Really good to start with but went downhill. Also not sure how readable it would be for someone with no interest at all in computer games.
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In this exhilarating novel, two friends--often in love, but never lovers--come together as creative partners …
Review of 'Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
Tamsin rated A City On Mars: 4 stars
Zach Weinersmith, Kelly Weinersmith: A City On Mars (EBook, 2023, Penguin Press)
A City On Mars by Zach Weinersmith, Kelly Weinersmith
Earth is not well. The promise of starting life anew somewhere far, far away—no climate change, no war, no Twitter—beckons, …
Tamsin rated Somebody I used to know: 4 stars
Somebody I used to know by Wendy Mitchell
A memoir by a former British National Heath Service employee and single parent describes her battles with early onset Alzheimer's, …
Tamsin rated The Promise: 3 stars
Tamsin rated The Wolf Den: 4 stars
The Wolf Den by Elodie Harper
Sold by her mother. Enslaved in Pompeii's brothel. Determined to survive. Her name is Amara. Welcome to the Wolf Den... …
Tamsin rated Pillars of the Earth: 4 stars
Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
The Pillars of the Earth is a historical novel by Welsh author Ken Follett published in 1989 about the building …
Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie
Isma is free. After years spent raising her twin siblings in the wake of their mother's death, she is finally …
Tamsin reviewed Have You Seen Luis Velez? by Catherine Ryan Hyde
Review of 'Have You Seen Luis Velez?' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
A bit like a feel-good movie - very contrived & not believable, but a lovely story which was just what I felt like reading.
Tamsin rated The leftovers: 3 stars
The leftovers by Tom Perrotta
What if—whoosh, right now, with no explanation—a number of us simply vanished? Would some of us collapse? Would others of …
Tamsin rated Birnam Wood: 3 stars
Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton
Birnam Wood is on the move . . .
Five years ago, Mira Bunting founded a guerrilla gardening group: Birnam …
Tamsin reviewed Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson
Established in 2025, the purpose of the new organization was simple: To advocate for the …
Review of 'Ministry for the Future' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
The blurb said "a rousing vision of how we might unite to overcome the greatest challenge of our time" but I just found it depressing. It is set so close in the future that the climate disasters described will be reality pretty soon. I didn't find the way humanity pulls together very convincing or believable.
Also I'm not sure who the intended audience is - if you're not interested in climate change, there's a lot of dry facts interspersed between a bit of human interest, so not really a gripping read. And if you are interested, like I said it's just depressing: (
Tamsin rated My Fourth Time, We Drowned: 4 stars
Tamsin rated Demon Copperhead: 4 stars
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, Demon Copperhead is the story of a boy born to a teenaged single …
Tamsin rated Yellowface: 3 stars
Yellowface by R. F. Kuang, Rebecca F. Kuang
What's the harm in a pseudonym? New York Times bestselling sensation Juniper Song is not who she says she is, …