Review-tastic
Oct. 25th, 2008 04:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alobearI've been doing so many cool things lately that I haven't had time to review any of them. It's catch-up time!
A Very Private Life by Michael Frayn
This book was not what I was expecting, in that it turned out to be 1960s science fiction in the remote vein that I'm really not keen on. In addition, the protagonist was both stupid and annoying, which didn't help much. The only reason I finished it was because it was less than 200 pages long.
Ingenious Pain by Andrew Miller
This told the story of an 18th century doctor who was born unable to feel pain. It took a good 50-60 pages to get going, but I'm glad I persevered because it turned out to be both interesting and entertaining. I really didn't understand the point or the significance of the ending, though, which was a little annoying.
Naked In Death by JD Robb
This futuristic suspense thriller was horribly, horribly cliched. The conclusion of the mystery was painfully contrived, and the romance sections were so appallingly written as to be quite funny. That said, I'm totally hooked and have already bought the second in the series. Sigh.
Spyski! or The Importance of Being Honest
This was the second performance I've seen by Peepolykus, and it was just as good as The Hound of the Baskervilles. The whole thing was completely insane, but highly entertaining. My favourite member of the case remains Javier, who was most amusing in this show when rehearsing as a Spanish version of Jack from The Importance of Being Earnest.
The Dancing Master
This was a Temple event, involving 17th century music and dancing. It was a shame the seats weren't tiered as it meant the only part of the dancers' costumes I could really appreciate were their hats. However, it was still an extremely enjoyable evening.
ORG Event
And last night, Neil Gaiman spoke about privacy and obscurity for the Open Rights Group, and was his usual funny, charismatic, approachable self. He claimed to be horribly jet-lagged and had blogged earlier in the day that he was worried he wouldn't be able to remember his name at the event, but he spoke both articulately and entertainingly for 25 minutes and then answered some very sensible and interesting questions at length. I think he's absolutely brilliant - which makes me sorry I don't like his writing more.
A Very Private Life by Michael Frayn
This book was not what I was expecting, in that it turned out to be 1960s science fiction in the remote vein that I'm really not keen on. In addition, the protagonist was both stupid and annoying, which didn't help much. The only reason I finished it was because it was less than 200 pages long.
Ingenious Pain by Andrew Miller
This told the story of an 18th century doctor who was born unable to feel pain. It took a good 50-60 pages to get going, but I'm glad I persevered because it turned out to be both interesting and entertaining. I really didn't understand the point or the significance of the ending, though, which was a little annoying.
Naked In Death by JD Robb
This futuristic suspense thriller was horribly, horribly cliched. The conclusion of the mystery was painfully contrived, and the romance sections were so appallingly written as to be quite funny. That said, I'm totally hooked and have already bought the second in the series. Sigh.
Spyski! or The Importance of Being Honest
This was the second performance I've seen by Peepolykus, and it was just as good as The Hound of the Baskervilles. The whole thing was completely insane, but highly entertaining. My favourite member of the case remains Javier, who was most amusing in this show when rehearsing as a Spanish version of Jack from The Importance of Being Earnest.
The Dancing Master
This was a Temple event, involving 17th century music and dancing. It was a shame the seats weren't tiered as it meant the only part of the dancers' costumes I could really appreciate were their hats. However, it was still an extremely enjoyable evening.
ORG Event
And last night, Neil Gaiman spoke about privacy and obscurity for the Open Rights Group, and was his usual funny, charismatic, approachable self. He claimed to be horribly jet-lagged and had blogged earlier in the day that he was worried he wouldn't be able to remember his name at the event, but he spoke both articulately and entertainingly for 25 minutes and then answered some very sensible and interesting questions at length. I think he's absolutely brilliant - which makes me sorry I don't like his writing more.
