What is the last book you finished, and what did you think of it?

[Byere]

"The Magician's Guild" by Trudi Canavan, first book in The Black Magician trilogy. I started reading her books only recently, starting with the prequel to this trilogy, "The Magician's Apprentice". Having read that first, it's making these books make a lot more sense in some ways, and makes them seem lacking in others.

For example, in this trilogy, the ability to make a small incision into someone's skin and taking their magical energies to increase your own is known as Black Magic and is greatly forbidden. In the prequel, it's seen as something commonplace and the apprentices give over their energies willingly.
Then again, it's set 500 years before this trilogy, so it's understandable how such practices have been lost over the ages.

The reason it's someone lacking is because I know all about said black magic, something that's supposed to be a mystery. It's like knowing how a story ends before you're even half way through it.

Still, can't complain. It's a good series if you like this style of fantasy/sci-fi.

Now I just wish that J.V. Jones would hurry the heck up and release the (hopefully final) book in her Sword of Shadows series >.<

 

[mysecondlife]

Old Republic: Revan

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFuck, it made my blood boil.

 

[Krantos]

Mocking Jay. The last book in the Hunger Games Series.

... don't get me started. Lets just say I like my books to have SOME positives elements. That book was just all down all the time. Dark/bittersweet is fine. That was just outright self inflicted torture.

Also, there were a number of plotlines/events that didn't end up leading anywhere and were generally pointless.

Also... no, I'll just leave it that.

First book was good, surprisingly so.

Second book was decent, if not as good.

Third book was a waste of time.

 

[Imre Csete]

The Dark Tower V: Wolves of Calla

Was quite good, not as good as Wizard and Glass though. Song of Susannah is boring at places, so I'm slow with it.

 

[Flailing Escapist]

A book that I bet none of you have ever heard of- Omerta: Code of Silence.

Aaaand it's one of my favorite books to read. It's about a pinkerton agent in the italian mafia in Pennsylvania and the east coast in the late 1800's. Pretty damn good

 

[Gitty101]

I've just finished 'The Reality Dysfunction' by Peter F. Hamilton. I thought it was a very good book, definitely one of the better space operas out there. Just moved on to the next one in the series, 'The Neutronium Alchemist'. Looking forward to it.

 

[sanguinator]

Im very late on the Dune series and just finished God Emperor of Dune, and it is definitively THE BEST book i have read in my life.

 

[PureChaos]

Under the Dome by Stephen King...it was alright I suppose. Didn't focus on what I thought it would focus on but I got through it.

 

[Monkey lord]

Amusing ourselves to death by Neil Postman and I thought it was really interesting and funn to read

 

[auron200004]

A Feast for Crows by George R. R. Martin. I got in on the Song of Ice and Fire thing quite late, starting the series early last semester. I have to say, I've loved the series from the very beginning. Honestly, I understand the flak that this novel gets (essentially, it covers the characters and side stories you care the least about). I still enjoyed it, maybe not as much as the first three (A Storm of Swords was easily my favorite).

Honestly, I felt that the focus on Dorne and Iron Islands made me care significantly less for this book. The other characters covered (Samwell, Arya, Sansa, Jaime, Cersei, Brienne, etc.) were done fairly well. But, yeah, my least favorite of the books so far. Not as bad as some make it out to be. Luckily, I have the fifth book ordered (it doesn't ship until the 9th, unfortunately), and I'll be able to catch up to everybody else.

 

[Ziame]

Metro 2033 Universe: "Piter" first half is quite snorish, second is made of awesome.

now reading "Towards Light" in same universe. Good.

 

[ParanoidEngineer]

I hated the Great Gatsby. What a load of depressing tosh.
OT: The Resteraunt at the End of the Universe. My thoughts in one word: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

 

[Surpheal]

Inheritance by Christopher Paolini, which marks the end of the Eragon saga.

The book on its own is a very good book, there is action a plenty, the story continuation is semi seamless, and it doesn't feel like it was running out of things to do. There are some great parts in it that get explained well, a part from a previous book gets brought back up rather fluidly, and it was just fun to read.

The book as the end to the saga was a great way to end it. Things happen, things get resolved, and the book and saga ends on a note that would suggest another book on the way, maybe set up similar to The Legend of Korra. But I hope that doesn't happen, because for me it just ended perfectly and Chris should leave well enough alone.

Reading the entire thing to the end makes me realize just how well this could have been made into a movie series that, you know, didn't absolutely suck at just the first movie/book.

 

[JCBFGD]

Philip K Dick's Humpty Dumpty in Oakland. Not a typical trippy sci-fi book like the rest of PKD's books. It was typical fiction, all about investing and fraud. Not what I had in mind when I started the book, but it was a good read nonetheless. The main character was definitely a PKD character, though: a paranoid, spaced-out young man trying to do right the wrong way.

 

[Fredvdp]

I'm sucked into the A Song of Ice and Fire hype so all other literature is on hold for now. I finished A Game of Thrones last summer, A Clash of Kings very recently and I increased my pace a bit and just read the first part of A Storm of Swords. I have one of those paperbacks that was split in two.

 

[DocBot]

Being late to the party and riding the trend I am almost done with "Clash of Kings." Which means I read "Game of Thrones" already with James Joyce's "Dubliners" thrown in cause hey, its a small and enjoyable book. I might pick something up between Clash and Storm, just as a mind-easer. I just am happy I stopped reading "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" I was NOT a fan of that book.

 

[Dectomax]

Currently making my way through the "Vampire Earth" series by E.E Knight. Just finished Valentines Exile and while not quite as good as the first three in his series, it is still a pretty awesome book. Knight's description and character development is brilliant and really makes you feel for the characters. There have been a few times where I've just demolished my way through 300-400 pages in a sitting because it's that engrossing.

I've just started Valentines Resolve and it's looking to be more of the same awesome filled narrative.

If you're into character development, description and post-apocalyptic kinda stuff then I recommend this book series!

 

[Lord Quirk]

The Iron Jackal by Chris Wooding. Amazing book, in terms of stellar characterization, action and humour.

 

[Vhite]

Flowers for Algernon

Spoiler

It's about man who has been mentally retarded since birth, he works at the bakery, has friends and is generally happy however he wants to be smart. He is eventually chosen for operation that not only increases his IQ on level of normal human but far beyond that. He experiences love and lust for knowledge, eventually surpassing scientists that made the operation on him but he also learn that people who he considered friends were just making fun of him, realizes that his mom and sister hated him when he was young and he gets into dispute with other people because they now feel stupid near him. He eventually does research on his rat friend who Algernon has also taken same kind of operation and finds out that he will swiftly revert to being retarded. At the end he slowly forgets everything he learned from languages to being able to write, forgets about people he knew and love he felt to one of the scientists and becomes his former self, although he is happy again.

First book that made me cry.

 

[Arluza]

Game of Thrones, I LOVED it.