"Stars are legion" is a fascinating story, quite easy to read after the very beginning, which could appear mysterious and fuzzy to the unprepared... A slight effort is necessary and then none: one of the strong points of this book is that the main character, Zan, suffers from chronic memory loss. So, in a way, …
After a good beginning this book was a deception. I couldn't even finish it properly and skimmed throught the last twenty per cent. I really liked the premises, liked the ideas, liked what the characters were about to be. But the more and more I read, the more baffled I was. The story, if …
I was very excited by the premises of this book ; its beginning (aside from one point, see below) was really good. In fact I read with pleasure most of the book before losing patience and interest. Why, it's rather difficult to say, probably because the story in itself didn't manage to be good enough …
After having read, and loved, Children of Time by the author, I was quite interested by reading more of him, and this novella was nicely timely! The story, the tone, the context were quite different from the big and serious "Children of Time", which didn't surprised me: a novella is a very interesting format to …
I enjoyed reading this book very much (a 4,5 * read for me) but can't say that I would blindly recommend it to any reader. Or more precisely, I know that I wouldn't recommend it to all science-fiction readers while I would recommend it to some other kind of readers, those who appreciate some kind …
J'ai découvert l'auteur il y a des années alors qu'il sortait son premier roman, Elantris - un de mes romans préférés à ce jour, une histoire fascinante et des personnages extraordinaires... Depuis ses débuts Brandon Sanderson est devenu très connu, principalement pour avoir écrit la fin - avec beaucoup de talent paraît-il - de l'immense …
J'ai lu ce roman, traduit chez @editionsmichellafon, sur les conseils du charmant duo @bountynette_litterature et @ecureuil_de_natacha. Le livre a été également adapté en film sur Netflix, mais je n'ai pas voulu le voir, je n'ai pas l'impression qu'il soit très fidèle à l'esprit du livre... Parce que l'esprit du livre est superbe ! J'ai adoré …
4,5 stars This book was a very fast and comfortable read. What marked me particularly since the very beginning of my reading was its timeless quality: This is a book that I could have read many years ago, after rummaging in my parents' bookcases. The writing is classic and an easy flow, with interesting and …
I could have lover this story but in the end I just rather liked it which is a shame... The good points were plentiful, my reservations are more about technique. I loved the heroine, her personality, her relationship with her passion and job - dancing. Frequently when a character have such a passion (sport, music, …
The Perfect Assassin was a Perfect Read! I was somewhat worried in the beginning, as assassins' stories in fantasy worlds are often rather amoral. In those books, killing isn't a problem for the assassin, who doesn't value human lives as we does, because of a particular upbringing. In "The Perfect Assassin", Amastan have been trained …
