Comments for Shades of Sentience

Comment on Interview with Jennifer Fallon – Plus Win a Signed Copy of Her First Book, Medalon by Crystal

Crystal — Wed, 09 May 2012 13:38:14 +0000

Will there be more books in the Tide Lord Series. I would really love to read some more. They were the best books I have ever read.

Comment on Book Review: Stay Close by Harlan Coben by Ryan Green

Ryan Green — Tue, 01 May 2012 05:18:20 +0000

I think the, in regard to this book, the premise and characters had potential. But I agree, it fell by the way side. With Coben’s obsession with unrequited true love and the lust for the white-picket fence, I found it hard to focus and indeed care about the mystery at hand.

Also, Coben seems to ‘cop out’ at what would seem like climactic point in the narrative. When there should be outcry, adventure, a struggle, suspense, all we get is a ‘fill-in-the-blank’ between chapters or a unsatisfying ‘Whatever, just arrest me’.

Also, so many elements were set up that eventuated to nothing. The inclusion of Dave’s mother, Agnes, seemed purely to fill pages and the celebratory event that apparently linked the cases together was never fully, or at least properly, explained.

Having said all that, the book was moderately engaging and good ‘bubblegum for the mind’; worthy as an means for the reader to disengage from reality, but nothing to stop you putting it down.

Hopefully future novels will return to Coben’s usual brilliance.

Comment on Supanova 2011 by Alanna Horgan

Alanna Horgan — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:49:37 +0000

Np! And I’ve never been to the Sydney one, but I’d love to go one day. Have fun ^_^

Comment on What Came Before the Fall – Iago in Shakespeare’s Othello by Alanna Horgan

Alanna Horgan — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:49:00 +0000

Not a problem at all, glad it was helpful ^_^

Comment on Supanova 2011 by Tash

Tash — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 11:59:19 +0000

Awesome photos!!! Thanks for sharing! Im doing Supanova in Sydney this year for the first time and this post just made me even more uber excited!

Comment on What Came Before the Fall – Iago in Shakespeare’s Othello by Emerald

Emerald — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 13:42:44 +0000

This site was really helpful for my essay….I was totally blank before -_-. I think it’s just not my night tonight.

Comment on Book Review: Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend by Matthew Green by Katharine Stubbs

Katharine Stubbs — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 02:32:08 +0000

Thank you so much for your lovely comment! Thank you for writing such a fantastic book

Apologies for the delay in replying – I’ve been travelling. I hope to read more of your books soon

Comment on Book Review: Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend by Matthew Green by Matthew Dicks

Matthew Dicks — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 22:14:31 +0000

So happy to hear that you enjoyed the book Katherine, and I thank you for an excellent synopsis of the book. Detailed without giving too much away and accurate, which sounds obvious but is rarely achieved. Your review has brought an enormous smile to my face as my weekend comes to a close.

Comment on Book Review: Blue Remembered Earth by Alastair Reynolds by Katharine

Katharine — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 00:31:19 +0000

Thanks for your comment, Fred. I haven’t read any of Alastair’s other work so I can’t compare.

I do agree that I couldn’t connect with any of the characters, I didn’t really care for any of them. I just felt I could hear their voices – the dialogue spoke to me, but that’s about as far as it went regarding the characters.

Comment on Book Review: Blue Remembered Earth by Alastair Reynolds by Fred Stein

Fred Stein — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 08:31:25 +0000

I have just finished reading this book and all I can say is that I was very disappointed. I’ve read most of Alaistair’s work and this struck me as is a work of teen fiction with story elements nicked from Kim Robinson, Bob Heinlen, and Charles Stross/Bill Gibson. I completely disagree with the reviewer’s comments about character development – I found all two dimensional at best, Memphis almost invisible & as for the main characters I was unable to empathise with their motivations & concerns. As for the technology – fail. A world where everyone’s actions are scrutinised to the extent that violence cannot be committed & their eyes record all they see but a man can be killed by an animal THAT IS BEING MONITORED & there is some question as to what happened? Let alone that it happened at all. Really a system wide treasure-hunt. In summary – very dissapointed.