Murderbot is back! This time with a longer and slightly more detailed plot. It’s interesting to see how the series is turning into a mystery-thriller. The best parts of the book are the places where they try to deduce exactly what is going on using the limited set of information that’s available to them. The way they piece things together keeps you turning the pages.
Muderbot is back again, this time with Asshole Research Transport (ART). I enjoyed this one far more than the first book in the series, as we get to see a lot more of the sarcastic, introverted side of Murderbot. The only downside is, as usual, things ended quickly and a little abruptly, and some details that I was waiting for were conveniently omitted. I expected the side quest to be tied into the primary story line but alas, it has not happened… yet. ...
This was one of those stories that came to an end just as things were getting interesting. The entire story is narrated from the perspective of murderbot, a SecBot with a hacked governor who appears more human than the rest of the crew he (or it?) is travelling with. The cast, setting, and build up are extremely well thought out and exciting, but it flat lines towards the end leaving you confused and unsatisfied. ...
Shogun paints a detailed picture of Japan in the 1600, explained mostly through the eyes of a ship-wrecked English pilot. What starts out as a story about people with strange customs and beliefs soon turns into an intricate plot filled with cunning and treachery. It took me about 2 months to plow through this 1200 page behemoth of a book. The plot felt overly complicated to me. Overkill does not begin to describe the plans that the characters in the book hatch, all of whom seem to be proficient in playing out the long game, the very very long game. ...
This book is a life story and motivational piece rolled up into one. It dips into excruciating detail David Goggins’ painful, and at time unbelievable, journey through an abused childhood, a teenage of suffering, and an adulthood of proving himself against unrealistic odds. Each chapter details a seemingly insurmountable obstacle and his tireless journey of ups and multiples downs that got him over it. The “techniques” that he uses in each chapter is detailed in an associated section where he encourages the reader to apply them to their everyday problems. ...