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boum

boum@bookrastinating.com

Joined 5 months ago

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

reading almost only in 🇨🇦,🇫🇷, but speaking 🤏 🇪🇸, 🇮🇹, 🇯🇵

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Yumi and the Nightmare Painter (2023) 4 stars

pleasant novel in the cosmere universe

4 stars

i enjoyed reading this book. if you have no idea about what is Sanderson's cosmere, it might be less entertaining

the narrator is Hoid, and he uses cosmere-related words often. i don't think it would block the story from enjoying the story. the finer points in understanding what (or more how things) happened might suffer a bit

the illustrations look great but as i participated in the kickstarter, i only got the electronic book (international shipping was way too prohibitive) and on the kobo it's just meh. i'll try to look them up online

The annihilation score (2015) 4 stars

nice laundry title in the series

4 stars

(still don't know if i'm going to keep goodreads ratings, but globally “i really liked it”)

impossible to miss the narrator change from Bob to Mo. of course, all the compsci nerdiness is gone. i was not sure i was getting all the nerd jokes anyway

i wasn't completely surprised by the plot resolution but it was nicely brought. anyway i prefer obvious ending well written than some deus-ex-lapina out of a hat to try to woo the reader

reviewed Le Signal by Maxime Chattam

Le Signal (Paperback, 2018, ALBIN MICHEL) 3 stars

Avis sur 'Le Signal' importé depuis 'Goodreads'

3 stars

Un thriller/horreur sympathique avec des relents de Stephen King et une touche de Lovecraft.

À part quelques personnages creux ou inconsistants, une agréable lecture, bien effroyable.