Rhythm of War (Stormlight Archive #4): Kaladin the Psychiatrist and a Tower That Doesn’t Last
My Rhythm of War review: some good elements, but the pace, characters and story struggled for me, and Urithiru fell far too fast. 3.5 out of 5.
My Rhythm of War review: some good elements, but the pace, characters and story struggled for me, and Urithiru fell far too fast. 3.5 out of 5.
A review of A Mighty Fortress, book four of David Weber’s Safehold series — the destruction of the Circle, the Markovian Sea, and where the rating starts to slip.
The Big Time by Fritz Leiber won the 1958 Hugo. A time war, a bar outside space and time, and a live atomic bomb. Full plot, characters and ending.
A review of The Path of Ascension 7 by C. Mantis, and why the endless dungeon delve through Minkalla left this reader wondering what the series is actually building toward.
My Oathbringer review: Dalinar impresses, the Everstorm twist surprised me, but Kaladin disappoints and the book flagged for me in the middle.
Dune Messiah picks up twelve years after Paul takes the throne. A short, airless second book, and the one place this series leaves me wanting more.
My The Weapon Makers review: an immortal spy, a stolen starship and giant spiders, but it was a hard read that dragged and didn’t deliver what I expected. 2 out of 5.
A review of The Dungeon Phoenix, Book 4 of Konrad Ryan’s Dungeon Slayer series, and why the grind is starting to wear on this reader more than the series wants it to.
My The Way of Kings review: my first Sanderson, the best book in the Stormlight Archive, and a 5 out of 5 I’ve stuck to on every reread.
My Resident Evil 2026 review: not an action movie but a proper horror one, funny, scary and gross, with a new lead to root for. 4 out of 5.
Dune by Frank Herbert, revisited as the new film lands. Half of this universe could actually happen, and the other half is pure fantasy in a stillsuit.
Betrayed By The Hero’s Party Book 2 takes the cozy LitRPG idea I liked in book one and stretches it until there’s nothing left. I nearly didn’t finish.
A review of Ascension, Book 5 of RinoZ’s Book of the Dead series. Tyron’s power spikes, the Realm of the Dead pays off, and the ending is a genuine gut-punch.
I Summoned Their Replacements takes the same betrayed-by-the-party hook and does something different with it. Rough edges, great dungeons, and I loved it.
Rereading Tom Kratman’s A Desert Called Peace in 2026, when the world doesn’t feel nearly as black and white as it did back in 2014.
A review of Mark of the Fool Book 4 by J.M. Clarke, where Alex Roth hits the actual limits of his power and has to find his own way around them.
The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester won the very first Best Novel Hugo in 1953. A telepathic murder, an ending that punishes without killing, and a huge legacy.
By Schism Rent Asunder trades naval battles for politics and theology. Still good, still growing its cast, but this is where the brakes go on.
By Heresies Distressed is where Charis starts hanging churchmen and the naval war turns into a ground war. The momentum is well and truly back.
The Eye of the Bedlam Bride gives Carl closure on his father and makes Samantha great, but the card battles didn’t work for me. My DCC book 6 review.
A review of Beyond the Rift by John Ringo and Lydia Sherrer. The series finale sticks the landing, mostly, then runs out of pages to close it properly.