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Advantages: Easy to understand, gripping, page turner, addictive
Disadvantages: none

State of Fear, the title says it all. This book discusses the affects of Global Warming and what people are doing to prevent and try to spread awarness. In this science-fiction thriller, a team of scientists has to stop a radical Eco-terrorist group from destroying a glacier with explosives to try and iniciate global warming. From the time you open the cover to the time you turn that last page Michael Chrichton has you full attention, he spends ...
...technical terms into an easy to understand novel. This book talks about a big issue in current time, it could easily be catergorized under non-fiction. It reveals to the reader the unstable balance the earth is on, and gives the reader a reason to fear. You are witness to a world where eco-terrorists are willing to do anything, including murder to get what they want. There murder is an interesting sort, they capture a blue ringed octopus and force ... Read review

Advantages: tense, very tense
Disadvantages: none-cracking debut thriller

EVERY DEAD THING is the stunningly brilliant debut novel from best-selling writer, JOHN CONNOLLY. Every so often, a first novel will come along that blows you away and leaves you breathless; gasping for more. EVERY DEAD THING is just such a thriller and the book that first introduces us to Charlie "Bird" Parker and his two loyal companions-in-arms, Angel and Louis. Parker is a cop with a troubled family life; his father was a murderer and Parker ...
...is rapidly descending into a series of countless arguments. After one paticular night on the booze, he returns home to find his wife and daughter not just murdered but arranged in a gruesome display for him to find. At first, briefly, Parker is considered a suspect but when he is soon cleared, he sets off on a quest for justice; determined to find the killer responsible for destroying his life. It is a journey that takes him across the boundaries ... Read review

Advantages: Perfect for all ages
Disadvantages: Possibly a little too short

The next time you see an adult reading a Harry Potter book then you should simply walk over to them and hand over a copy of this. The Book of Lost Things is exactly what adult fantasy should be. Connolly dazzles you with his imagination by describing all manner of weird and wonderful places and creatures, yet all that is just a backdrop for many deeper musings that we all can relate to. It's a very definite step away from his previous books but is ... Read review

Advantages: Full of surprises and wry wit. Strong characterization and dialog.
Disadvantages: Dark and brooding. No clear-cut "hero" through most of the series.

...is an end to itself, the rogue mercenary troop known as "The Black Company" fights to survive against long odds again and again. The initial book is a first person narrative written by the company doctor, a cynical man named Croaker. It starts as the company is attempting to flee a city where they were hired to keep order but where they were, as usual, betrayed by those who'd hired them. Upon escaping, they are offered a commission by a servant ...
...is, at best, frightening. The Black Company takes the commission. They are in the business of fighting for pay. They are thrown into a war of epic proportions, where magic is thrown around with gleeful abandon. Not only do they have to fight the enemy, a group of rebels fighting against the dark queen, but they have to be wary of the in-fighting among her servants. It doesn't take long for them to realize they are in over their heads. The series ... Read review