2019 📚 12/12
10/10 ⭐️ Really enjoyed it. Just the right level of ridiculous, flows well, easy to read, and up beat - like getting into bed with fresh sheets: comforting, not challenging, but blissfully enjoyable. Be more Allan.

11/12 📚 Easy read and interesting, want to know what happens in the rest of the trilogy. Builds the character of Attila well, but *something* is missing, and he never fully connects. ⭐️ 7/10

10/12 📚 Easy read and really absorbing, like all Harris books. Interesting idea, not my favourite ‘alternative‘ history from him. ⭐️ 7/10

9/12 📚 Really enjoyed this book, read rapidly. Had a basic knowledge of the characters/mythology etc beforehand (and not just from DuckTales 😂) but not enough to spoil the plot. ⭐️ 9/10

8/12 📚 Undecided how I feel about this book really. By the end I was hooked and am intrigued to know what happens next. But it took soooo long to get to the interesting final section. Was it due to over kill setting up the plot for an audience who can‘t grasp complex plot lines? Because only one of the reveals/twists was unexpected, the rest were spoon fed. Hmmm, will I read the second book? Probably only if I get it second hand cheaply. ⭐️ 6/10

7/12 📚 Really enjoyable read, fast paced and engaging. Tied in to the original trilogy well, but nowhere near the same level of intrigue and mystery. ⭐️ 7/10

6/12 📚 Very interesting book, surprised it held my interest given it‘s a story about bees. Really believable imagining of a bee society, with parallels to religious and authoritarian human societies. But the ending and outcome was predictable. ⭐️ 6/10

5/2019 📚 Ugh, so long, so slow, so much superfluous information. Do not recommend. Can‘t fathom the good reviews. Only positives are; well enough written to make ploughing through bearable, and I didn‘t guess the plot twist (but I didn‘t care by the time it came about, and was so shallowly explained). ⭐️ 3/10

4/2019 📚 Quick, easy read. Nothing I don‘t already aim to incorporate into my parenting style, and very American parent focused (UK and Scandinavia not as poles apart as the US). Probably really useful to dip into the summaries if you‘re ever feeling overwhelmed by parenting at some point. ⭐️ 5/10

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3/12 📚 It‘s well deserving of the hype, absolutely heartbreaking read. It feels like a really genuine portrait of grief and serious mental health issues, that doesn‘t feel exploitative at all. Definitely the first book in a while I feel the need to recommend to everyone. ⭐️ 9/10

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#2 (2019) I love Gaimen, and have no idea why it took me so long to get around to reading this. Probably as Anansi never grabbed me in American Gods. It‘s not my favourite book of his, but I really enjoyed this. It‘s a gentler modern fairytale than others, that creates a fascinating dreamlike atmosphere throughout. 7/10 #ebbooks2019

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#1 (2019) Enjoyable easy read, kept my attention. Nothing groundbreaking but drawn together well. Engaging writing style. Psychopaths and the science behind the way the brain works is fascinating and I really want to find some more scientific and detailed texts to read now. But even more thought provoking is the issue of madness as a spectrum and/or spokes, and the ethics of categorising people and their madness as a result. 7/10 #ebbooks2019