The time is ripe again for the posting of more book reviews. I have been very busy this summer - more so than last summer - so my reading has suffered, but I have still have many reviews that I need to write.
The first is the easiest: A Feast for Crows by George R. R. Martin. It is easy, because there is no more I can say than what's in my previous reviews regarding the Song of Fire and Ice series. The series is great. This book had not a single weakness that I could see. The characters were superbly crafted and continuously honed and the plot is immersible and outstandingly realistic. I, again, urge anyone reading this blog to READ THIS SERIES! That's it for my Game of Thrones rant.
I interestingly decided to read some real sci-fi this summer, and the book series I chose was 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clark. Although I was expecting an unrealistic portrayal of space travel, I was fortunately wrong. I was amazed (no... I mean literally stunned) by the realism that Clark used in this novel. The storyline had some slow points, but most books do so I can't hold that against it, but it was overall quite well done. I would not recommend this series to those that are entirely uninterested in sci-fi, but I strongly encourage those that have looked mouth-agape at the star-lit sky. (sometimes, I think I should be a poet. What!? I could totally be a good poet.)
2010: Odyssey Two was slightly worse, in my opinion (but then again, whose opinion would I really be telling you?). The plot moved even more slowly, and things were changed around to be a sequel to the movie rather than the book (because there were differences apparently). This still had the same realism and made me very interested in Europa (did you it is covered by an ocean?! crazy...). My suggestion is that if you already read the first one, you might as well read the second, but I wouldn't go out of your way to get it. I hope the next two in the series are as good as the first one.
The first is the easiest: A Feast for Crows by George R. R. Martin. It is easy, because there is no more I can say than what's in my previous reviews regarding the Song of Fire and Ice series. The series is great. This book had not a single weakness that I could see. The characters were superbly crafted and continuously honed and the plot is immersible and outstandingly realistic. I, again, urge anyone reading this blog to READ THIS SERIES! That's it for my Game of Thrones rant.
I interestingly decided to read some real sci-fi this summer, and the book series I chose was 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clark. Although I was expecting an unrealistic portrayal of space travel, I was fortunately wrong. I was amazed (no... I mean literally stunned) by the realism that Clark used in this novel. The storyline had some slow points, but most books do so I can't hold that against it, but it was overall quite well done. I would not recommend this series to those that are entirely uninterested in sci-fi, but I strongly encourage those that have looked mouth-agape at the star-lit sky. (sometimes, I think I should be a poet. What!? I could totally be a good poet.)2010: Odyssey Two was slightly worse, in my opinion (but then again, whose opinion would I really be telling you?). The plot moved even more slowly, and things were changed around to be a sequel to the movie rather than the book (because there were differences apparently). This still had the same realism and made me very interested in Europa (did you it is covered by an ocean?! crazy...). My suggestion is that if you already read the first one, you might as well read the second, but I wouldn't go out of your way to get it. I hope the next two in the series are as good as the first one.
