eggjuices's reviews
132 reviews

Sadly I did not love this! 
I am having a hard time figuring out why this didn’t work for me. I felt drawn to the concept - languages are cool! Space is cool! But for some reason this was a miss for me. I found the plot kind of confusing and all over the place, and the main character is certainly entering Mary Sue territory at times. Thankfully this was a short read, but just didn’t really do much for me unfortunately

This was a really comprehensive breakdown of the long, long history of the war. The middle kind of dragged a little bit for me and I was getting confused with the various names and locations. The final sections covering the most recent developments (by the standards of when the book was published) was great and I appreciated the conclusion section well. I also really connected with the author weaving in his personal experiences with general historical info. Made it more engaging as a non-fiction read. 

Yes this is worth all of the hype. Really beautifully written and of course heartbreaking. Loved it

Easy read, predictable at times, but some of the twists were surprising to me. Nothing revolutionary but I had fun with it and it held my attention well. Decent thriller! 

This was really weird and unnerving and (especially by the end) kind of grotesque. 
The first third of the book

where Lilith is first “Awoken” and learning about the aliens and how their species works

was the most interesting for me. When the plot shifted gears and started covering

Lilith’s task of Awakening 40 people and training for Earth

I started to feel a little lost and not as interested. I think too many characters were introduced all at once making it hard to keep track of people and be invested in their actions. 
Not sure if I will continue with this series. Well written and freaky but cool concept. 

This was good! Very different from the musical of course, but I enjoyed the more detailed elements. 
It kind of lulled a bit near the 2/3 mark, but overall I liked it. 

I liked the first book well enough, but I found this one to be rather confusing. I felt like the journey that the characters went on was rather pointless - and I know there is a third book, but I would have liked there to have been a stronger resolution to this one. The first book really left you asking questions and wanting more, but I am not feeling that same energy after finishing this one. Not sure if I will read the third. 

This was a pretty hokey “alien learns about humans” story that follows all the predictable tropes. It was an easy read and I found it funny at times, but overall I don’t think it had much “new” to say and especially near the end I was kind of over the whole “aren’t humans so fascinatingly strange!!” 

I really enjoyed this, though of course not without some minor nit-picks...
Since it was an audiobook I was really able to fly through it, I was hooked pretty immediately and honestly, I found the "extraneous" plot points, (basically anything outside of Oswald and Kennedy,) to be the most interesting and engaging elements of the story. The premise of the Kennedy Assassination brought me in, but the story of Jake Epping / George Amberson was quite beautiful and rich. 
Of course, it falls into the classic time-travel story morality shtick of "changing the past is bad" regardless of how good intentions may be, but although I knew where the story would end overall, I never found myself being bored with the journey. 
This was my first King novel and I am glad to have read it. Horror is not my genre, and the graphic depictions of violence did at times make me extremely queasy and unnerved, so I am uncertain if I will read much more of his catalogue, though I do feel the urge to do so. I will have to put my big girl pants on and be brave. 

this was very beautiful and well written. i disagree with the sentiment that it was overwritten - i personally really loved my time with this book and didn’t find myself wanting for things to be cut or shortened. 

i will say that the medical descriptions were not my favourite element of the book, and i did catch myself skimming some sections mainly due to finding them a bit unnerving. but not something that made me dislike the book overall.