Tag: fiction
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Foundation
Storyline: 3 Stars I read Foundation because I like to read a mix of older and newer books. Foundation is a classic science fiction book. The concept is interesting, but I’m glad that it was only 250 pages. The book is one of those that I am sure many follow-up science fiction books have used Read more
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The Women
Storyline: 5 Stars Vietnam. I have only read a few Vietnam books, and I have loved them all. There are so many books about the world wars, which of course are of great importance, but I think that there is so much unknown about Vietnam for the regular citizens. I am always heartbroken when I Read more
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The Lord of the Rings
Storyline: 5 Stars I have not read the Lord of the Rings since I was in middle school, which was about 12-13 years ago. It was definitely different reading it from an adult perspective! Tolkien is an expert at storytelling. The characters, story, worldbuilding, are all wonderful. I really enjoy the worldbuilding because Tolkien inserts Read more
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The Silent Patient
Storyline: 3 Stars I have been reading more thrillers lately, a book genre that I have not explored much. I think I am starting to become more fond of the genre, but maybe it is because I am reading the ones that I have seen have good reviews. Anyway, The Silent Patient is intriguing because Read more
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Divine Rivals
Storyline: 4 Stars I knew that the Letters of Enchantment Duology was a fantasy, but I was not prepared for this type of fantasy. The world was different than other fantasy books that I have read. There was still advanced technology with the fantasy, and I appreciated that. It was a fresh take on fantasy Read more
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Wrong Place Wrong Time
Storyline: 4 Stars Time loops! I’ve read a few time loop-type books, but this one was well-written and everything came together at the end. There were a few things left open ended . . . Like what happened to the father in the end? Looking back, not everything makes complete sense, but I appreciate how Read more
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Dark Matter
Storyline: 4 Stars I honestly did not know what I was getting into when I read this book. The cover looks absurd and I knew in general what dark matter was, but that was about it. I was pleasantly surprised with the book! It was unreal. The concept behind it is complicated in theory, but Read more
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The Aurelian Cycle
Storyline: 4 Stars I had a friend rate this series highly on Goodreads and she’s an expert in fantasy which is why I picked these books up. This was actually my first fantasy series that focused on dragons (besides Tolkien). I haven’t been drawn to dragon stories before, but the series was so much more Read more
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The Silmarillion
The Safe Pages Rating Romance There are some romantic stories, including Beren and Luthien, which is probably the most famous love story in Tolkein’s world. However, the romantic aspect is not detailed at all, characters barely even speak to each other. The book is a high level overview of some of the romances that take Read more
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The Seven Year Slip
The Safe Pages Rating Romance The book is a romance, so it is not surprising that there is romantic content. There were two scenes that were intimate, about a page each, that I had to skip over because of the graphic content. The scenes seemed out of place because the rest of the book was Read more