presented as Midnight Riot by Audible US).

It’s a fun story, combining elements of American Gods and other magic stories in a detective/crime structure. I’ll probably read the next one at some point. So I’m glad I saw the paperback, and not that terrible American cover, first.
House of Blades

by Will Wight

Finished 2019-05-09
The Well of Ascension

by Brandon Sanderson

Finished 2019-04-30
For We Are Many

by Dennis E. Taylor, Ray Porter

Finished 2019-03-18
An Anonymous Girl

by Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen

Finished 2019-03-01
Pandemic

by A.G. Riddle

Finished 2019-03-01
Artemis Fowl

by Eoin Colfer

Finished 2019-02-23
The Word is Murder

by Anthony Horowitz

Finished 2019-02-16

I enjoyed the story and I appreciate Horowitz’s meta approach but just because you’re talking about the tropes you’re engaging in (curmudgeonly male detective who just happens to be brilliant) doesn’t absolve you from engaging in them. And to see this will be a series … meh. I dunno, man. You say “if I were writing it I’d have chosen a different character.” You did write it. Why didn’t you?
The Plot Against America

by Philip Roth

Finished 2019-01-23
Glass Sword

by Victoria Aveyard

Finished 2019-01-09
The Shadow of What Was Lost

by James Islington

Finished 2019-01-05
RunawayStories

by Alice Munro

Finished 2018-12-15

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Books I've Rated 3 / 5

Ratings Breakdown

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The Vexed Generation

Why Marx Was Right

Mr. Mercedes

Rivers of London

House of Blades

The Well of Ascension

For We Are Many

An Anonymous Girl

Pandemic

Artemis Fowl

The Word is Murder

The Plot Against America

Glass Sword

The Shadow of What Was Lost

RunawayStories