Review from The Ministry for the Future →
This book contains important ideas and warnings, some of which are controversial. Unfortunately, getting to those gems requires wading through long detailed descriptions and dialogues. For instance, the concept of carbon coins cannot be reached until Chapter 42. However, all in all, for its salient points, I hope all thinking people read this book.
I loved this story – compelling, with a healthy (or maybe heavy-handed?) dose of technical discussion on topics like economic incentives and glaciology in places. I loved the arc and the way the novel tracked from the human to the scientific and ultimately back to the human narrative associated with a near-term dystopia. The one..
Review from The Suppressor →
What drives a man to kill? For Silence Jones, the murder of his fiancé, mutilation of his face, and the near destruction of his vocal cords force Jones to become a vigilante assassin. Those that stole everything from him are winding up dead, and those still left living are living in fear. Offered a new..
Kim Stanley Robinson is a big thinker who lays out a vision/plan for combatting climate change. Climate issues are well researched he has an excellent grasp of finance and economics. Yet, I found the story long winded (20 hours) and boring. It was as if KSR were preaching; maybe that’s why it’s entitled “The Ministry..
Best thing since Stephenson’s “Zodiac”. makes me optimistic that human civilization could survive the next hundred years
Review from A Haunting in Rose Grove →
Some parts where interesting and creative but the end kinda fizzled but over all I enjoyed a lot.
Review from Gold Is Might →
I love LitRPG stories that happen in the “real” world and this book is one of those stories. I enjoyed the progression of the story but it does have one flaw. The MC seems to have everything possible after the first story. I do not mind an OP MC but this MC has mounts, a..
Review from The Sorcerer’s Secrets →
This is the fourth book of this subject matter I have tried and it is the best so far. Great work and narration!
Review from Hush Hush →
Silence Jones is a man of few words, thanks to an injury that makes speech painful, but that doesn’t stop him from seeking justice. Carter hooked me from the start as a young woman flees into the alligator infested swamps as danger follows her. Jones is asked to take on the case by the woman’s..
Review from The Shift →
A review of the mindset changes that have to occur in order to realize and modify your relationship to eating…. Eat properly and move more. and STOP to smell the roast figs…