Book reviews

Altered Carbon (Takeshi Kovacs Novels)
Reviewed by [dave]
It's far future technology, but somehow I can see it happening sooner than later. You can have yourself in a new body almost whenever you want, and you could get into that body from across... well, the planet, the solar system, the galaxy -... More

Depois Daquela Viagem
Reviewed by Danie
Numa linguagem descontraída e jovial, Valéria fala de assuntos relacionados à toda juventude: o despertar da sexualidade, festa com os amigos, paqueras, amassos, escola e notas: coisas com que todos nós podemos nos identificar. Aos 1... More

Água Viva
Reviewed by lethaargic
Água Viva mostra de forma rápida e clara a maneira como o leitor deve lidar com qualquer obra da Clarice: deve-se viver cada linha, e não simplesmente ler. Cada palavra é capaz de te tocar de forma inexprimível. A arte de escrever, a p... More

Deception Point
Reviewed by Heracles
It seems to me that for reasons beyond his control Dan Brown has been made a bit of a joke of in recent years. The Da Vinci code was a genuinely good book that got taken to pieces by documentary after documentary when it's purpose was only ... More

Eldest: (Inheritance Book 2)
Reviewed by KCenturion
This is the longest book I've read in recent years. It just kepy going and going! I had a schedule to keep for my Book Quest and this book brought me up to the deadline because of its length! After seeing Eragon and finding it intriguing... More

Sabor de Loucura
Reviewed by nusch
Vale do lirismo , dso lúdico, da ironia, da paixão, das fábulas e narrativas. Seus versos em labirinto são caminhos do inesperado, da extravagância. Há uma insistencia no lirismo não angelical, mas aceso pela impaciência do desejo... More

The Complete Persepolis
Reviewed by Idoru
I bought this book on a whim. I knew nothing about it other than that it had recently been made into an animated film. Had I flicked through the book before getting it to the counter (something I usually do) I wouldn't have bought it. Why? ... More

The Fountain
Reviewed by AgentLexi
It's about enlightenment, life and acceptance all mixed together in a way no other film has touched yet. You see on The Fountain Tom's wife Izzi is dying and he's desperately trying to find a cure to save her. What confuses people and s... More

Sundome Volume 1: v. 1
Reviewed by silent killer
....as if the cover would lead you to believe otherwise. Yes, she's touching herself, and the cover doesn't let you down. In that respect. I'd say its borderline hentai. Except there's no blatant sex scenes. Actually there's no intercourse ... More

The Castle (Penguin Modern Classics)
Reviewed by Raven
I feel like I've been reading this book for 6 months when in actual fact it has been just under a month and after much struggling and determination I just can't keep reading it anymore and yet a part of me wants to keep reading it even thou... More

The Day of the Triffids (Penguin Modern Classics)
Reviewed by Dionysian Child
‘When a day that you happen to know is Wednesday starts off sounding like Sunday, there is something seriously wrong somewhere’ I’m not one for normally remembering quotes but this one has stuck in my head. Used in the opening sen... More

Rock 'N' Roll Babes
Reviewed by Raven
Fantastic! I might be bias because I'm an Aussie who has hung around the places mentioned in the book and I loved the 90's but this book had me hooked by the first few pages. By page three I had already laughed at some of it and by page si... More

Breaking Dawn (Twilight #4)
Reviewed by Alyssa
Breaking Dawn is, while a satisfactory conclusion to the story of Bella and Edward, not particularly necessary to the series overall. At the end of Eclipse, we were left with a hope for a promising future with Bella and Edward, and whil... More

Suicide Girls
Reviewed by tartan_skirt
Dating from back in 2004 this book features a lot of the older and some now defunct SuicideGirls from the alternative erotica website of the same name. Only having come into proper contact with the concept in the last year I cannot comment ... More

Yeah, I Made it Myself: DIY Fashion for the not ve...
Reviewed by tartan_skirt
From the title I knew this was a book for me (I’m turning into the granny from Goodness Gracious Me sketches who thinks she can make anything herself with a sensible list of ingredients and a smaaaaall aubergine. Watch the show then you�... More