Reviews and Comments

This was exactly what I thought it would be. I like to grab one or two of these types of books to simply see if the story is worth following. Read the first Reacher book, and a few Vince Flynn books. Neither really stuck, unlike Orphan series from Hurwitz. This was more entertaining than those, but really don't feel a need to continue the series.

Really enjoyed this short story more than I thought I would. It’s not a breakthrough plot, but interesting the whole way through.

This book was really good. A completely different voice for Sanderson, but fun to read. I’m not sure if I like the audiobook’s narrator for this book, although I love Michael Kramer. Excited to see what he has in store next in the Secret Series.

Very well written. Fry does a great job of weaving the crazy stories into something more palpable. It does take a dip about 2/3rds of the way through, but other than that it's pretty good.

Interesting book. There were some really interesting things to look at and stuff to take advantage of but there was more here that I was unsure if I 100% agreed with as well. Liked that is stoked more thoughts than previous reads.

Better than I expected. The newest translation did a fantastic job of keeping my interest. I really wanted more. It feels like Jaws many times where the lack of details is more intense than just telling the reader. Going to look into more of Lem.

This is probably the best novella of the 3. There was a real progress of soul and journey of the main character. Really looking forward to Sanderson’s next entry.

Liked this one as a personal dig into X and how he loves forward as a human not just an assassin. Looking forward to how it moves forward although not super happy about the epilogue and how it implies the direction, feels like a step back in narrative direction.

Really enjoyed this book. Not sure if it’s because I’m in a different place or due to the author taking fan notes, but this opener is significantly better than any of the previous series books. First Empyre was ok, and many of the people are referenced here but this is the book we wanted to read. Pure Sullivan proses, concise and yet descriptive, and loads of fun and heart.

This is 100% pop fiction, but enjoyed every moment of it. Reminded me of how much I enjoyed Redshirts. Well written and fantastically fun.

It tries to funny, really tries…but falls short every time. Only a couple chuckles and nothing was too unexpected. Just so so.

Another great one, really moving. I’m glad I read the novellas in between as this has near zero representation to characters we’ve gone to enjoy from previous books. Good read.

Enjoyed this with my son. It’s a wild story that makes the rest of the series something I want to continue to dive into.

What makes a Larson story so good is that you sit there thinking, "This really happened...". As this is fiction, I wasn't gripped like his non-fiction reads. The Epilogue from Larson at the end would have been fantastic to be re-written spoiler free and placed as a Prologue. Understanding that some of these people were real, the organization is real, etc. would have made things so much better.

Liked FM as a side character. Glad this story exists as it makes the upcoming novel more exciting.