Review: From a Buick 8

From a Buick 8 by Stephen King
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Now, I normally love Stephen King and his work, that I normally get dragged in to his stories and find myself glued to the pages. But I admit, I struggled a little with From a Buick 8. To start off, I personally found it a little slow and hard to get in to, sure there was some parts where I sat and read for a while, but there was also parts where I had to reread because I was just reading without taking any of it in.
The story line is a good one, but it didn't feel like a 'King' book. I didn't get any chills while reading it, nor did I feel like I was dragged in to its pages, wanting to read more and more. Half the time, I felt like putting the book down and not continuing. But since I don't like that, I didn't and now that I have finally finished it. I'm pretty sure, that while it is a good book. I didn't fully enjoy it, so I will end up passing it on to someone else or to a charity shop where someone else can take it home and hopefully enjoy it a lot more than I did myself.


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Review: Gemina

Gemina by Amie Kaufman
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

From the very first page of Illuminae to the very last page of Gemina, you are thrown in to one big universe of adventure, heartache, joy, sadness and a whole bunch of other emotions that send you yelling down at the pages of the book.
For the second time, Amie Kaufman and Jay kristoff has woven a tale of adventure and heart trembling action that has you glued to every single page of the book, never mind the size of it, over 600 pages, once you start reading it, the number of pages seem to just disappear and you are left intrigued with the lives of everyone aboard the Heimdall. From the high strung daughter of the captain, Hanna, down to the trouble maker and notorious crime family member , Nik. We are taking on an adventure that gets your blood bumping and your eyes widening as you read through their lives aboard the jump station.

The authors weave a web of adventure so well, that you forget all about anything else around you and you are drawn in to each page, no matter how the layout is presented. Again, the layout is something else that should be praise to high heavens as it helps to break up a long book and gives you more enjoyment as it pulls you in to the story line and you get to mentally visualize the two running around the ship, hiding from the bad guys and the things that they go through just to survive.
We see returning characters from the first book briefly within Gemnia, which helps tie it altogether. Although, at first it does seem like you could just read Gemnia without reading Illuminae first, but it soon comes apparent that if you were to do so, you would feel a little lost within so many pages.

I just know that the third and final installment of the trilogy will be just as exciting and as action packed as the first two and I can't wait to get stuck in to it and to recommend this series to anyone who is wanting to leave earth for a few hours.

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Review: Forensics: The Anatomy of Crime

Forensics: The Anatomy of Crime by Val McDermid
My rating: 5 of 5 stars



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Review: Some Kind of Peace

Some Kind of Peace by Camilla Grebe
My rating: 5 of 5 stars



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Review: The Last Namsara

The Last Namsara by Kristen Ciccarelli
My rating: 5 of 5 stars



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