Tripwire, Lee Child
Good work, Lee, but I need to find some just slightly better books.
15 Nov 2015
14 Nov 2015
Lolita
Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov
Dolorous, but a more scientifically comic command of English I have not seen.
10 Sept 2015
Wolves Eat Dogs
Wolves Eat Dogs, Martin Cruz Smith
Grimy, black, wet and hot. But not the hot you think: excellent book.
6 Sept 2015
17 Aug 2015
Comment parler des livres que l'on n'a pas lus ?
Comment parler des livres que l'on n'a pas lus ?, Pierre Bayard
LP++
The Satanic Verses
The Satanic Verses, Salman Rushdie
I wish I could say I liked its comedy, its impertinence and its sexy girls, but it's hard to "like" a book that rent international diplomatic relations; and besides, it's just a little biological bit too gross.
11 Jul 2015
Die Trying
Die Trying, Lee Child
Okay, we are clearly dealing with exciting, well-told stories, but in every one the bad guy gets shot in the head without knowing who killed him.
These are good revenge stories, but they are missing the watch-the-big-guy-fall pieces that make books like A Man in Full or Le Comte de Monte Cristo so satisfying.
4 Jul 2015
Killing Floor
The Killing Floor, Lee Child
The heart pumping action and Reacher's not possible cleverness make up for the quick, weak ending.
16 May 2015
A Wanted Man
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A Wanted Man, Lee child
Odd narrative engineering: the story ends in the middle of the book, then a new one starts. It's pretty good, but feels like cut-and-paste.
And who's the actual wanted man?
3 May 2015
Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut
Is it illiterate of me to say that this was very funny?
23 Mar 2015
The Left Hand of Darkness
The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. Le Guin
It's cold. But I happen to like the cold.
16 Mar 2015
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Agatha Christie
The sheer yet gentlemanly audacity of the ending should tie tighter to a murder motive. And then it would be genius.
10 Feb 2015
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