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Wonder Woman: Warbringer by Leigh Bardugo – Just for your information I know nothing about Wonder Woman other than some clips, and some basics.
I found the book to be quiet dull. The story felt boring and to be honest a bit silly. It tried to be grander than the actually story line. The characters weren’t interesting either. Some of their choices came off stupid and contrived instead of understandable. I know the whole twists were supposed to be an exciting shock, but to me it made me roll my eyes. It felt flat, weird, stuffed. It wasn’t built up well. It tried to be deep in its themes, but it has poor execution. * ½
This another book by this author that I wasn’t the biggest fan of, so I won’t be reading any more of her work.
Steelheart (The Reckoners #1) by Brandon Sanderson – This was a hard one to grade because there was a lot great moments (it’s mostly the last third of the book), but also a lot that just meh. There are points, story beats and themes that came off like a watered down version of The Last Empire (The Mistborn Series), but then it has moments that really surprised me. The characters weren’t bad, but they weren’t flesh out enough for me either. I didn’t really connect with any of them. One thing for sure this author knows how to write action sequences. I bounce back from one grade to another, but overall I give the book ** ½ stars. No plans to read the sequels right now, but I know I’ll pick them up at some point.
The Man Who Invented Christmas: How Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol Rescued His Career and Revived Our Holiday Spirits by Les Standiford – Another hard book to grade. The beginning of book was very slow, but picked up more in the later chapters. While it kept me somewhat interested it wasn’t really engaging. It stayed on topics that I wasn’t that interested in and glossed over things I wished the author had stayed on more. Maybe there wasn’t enough information… The writjng style was okay with some parts that stood out. In the end it wasn’t a bad read, but not as great as I hoped it would be. ** ½ Last book I read for 2017.
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