Cannonball Read 9

Sticking it to Cancer One Book at a Time

Too much old, not enough new in the Box

The Everything Box by Richard Kadrey

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The Everything Box got a lot of attention when it first came out, but I’ve only just now gotten to it. I don’t quite understand what all the hype was about. Yes this is an entertaining adventure story with amusing characters, but I didn’t love it. I enjoyed it, but it just wasn’t as awesome as I was hoping. 3.5 stars. First, it’s so strongly reminiscent of Good Omens (by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman) in terms of characters and plot that it comes off a little unoriginal to me. Coop is the Warlock/Adam character with a tough of Shadow […]

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7/23/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:49 |

Book Centered Indiana Jones and a Dragon with Too Many Threads

The Burning Page by Genevieve Cogman

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While this is part of one of my favorite ongoing series, this installation was a little meh; 3.75 stars. The problem I think was that this story was focused on too many potential threats, as opposed to one big one. There’s internal problems in the Library (politics and doctrinal differences mostly, but also some likely hidden agenda from an unknown in the upper echelons), Alberich is back (Librarian gone bad final boss type), Irene is still on probation and getting unpleasant job assignments, something’s wrong with Vale, and Zayanna (a Fae lady from the previous story) tracks Irene down for […]

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7/2/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:47 |

Eyeballs, cats, and tiger spirit monks, and a whole lot of kung-fu

The Girl with Ghost Eyes by M.H. Boroson

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This book reminded me in some ways of The Ghost Bride, but it’s also the total opposite in other ways. Both novels have a feisty heroine, but The Girl with Ghost Eye’s Li-lin is a lot more self-sufficient and less maiden in distress than Li Lan. Li-lin is a martial artist who has the ability to see supernatural creatures, and she’s also the daughter of the head of a priesthood specializing in protecting people from evil spirits in late 19th century San Francisco’s Chinatown. She was also married to her father’s best student but he died a while before the […]

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7/1/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:46 |

A tale of three cities

A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab

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In the world of V.E. Schwab’s Shades of Magic trilogy, in which this is the first book, there are parallel worlds. There used to be gateways between them, but now only the magical Antari (identified by having one normal and one fully black eyeball) are able to travel through to the various worlds, using their blood and magical ability. Young Kell, fostered with the royal family in Red London is one of these Antari. In each of the four worlds, there is a London, the geographical location of which overlaps. There is Grey London, which is the England of George III, […]

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6/23/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:53 |

If Patrick Rothfuss says so and it has talking cats, it must be good

The Aeronaut's Windlass (Cinder Spires 1) by Jim Butcher

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I have never read Jim Butcher before, and I’ve had mixed luck with things that Patrick Rothfuss recommends. I decided to take a chance with The Aeronaut’s Windlass, and I liked a lot about this book. It has a good story, an interesting world, some relatable characters, and the possibility to be a really good fantasy series. But the more I think about it, the more I start seeing a lot of little problems that add up. The general narrative is action-based, with political intrigue, the threat of monsters, a somewhat mysterious supernatural-ish evil force behind it all, a villainess […]

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5/28/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:39 |

“I would really like to know”, he said with genuine curiosity. “The next time I kill someone, I’d like to do it in a way that doesn’t freak you out.”

Burn for Me by Ilona Andrews

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4.5 stars This book originally came out back in 2014, but was re-released earlier this year, after the two planned sequels took longer to produce than planned. The second book in the trilogy will now be out at the end of May, while the third and final book comes out in July. I’m giddy with anticipation and have already pre-ordered the sequels. My first review of the book can be found here. Spoiler warning! This review will mainly deal with my thoughts of re-reading it, and where I hope the authors will take the series in upcoming books. So if you […]

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5/18/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:49 |

For a legendary assassin, she spends a whole lot of time NOT killing people

Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas

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3.5 stars I put off reading this for the longest time, mainly because I figured I’d have to go back and read the first one, Throne of Glass, again to remember what happened, what with having read that way back in early 2013. But then the lovely Narfna tipped me off about this website, which allowed me to quickly recap all the stuff I only vaguely remembered, and I no longer had an excuse not to read it and it fit into my Monthly Keyword Challenge for April. Oh yeah, this is book 2 in a series. It doesn’t really […]

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5/6/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:41 |

Michael Crichton-lite; or, Michael Crichton without being so messagey

Deep Storm by Lincoln Child

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I have a weird fascination with locked in characters facing unimaginable horrors. This is probably why I love zombie movies so much. The battle of Helms Deep in Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers is my favorite part of the whole trilogy. You put a bunch of people in a structure planted firmly in the sediment at the bottom of the ocean? Yeah, I’m on board. Sphere was always my favorite Michael Crichton book for this reason, probably. Deep Storm is just such a story (though, more Sphere than The Two Towers). Deep beneath the ocean in the north […]

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4/22/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:30 |

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