Review:I would have rated this higher, but I found the first torture scene very disturbing. Some friends convinced me to continue with the book; and I am very glad I did, but I was always waiting for that next torture scene with immense trepidation. I liked the role of women in WW2. Read more

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Layla and Raqim had an arranged marriage and, both coming to America as adults, feel the ties to India and their religion very strongly. They want the best world for their children to grow up in- a strong Muslim community, but also a place where they can get better care and education. Can they marry their very strict religious beliefs to the very free American culture? How do you instill your morals into your children and still let them be themselves?

As the eldest, Hadia ... Read more

Review:Fantastic book. I grew up in MN, and my mother's and father's families grew up in the same Southern MN area. Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books always rang true with my family stories. This is a great historical book, the foot notes show the recorded history and reveal that Laura Ingalls Wilder only at times "stretched the truth". This book makes Laura's stories even more 'true'. I cannot recommend it higher. 10 stars would not due it justicve. Read more

Review:I liked all the books and characters very much but sometimes the story lines can be a little dark for me. I love that characters repeat through the books. It's like catching up on what an old friend is doing. Read more

Review:I must admit that I had no idea what this book would be about before I began. No one had given me a clue as to what adventure I would be taking as I read, so I am inclined to say as little as possible while convincing you this a "must read." Children have a remarkable way of creating and imagining another world and set out to act out life in that world of make-believe. The main character, Hannah, does just that. Except that her world is choked by the holocaust. Though this subject can be... Read more

Review:The fact that this book was based on true events made it more interesting.. I felt it was too objective and not written in a personal way. I have read many books about the concentration camps that brought me to tears, this one did not. Read more

Review:The first 2 books were good. Seeing the different characters develop was the main thing that kept the series going for me (other than the obvious, 'gee this person changed dramatically after it was mentioned some people can change the way they look. Wonder what happened?). Then he throws all that development away and decides to make 2d bullsh*t characters because reasons. Every 'twist' was super predictable and most seemed forced. The bad guys were essentially paper cutout muguffins to make the ... Read more

Review:Excellent set of stories by Joe Abercrombie. I longed for the First Law universe from Joe when I read the Half>>> first book. It was not very good in my estimation.
These are First Law stories Joe did over time loosely tied together. I enjoyed all of them but one that seemed out of place and slow.

Don't peak at the last one. Nice twist. Read more

Review:The title pretty much says it all. The story itself is an exciting, page-turning adventure. The Kindle edition is quite terrible though. Not unreadably terrible but certainly unforgivably terrible. There are two extra blank lines for each paragraph break and all sorts of random characters pop up throughout the book (things like > ^ : at the end of sentences in the empt whitespace).

After a few chapters I adjusted to the extra line breaks between paragraphs and, while the horrible f... Read more

Review:A "pot-boiler" without serving a "satisfying meal". Very easy to put the book down and actually had to force myself back to it a few times. He tries to force a serious plot with light-hearted narrative that simply failed to entertain and felt like "work" at times. According to me it should not be classified as Adult Fantasy, this would be for young adults or teenagers at best where it not for the occasional swear word that felt oddly out of place at times. Could not be bothered to finish the t... Read more