Apocalypse reviews
Apr. 9th, 2020 02:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alobearStaying at home all the time has really not proved the amazing generator of extra time and everyone seems to think it should be...
I do most of my textual and audio reading on my commute to and from work, so I haven't been reading all that much in the last few weeks. I'm trying to rectify that by listening to audiobooks while doing household chores and knitting, and also by scheduling textual reading time during the day, which isn't ten minutes before I fall asleep.
So, yesterday, I actually managed to finish two books!
Eden Falls by Jane Sanderson is the final instalment in the Netherwood trilogy, which I have been really enjoying this year, after picking up the first one randomly in a charity shop. Unfortunately, I didn't really like the last one much. It creates lots of unnecessary conflict between characters who were perfectly happy at the end of book two, causing marital strife between Eve and Daniel, and between Anna and Amos in a way that felt contrived and out of character. Henrietta's suffragette storyline went to some interesting places but then kind of just petered out, and the shenanigans of Silas showed him to be a truly appalling person, which was rather a shame. I did like the introduction of Ruby and Roscoe in the Jamaica storyline, and would have liked to see how they eventually fared on their trip to Yorkshire, but there doesn't appear to be another book in the series, so that's apparently not going to happen. Hey ho - the writing was still good, and the evocation of Jamaica was well done. But it was a shame the series went so far downhill, as I loved the other two books.
On the audiobook front, I listened to Head On by John Scalzi, the sequel to Lock In, which I enjoyed last year. I always enjoy having Wil Wheaton telling my stories in my head, so this was a treat. I like the world of these novels, and the protagonist, Chris, is very likeable. The intricacies of the FBI case he was investigating rather escaped me towards the end, but I did enjoy the interactions of the characters and the exploration of the treatment and attitude towards people with disabilities.
I do most of my textual and audio reading on my commute to and from work, so I haven't been reading all that much in the last few weeks. I'm trying to rectify that by listening to audiobooks while doing household chores and knitting, and also by scheduling textual reading time during the day, which isn't ten minutes before I fall asleep.
So, yesterday, I actually managed to finish two books!
Eden Falls by Jane Sanderson is the final instalment in the Netherwood trilogy, which I have been really enjoying this year, after picking up the first one randomly in a charity shop. Unfortunately, I didn't really like the last one much. It creates lots of unnecessary conflict between characters who were perfectly happy at the end of book two, causing marital strife between Eve and Daniel, and between Anna and Amos in a way that felt contrived and out of character. Henrietta's suffragette storyline went to some interesting places but then kind of just petered out, and the shenanigans of Silas showed him to be a truly appalling person, which was rather a shame. I did like the introduction of Ruby and Roscoe in the Jamaica storyline, and would have liked to see how they eventually fared on their trip to Yorkshire, but there doesn't appear to be another book in the series, so that's apparently not going to happen. Hey ho - the writing was still good, and the evocation of Jamaica was well done. But it was a shame the series went so far downhill, as I loved the other two books.
On the audiobook front, I listened to Head On by John Scalzi, the sequel to Lock In, which I enjoyed last year. I always enjoy having Wil Wheaton telling my stories in my head, so this was a treat. I like the world of these novels, and the protagonist, Chris, is very likeable. The intricacies of the FBI case he was investigating rather escaped me towards the end, but I did enjoy the interactions of the characters and the exploration of the treatment and attitude towards people with disabilities.
