Category: Fiction

Fiction Review Rule Three
July 27, 2021

Dragon Noir Review (Rule Three)

Title: Dragon Noir Author: Daniel Moylan Date Purchased: 11/28/2018 Price Paid: $2.99 Date Finished: 7/25/2021Rating: 0/5 It’s no secret to my regular readers that I struggle to walk away from a book. There’s something about sticking it out to the end that is in my nature. But when you’ve got 171 books to get through? You need to make some hard choices. If a book […]

Fiction Mystery Review
July 5, 2021

Origin Review

Title: Origin Author: Dan Brown Date Purchased: 7/30/2018 Price Paid: $3.17 Date Finished: 6/30/2021Rating: 3/5 One of my favorite bands of all time is AC/DC, and many years ago Angus Young (the lead guitarist for the band) was interviewed by Guitar World magazine on the eve of a new album release. After talking about the new album and getting through the various normal questions asked […]

Fiction Review Rule Three
June 15, 2021

The Goldfinch Review (Rule Three)

Title: The Goldfinch Author: Donna Tartt Date Purchased: 10/24/2017Price Paid: $5.29Date Finished: 5/29/2021Rating: 0/5 Life is short, you know? It’s a weird thing to have to remind yourself, but I think readers can find themselves trapped and this is something we need to keep in mind. This is why I created Rule Three to begin with, and yet I still have to remind myself of […]

Fiction Mystery Review
March 19, 2021

Since We Fell Review

Title: Since We Fell Author: Dennis Lehane Date Purchased: 7/2/2017 Price Paid: $5.29 Date Finished: 3/16/2021 Rating: 4/5 As I work through my backlog and come here to write about the books I’ve read, I find myself looking at books in a bit of a different way than I used to. It’s nothing groundbreaking, but more of a deeper analysis into what the book is […]

Fiction Mystery Review
February 24, 2021

Gone Girl Review

Title: Gone GirlAuthor: Gillian FlynnDate Purchased: 4/23/16Price Paid: $5.34Date Finished: 2/21/21Rating: 4/5 I’ve read a lot of books in my life, and I’ve seen a lot of movies. As you might imagine, some of the movies I’ve seen were based on, or adaptations of, books that I’ve read. The “was the book better than the movie” debate is one that I’ve engaged in many times. […]

Fiction Mystery Review
February 18, 2021

Joyland Review

Title: JoylandAuthor: Stephen KingDate Purchased: 2/10/2016Price Paid: $1.06Date Finished: 2/14/2021Rating: 3.5/5 I have always had an interesting relationship with Stephen King’s books. As a teen growing up in the 1990’s (and a New England teen at that) many of my friends sunk themselves into King’s novels. They were always waiting for the next book, and spent many hours talking about how good they were. My […]