Ben Saufley - Reading

Books I've Rated 4 / 5

Ratings Breakdown

1

1.5

2

2.5

3

146

3.5

4

197

4.5

5

I Let You Go

by Clare Mackintosh

Finished 2019-12-30

3.5 stars maybe. I think it was well-told. The arc of the story, in the end, wasn’t that exceptional, and Spoilerthe gist of the incident in question was pretty clear well before the end, so the big reveal wasn’t that big but it was interesting and kept me curious from start to finish.
The Amber Spyglass

by Philip Pullman

Finished 2019-12-20

Ooh boy it gets very heavy-handed at the end. But I do appreciate how Pullman refuses to pigeonhole his characters and to wrap most things up with a tidy bow—characters who were antagonists early on show some goodness, perhaps even redeeming goodness, and not everybody gets what they want in the end. The wrap-up is full of messaging that I liked but which I suppose I wish were a bit more subtle.
The Changeling

by Victor LaValle

Finished 2019-12-20

I think I might have liked this a bit more if I had read it rather than listening to the Audible audiobook, which doubled down on the author’s very simple, matter-of-fact writing style with a very simple, matter-of-fact narrator. It really stripped the magic from the telling. But the story it told was interesting and generally unlike a lot of the other books I’ve been reading—not sure how much of that is how unique this book is and how much of it is that I just don’t read a ton of magical realism.
In an Absent Dream

by Seanan McGuire

Finished 2019-12-01
The Burning White

by Brent Weeks

Finished 2019-11-08
The Ruin of Kings

by Jenn Lyons

Finished 2019-10-06
I'll Be Gone in the Dark

by Michelle McNamara

Finished 2019-09-28
Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue The Untold History of English

by John McWhorter

Finished 2019-09-13
The Couple Next Door

by Shari Lapena

Finished 2019-08-31
The Turn of the Key

by Ruth Ware

Finished 2019-08-14
Station Eleven

by Emily St. John Mandel

Finished 2019-08-03
The Last Kingdom

by Bernard Cornwell

Finished 2019-07-18
On the Other Side of Freedom The Case for Hope

by DeRay Mckesson

Finished 2019-07-09
Evvie Drake Starts Over

by Linda Holmes

Finished 2019-07-08
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

by Becky Chambers

Finished 2019-07-03

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Books I've Rated 4 / 5

Ratings Breakdown

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1.5

2

2.5

3

3.5

4

4.5

5

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I Let You Go

The Amber Spyglass

The Changeling

In an Absent Dream

The Burning White

The Ruin of Kings

I'll Be Gone in the Dark

Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue The Untold History of English

The Couple Next Door

The Turn of the Key

Station Eleven

The Last Kingdom

On the Other Side of Freedom The Case for Hope

Evvie Drake Starts Over

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet