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“Dark Force Rising” By Timothy Zahn Review

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The dying Empire’s most cunning and ruthless warlord—Grand Admiral Thrawn—has taken command of the remnants of the Imperial fleet and launched a massive campaign aimed at the New Republic’s destruction. Meanwhile, Han and Lando Calrissian race against time to find proof of treason inside the highest Republic Council—only to discover instead a ghostly fleet of warships that could bring doom to their friends and victory to their enemies.

I need to be honest and admit that this book is one of the best star wars books I’ve read so far.

This book is very interesting, intriguing, engaging and a page turner. This book has around 450 pages (depends on what version of this book you get) but I’ve read it in less than a day. 

If you never read any star wars book before, then this book might not be for you because we get new characters and there will be a lot to take in.

The plot in this book is amazing. There is a lot of action and the author just knows how to keep you at the edge of your chair. While you read this book you just can’t stop reading because you want to learn more about what happens next.

However at times the plot can be one centred about something, but it didn’t bother me that much. Because for me it made this book better at times.

The characters in this book are amazing. The OG characters like Luke, Leia, Han and Chewbacca are even better in this book than in the movies. Because we get to learn more about them which the movies didn’t show us. And we get to know them more personally and we get to see what happens to them after the movies.

When it comes to Grand Admiral Thrawn, this book fully shows why he deserves a much bigger hype than he has. because he is extremely efficient and mastermind on military tactician.

The writing style in this book is amazing, because it feels like the author knows what words to use to crab your full attention and not let it go until you finish this book. Which I love when this happens because it takes a really good author to accomplish that. 

This book also gives us the star wars nostalgia for us who grow up watching star wars movies. Because it has the same feeling as the original trilogy had, and it also keeps us waiting on what will happen next just as the original trilogy.

We get a lot of perspectives in this book. We get to follow Luke, Han, Leia and Mara. Because of this we get to know the story though different perspectives which in so big universes as star wars is always a good thing to have.

I Give This Book 5 / 5

“Fire & Blood” By George R.R. Martin Review

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Centuries before the events of A Game of Thrones, House Targaryen—the only family of dragonlords to survive the Doom of Valyria—took up residence on Dragonstone. Fire and Blood begins their tale with the legendary Aegon the Conqueror, creator of the Iron Throne, and goes on to recount the generations of Targaryens who fought to hold that iconic seat, all the way up to the civil war that nearly tore their dynasty apart.

This book is amazing. It was one of the best books I’ve read this year so far at least. 

The art in this book is stunning and it really adds more to this book. They were really good and amazing adds to the book.

This book is in another book from the A Song Of Ice And Fire series but this is book happens 300 ish years before the first book in the main series which means that it is sort of the backstory to the whole series.

I personally had an amazing time reading this book, but there were couple of moments were I thought that they were unnecessary. The first half of this book is very fast and it only gives us couple of sentences about previous kings and other Targaryens. Which really annoyed me because I wish that we could get more of these previous Targaryens before the main characters in the House Of The Dragon series.

The characters in this book are amazing, and they really felt like real life human beings rather than a fantasy book characters. Most of the characters in this book were so amazing that I just can’t explain. There were some characters were I felt were super flat and boring in a way. 

The plot in this book is amazing. There is so much action here, there are deaths (as you expect from George R.R Martin), there are a lot of family and politics drama and so much more. 

The writing style here is super amazing, it really is on level with the rest of books in the A Song Of Ice And Fire series. And really shows that A Song Of Ice And Fire series might be one of the best book series ever and that George R.R. Martin might be one of the best authors to ever live. 

This book is super interesting, enjoyable, fun and it really blows you off to another universe. 

I Give This Book 4 / 5

“Heir to the Empire” By Timothy Zahn Review

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It is a time of renewal, five years after the destruction of the Death Star and the defeat of Darth Vader and the Empire. But with the war seemingly won, strains are beginning to show in the Rebel Alliance. New challenges to galactic peace have arisen. And Luke Skywalker hears a voice from his past. A voice with a warning. Beware the dark side. The Rebel Alliance has destroyed the Death Star, defeated Darth Vader and the Emperor, and driven the remnants of the old Imperial Starfleet back into barely a quarter of the territory that they once controlled. Leia and Han are married, are expecting Jedi twins, and have shouldered heavy burdens in the government of the new Republic. And Luke Skywalker is the first in a hoped-for new line of Jedi Knights.

This book have totally blown my mind because it was so fucking good. And I gotta say that is the best book to start your Star Wars book journey if you haven’t read any star wars books. 

If you have seen the original trilogy which was realised in the late 70s and early 80s you should be able to pin up this book without being confused on what is happening in this book.

In this book we get the OG characters which get even better than the movies because we get to learn more about them and we get to follow their adventures after the original trilogy. 

We get also introduced to some new characters like Mara Jade which is one of my favourite characters from the star wars books because of her journey from the dark side to being an Jedi.

Overall we get amazing and strong characters. And all of them have something unique to them which I love when it happens. 

The plot here is just wow. It is super amazing and I couldn’t pull myself away from the book. There is so much action here and we get a lot of our OG characters in this book which I’ve loved. 

The writing style here is complete amazing. It felt like it was written by George Lucas but of course it wasn’t. I need to give the author extra points for making this book feel like the original trilogy and not like trash which Disney is turning star wars to. 

I Give This Book 5 / 5

“Dead as a Doornail” By Charlaine Harris Review

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Small-town cocktail waitress Sookie Stackhouse has had more than her share of experience with the supernatural—but now it’s really hitting close to home. When Sookie sees her brother Jason’s eyes start to change, she knows he’s about to turn into a were-panther for the first time—a transformation he embraces more readily than most shapeshifters she knows. But her concern becomes cold fear when a sniper sets his deadly sights on the local changeling population, and Jason’s new panther brethren suspect he may be the shooter. Now, Sookie has until the next full moon to find out who’s behind the attacks—unless the killer decides to find her first

To be fully honest this book might be the weakest book of the series yet. This series is nothing more than soap opera with vampires, werwolves and witches.

There was very little action in this book. The most amount we got in this book was 4-5 pages at the end. Which really isn’t enough for me if you want me to read the entire book which I did with this book.

The beginning was very, very slow and there were drama there but nothing more than that. Which really made the beginnings somehow boring to me. 

Even thou I didn’t enjoy this book as the previous books in this series, I still appreciated learning more about the world in this series and learn more about the characters in this series.

The characters here are getting better in this book, because we get to know them better with each book, and with every book there is more and more development which I love to see in books. 

The writing style here is very typical YA style and it also very simple which it makes a good mix with the easy plot.

There are some errors in this series which I’ve noticed in this book. One of these errors I’ve noticed while reading this book is that Jason’s boss is named Shirley Hennessey in Book 4, but in this book her name is Shirley Hunter. And this fact didn’t get explained at all in this book.

I Give This Book 2 / 5

“The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon” By Stephen King Review

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On a six-mile hike on the Maine-New Hampshire branch of the Appalachian Trail, nine-year-old Trisha McFarland quickly tires of the constant bickering between her older brother, Pete, and her recently divorced mother. But when she wanders off by herself and then tries to catch up by attempting a shortcut, she becomes lost in a wilderness maze full of peril and terror.

To be honest I didn’t know a lot of about this book before going into it. And that turned out to be the best thing for me.

The plot here isn’t a horror but rather a thriller about a child being lost in the woods for long time. The plot is for sure eerie because the thought of a child being lost woods is really scary.

This book made me realise that I would be fucked if I was lost in the woods. I have no survival skills and I wouldn’t know what to do if I was lost in the woods other than have a full on panic attack.

The main character in this book is probably the worst character ever written by Stephen King. Her thoughts never felt like the thoughts of a nine-year-old but rather as an old veteran of camping.

The side characters here, were gone for the most of the time so I didn’t even have a chance to really pin point them or have a lot of thoughts about them other than if I like them or not. And let me tell you that I didn’t like them.

The writing style didn’t go well with me. Because it felt like Stephen King was trying way too hard to rebrand to a different genre than of the horror.

Overall I had expectations for this book because it was written by my favourite author of all time. But it didn’t live up to any of them. 

I found this book boring and uninterested. This book didn’t go well with me. But there were moments which I liked. But these moments were very rare. 

I Give This Book 2 / 5

“Star Wars: The Mandalorian Junior Novel” By Joe Schreiber Review

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After the fall of the Empire but before the emergence of the First Order, a lone bounty hunter known as The Mandalorian travels the outer reaches of the galaxy. When his newest bounty hunting target turns out to be a small Child, the Mandalorian decides the Child must be protected at all costs. Relive all the excitement of the first season of the smash-hit streaming series in this action-packed junior novel by Joe Schreiber! Includes an insert of color photos from the show!

If you love The Mandalorian series as much as I do than you will love this book as well. This book is the novelisations of the first season of the series. 

This book is very quick to read, it’s interesting, its enjoyable and so much more. This book is as well a very easy read because this book is meant for kids between the ages of 9 and 12 if I remember correctly. But the age doesn’t matter as long as you are a star wars fan as I am.

The plot here is the same as in season one of The Mandalorian. Some moments from the series aren’t in the book, but the plot itself is there in this book. Because of some moments from the show aren’t here in the book it makes this book a little less fun than the show but still it is worth the time and money.

The characters here are the same as in The Mandalorian series. But to be honest the characters are better done in the show than in this book but I still loved the characters and their development during the book. 

However there are couple of moments here and there where this book gives us a little extra insight into the characters as it goes on. There aren’t a lots of these moments but they are there.

The writing style in this book is very easy and simple as I’ve mentioned above. Because it was meant for the younger readers of the franchise. But it is good if you want to turn of your brain and do something fun while relaxing after a difficult day.

I Give This Book 5 / 5

“Carrie” By Stephen King Review

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A modern classic, Carrie introduced a distinctive new voice in American fiction — Stephen King. The story of misunderstood high school girl Carrie White, her extraordinary telekinetic powers, and her violent rampage of revenge, remains one of the most barrier-breaking and shocking novels of all time.

To be fully honest here, I wanted to read this one for ages it feels like. And now I finally did.

I had a lot of expectations for this book which unfortunately this book didn’t live up to them. Sure it was okay but nothing more than that.

This book was fun, inserting, enjoyable and most of all it had the eerie feeling to it. From the first sentence in this book, you can feel the huge eerie vibe to it and you know that the events in this book won’t be good.

This is the first book written by Stephen King, so of course its rough at the edges and it doesn’t have the same scariness as his later work had but while reading it you can tell that it is a Stephen King book and that the master of terror is in the making. 

In my opinion Stephen King in this book overuses detail-cheating adverb, which made me give a lower rating than I wanted due to it distracting me at times and pulling the attention away from the main action.

The narration throughout this book is good, it wasn’t the same level of amazing as Stephen King’s later work but it was still surprisingly good for being the first book written by Stephen King.

The plot here was good, it has a huge scary moment which I think everyone knows which moment I talk about. The scene is the main reason why this book is the modern day classic which this book should be.

The characters here was okay for the most part. They weren’t the best but they weren’t the worse neither. 

There were moments that were boring and uninteresting. Which really disappointed me. Because I was expecting so much more from Stephen King. 

The ending here was just wow, it was very good. I can’t really say a lot without making spoilers. But the ending was a huge reward after reading this book.

I Give This Book 3 / 5

“Dead to the World” By Charlaine Harris Review

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Sookie Stackhouse is a cocktail waitress in Bon Temps, Louisiana. She has only a few close friends, because not everyone appreciates Sookie’s gift: she can read minds. That’s not exactly every man’s idea of date bait – unless they’re undead; vampires and the like can be tough to read. And that’s just the kind of guy Sookie’s been looking for. Maybe that’s why, when she comes across a naked vampire, she doesn’t just drive on by. He hasn’t got a clue who he is, but Sookie has: Eric looks just as scary and sexy – and dead – as ever. But now he has amnesia, he’s sweet, vulnerable, and in need of Sookie’s help – because whoever took his memory now wants his life.

This series continues to be cringe and very YA. But this book is the best book in this series so far.

In this book we get less of Bill which I became super happy about because I am not the biggest fan of Bill. And the less time we spend with him, the happier I become.

In this book we get a lot of the amazing Eric and Sookie’s chemistry which overtime I came to like and enjoy a lot.

The plot is very engaging and interesting but at the same time very simple. The plot doesn’t need any brain power to have fun with this book. 

The writing style here is very typical YA. But it makes an amazing mix with the plot because they both are very simple.

The characters in this book and in this series as a whole tend to be on the annoying side when you first get into it. But after reading this book I came to like Sookie (the main character) and some of the side characters like Eric, Jason and Sam. But the majority of the characters I don’t care what happens to them.

The action in this book was the best so far in this series. There is so much happening at the end which complete made me love this book. 

The beginning was on the slow side which really made me wish that it contained more action or something to make it more interesting rather than something to fill the pages with.

I Give This Book 3 / 5

“Fifty Shades of Grey” By E.L. James Review

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When literature student Anastasia Steele goes to interview young entrepreneur Christian Grey, she encounters a man who is beautiful, brilliant, and intimidating. The unworldly, innocent Ana is startled to realize she wants this man and, despite his enigmatic reserve, finds she is desperate to get close to him. Unable to resist Ana’s quiet beauty, wit, and independent spirit, Grey admits he wants her, too—but on his own terms.

I never thought that I will come down to read this series. But here we are. After reading this first book in the series I need to admit that most of my suspicions about this series came true.

The characters here are very very bad. Anastasia a typical dumb college student who falls in love with a guy who is a prick and who uses his partners as sex dolls. When it comes to Christian he is a rich prick who refuses to see his own faults and who thinks that he can use women as whores as long as he buys them things.

For the most part Anastasia is annoying and very blind when it comes to Christian. She refuses to see that Christian is fucked up and that he is the worst creep. But at times she is somehow likeable, these moments made me like her a little bit.

The plot, well I don’t have to say a lot about it because most likely everyone knows the plot here. There is abuse, sex and nothing enjoyable for the most part.

At times the plot have been interesting but most of the time while I was reading it I was thinking “why am I reading it?”. That pretty much summarises my whole feeling about this book.

The writing style was the best thing about this book. It was very good, and it made this whole book so much better. The writing style made you feel like you been there and watching everything that happened rather than reading a book. 

There wasn’t so much drama in this book as I’ve suspected, which really made me glad  because if it was a lot of drama in this book I would quickly DNF it.

I Give This Book 2 / 5

“The Complete Fairy Tales ” By Hans Christian Andersen Review

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Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author and poet. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, Andersen is best remembered for his fairy tales, a literary genre he so mastered that he himself has become as mythical as the tales he wrote. Andersen’s popularity is not limited to children; his stories – called eventyrs, or “fantastic tales” – express themes that transcend age and nationality.

To be fully honest here I didn’t have a lot of expectations for this one. Which turned out to be a good thing.

Ive already reviewed each fairy tale, so in this book we will talk about this book as a whole rather than going deep down in each fairy tale.

This book is a collection of all the fairy tales which Hand Christian Andersen written. And to be honest I wasn’t the biggest fan of the 99% of them. The reason might be reading children’s fairy tales as an adult.

The cover of this book is completely stunning and it would be an amazing add to my bookshelf to keep even thou I wasn’t a fan of it.

In my opinion fairy tales doesn’t make a good story because they are meant to be show morality rather than being entertaining. However it this book would make an great gift for a child below the age of 12.

The majority of the fairy tales are very depressing. And they made me sad at times while reading them and after finishing them.

The writing style to Hans Christian Andersen is very easy and simple. Which means that all ages can read it.

All the fairy tale are easy to read and at the same time pretty quick as well. 

I Give This Book 3 / 5