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boum

boum@bookrastinating.com

Joined 2 years, 7 months ago

Glutton reader. Mostly fiction, esp. fantasy, horror, crime and SF.

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reviewed Rapport by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #7.5)

Martha Wells: Rapport (EBook, 2025, Tor Publishing Group)

“Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy” is a short story set in the world of Martha …

too short

feels like a deleted scene or flashback from the main novels of the murderbot diaries.

too bad. it could have been fluffed with more of the perihelion mission

Dennis Lehane: Since We Fell (2017, Ecco Press) No rating

interesting but it took a long time to really start

actually there is a first story about Rachel looking for her father. when this thread ends, there is a long “so what now” period a bit dull

it makes the last part feel rushed, but that’s just contrast. and it’s good, more would have been too much

Bernard Minier: Le cercle (French language, 2012)

bon polar

quelques tropes marqués : ‑ protagoniste qui devient aveugle ‑ tous les flics décident d’intervenir seuls, et ça carempouille

l’intrigue se tient mais le rythme n’était peut-être pas bien dosé à mon gout

Bernard Minier: Le cercle (French language, 2012)

impossible de mettre le doigt sur ce qui manque à ce livre pour être franchement bon ça se lit bien, l’intrigue est assez bien cousue

finished reading Exit Strategy by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)

Martha Wells: Exit Strategy (2018)

"Martha Wells's Hugo, Nebula, Alex, and Locus Award-winning, New York Times and USA Today bestselling …

those are too short these first 4 should have been one novel though murderbot’s attitude might have been tiresome if i had to endure it too much

finished reading Glacé by Bernard Minier

Bernard Minier: Glacé (French language, 2012) No rating

bonne intrigue, mais j’ai eu du mal à m’y plonger peut-être un problème de rythme ou de narration l’auteur donne des indices comme quoi l’enquêteur a un passé trouble, mais aucun détail, on dirait un ado qui parle de sexe sans vouloir utiliser les bon mots