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Book reviews
Jun. 28th, 2014 06:18 pmQuick thoughts on the recent books I've read: less complete than usual because I left it too long and my memory is fading.
The Dark Horse by Craig Johnson
Enjoyable mystery; the twist was a tad predictable. Outside of the usual physical boundaries (not in the county, but in another small local town). A bit blasé about an innocent's death, which was somewhat unusual.
Raising Steam by Terry Pratchett
Not a set of characters that I like - this was about Moist aka the guy from the books about the post office and the bank and the mint. Disappointing how God-like Vetinari is written (it was always like this a bit, but it grated on me), and the lack of characters I do like despite it being mostly set in Ankh-Morpork. Vimes was there but not particularly enjoyably.
Princess of Glass by Jessica Day George
Good enough for a young adult novel. Still bugs me that all the new princesses are victims - I actually would have liked Cinderella to be the jerk she was initially presented as. But I guess in a fluff series, I can't really expect that. At least the main character (a princess from the first book) was generally quite pleasant and heroic.
The Dark Horse by Craig Johnson
Enjoyable mystery; the twist was a tad predictable. Outside of the usual physical boundaries (not in the county, but in another small local town). A bit blasé about an innocent's death, which was somewhat unusual.
Raising Steam by Terry Pratchett
Not a set of characters that I like - this was about Moist aka the guy from the books about the post office and the bank and the mint. Disappointing how God-like Vetinari is written (it was always like this a bit, but it grated on me), and the lack of characters I do like despite it being mostly set in Ankh-Morpork. Vimes was there but not particularly enjoyably.
Princess of Glass by Jessica Day George
Good enough for a young adult novel. Still bugs me that all the new princesses are victims - I actually would have liked Cinderella to be the jerk she was initially presented as. But I guess in a fluff series, I can't really expect that. At least the main character (a princess from the first book) was generally quite pleasant and heroic.
Princess of the Midnight Ball is a retelling of the fairytale "The Twelve Dancing Princesses". I'm not familiar with the original tale, and I didn't look it up before reading the book (though I did just read the wikipedia page now).
