imperfectletter | Entries tagged with sergei lukyanenko

Originally posted in September of 2007 in

fiveforsilver:

108. Old Man's War by John Scalzi (313)
109. The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi (317)

I very much like these books. I would like to reread The Last Colony, the third book in the trilogy, which I've only read once, but I lent it to my sister some months ago and she hasn't returned it yet (hint hint).

110. *Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko (455)

I have seen the movies Night Watch (dubbed) and Day Watch (with subtitles) and I really liked both of them - even the dubbing in the first one didn't bother me after I got used to it, though the subtitles are astonishingly well integrated into the movie, in a way I've never seen before. So, my sister lent me this book, which I believe both movies are based on.

I will have to reread it - I kept comparing it to the movies, not in quality because both the movies and the book are very good, but in plot and even somewhat characters, which are different. I understand why the changes were made for the movies, and I think they did a wonderful job, but it makes what is already a dense and somewhat confusing story even more so.

So, I really liked the book, but I don't think I can really judge it properly without reading it again.

111. *The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson (573)

I really enjoyed this book. I couldn't put it down. I stayed up late reading and so on and so forth. It was a good sequel to Mistborn, a complex plot with characters I cared about and a world I believed. Also, I really like Brandon's writing style.

But I really didn't like the end.

( possible spoilers )

112. *Dragonhaven by Robin Mckinley (342)

I was very disappointed with this book.

( Long review. Contains spoilers. )