copy/paste/update from the old list. feel like i missed one between 6 and 7 (trespasser, eeny meeny) but it must not have been memorable, because i can't think what it might've been*, **.
eeny meeny was terrible. tried to be something in the vein of thomas harris's silence of the lambs/hannibal etc, failed on all counts. do not waste your time.
a man called ove was great. translation from a swedish author. comedy/drama about an elderly man trying to deal with events in his life. would try to put in more descriptors but don't want to be spoilery. think there was a movie based on this last year, which we'll have to look for.
time salvager- set in ~2500? terrible title and clearly a first novel, but got better as it went along. lost points for being a cliffhanger, but will look for the sequel if i remember to (i'm assuming the author planned one, based on the ending).
goodhouse; another first novel. much better writing than time salvager. near future scifi, extremely believable. strong gattaca flavor to it.
pandora's star; maybe 100 pages in. space opera, established british scifi author. still introducing characters. seems like hamilton's one of those guys that's outgrown his editors.
1. death's end, cixin liu/ken liu - 4.5/5
2. central station, lavie tidhar - 3.5/5
3. blood song, anthony ryan - 4/5
4. tower lord, anthony ryan - 3/5
5. queen of fire, anthony ryan - 3/5
6. the trespasser, tana french - 3.5/5
7. the magician's assistant, anne patchett 2.5/5
8. abomination, gary whitta 4/5
9. eeny meeny, m.j. arlidge - 1/5
10. a man called ove, fredrik backman - 4/5
11. time salvager, wesley chu - 3/5
12. goodhouse, peyton marshall - 3.5/5
13. pandora's star, peter hamilton -- in progress
*edit: remembered the missing book.
the magician's assistant had well realized characters and was well written, but was not really my kind of story. about a woman dealing with the death of her partner and discovering/meeting his extended family after his death. one of my wife's books (as was
a man called ove and
eeny meeny, for that matter).
** forgot a second book in that span as well.
abomination, by gary whitta. fantasy, set in england roughly 1000 years ago. was a pleasant surprise. could easily see this set in the diablo world. gory violent supernatural goodness. maybe a bit predictable but that's ok.