Goodreads page My rating: 4 out of 5 My review: This book was one suspense thriller from the start to finish. Compared with Order of Phoenix it contains three times as much action using less pages :-) A book worthy of being final in the series I’d say. We get to look more into life of Albus Dumbledore, and finally uncover what Snape is all about. The book is not exactly cheerful for the most part…but there are moments of fun & joy. …
Goodreads page My rating: 3 out of 5 My review: From all the Harry Potter books this is my least favourite one for some reason. It just dragged on a bit with not much happening for the most part. Lot of things made sense in later books and so this seems like an introduction for them. Oh well…still worth the read
Goodreads page My rating: 3 out of 5 My review: It read really nicely. Something about simplicity of the story and…it made me feel good in the end. It’s not a literary masterpiece, but I can see why it’s a bestseller. Quite entertaining.
Goodreads page My rating: 5 out of 5 My review: What does being a celebrity actually mean? Where does a creation of media end and person start? Gibson creates a universe where it’s possible for lives of completely different people meet and do so with a bang. Life of a 14 year old schoolgirl obsessed with a pop-idol, ex-prisoner turned bodyguard with knack for tomahawks and data analyst able to do pattern recognition on big databases. …
Goodreads page My rating: 4 out of 5 My review: Read it in Czech translation from 1985 so certain things were a bit weird, but the core of the book is still worth reading. It deals with basic ideas of people interactions as well as with concrete situations. And most importantly it is written in a way digestible for laymen such as myself :-)
Goodreads page My rating: 5 out of 5 My review: Great book for anyone doing creative thinking. London showed his understanding that It’s not always easy for others to appreciate you and your mind.
Goodreads page My rating: 4 out of 5 My review: I bow before W. Gibson’s ability to create sense of certain environment, of polluted narrow streets, London, wastelands, cyberspace. I still think Neuromancer was somehow better, but loved how various characters from Neuromancer and Count Zero played their parts here. It really got hold of me and didn’t let go until the last page was read.It seemed more user-friendly than previous parts, but maybe that’s just me getting used to the Sprawl slang…
Goodreads page My rating: 5 out of 5 My review: What can I say? Chiba site got me. The Sprawl made me excited and Freeside finished me off. Great book all in all, with some parts that were quite hard to understand for me, but enjoyable still. And I just loved little intermezzo about Johnny Mnemonic. Just classic.
Goodreads page My rating: 5 out of 5 My review: I knew right away on the second page this is an extraordinary book. It pulled me right away into the world of London Below, with rat-speakers, angels, hunters and prey. There is nothing I can say that will truly express how much I enjoyed reading this book. It was exciting, scary, funny and oftentimes surprising. I loved all the characters, but I felt particularly engaged around Marquis de Carabas and the two good-hearted fellows: Mr. …
Goodreads page My rating: 5 out of 5 My review: Very, very readable. Probably most erotic book I’ve ever read :-) Extremely unexpected twists, and few really really depressing parts.Those parts made me think about life, death and everything in between. How happiness is really fragile and we are constantly balancing on the edge of dark, deep well about to fall down. One way or the other, well worth reading.