Modern Fiction Books

How Many?!?!?

Advantages: Quite readable...
Disadvantages: ...Although why you'd want to escapes me

"Hey, someone's written a book about me", was my immediate smart arsed reaction to seeing "1001 Nights Without Sex" for the first time, putting aside the subtitle "The Curse of the Single Girl" for the sake of the joke. In truth, however, I couldn't see ...

Soho_Black 18.04.2005 · Read full review
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Review of 1,001 Nights Without Sex: The Curse of the Single Girl - Suzanne Schlosberg

Bjorn Identity

Advantages: High Speed Funny
Disadvantages: Low Down Nity Gritty

...Hlynur Bjőrn, is an unemployed thirty-something who survives on dole payments and lives with his mother in the postal district of 101 Reykjavik in Iceland’s capital city. Most of his time is spent surfing the Net, watching TV, checking out girls in b ...

Weespud 16.08.2004 · Read full review
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Review of 101 Reykjavik - Hallgrimur Helgason

If you had the chance to change history would you?

Advantages: Fantastic Story, Identifiable Characters, Attention to detail in the settings
Disadvantages: Absolutely none for me, I loved it!

Introduction I've been a fan of the books of Stephen King for as a long as I can remember, when I made the transition from reading kids books to adult ones Stephen King was the first 'adult' author I read and I still remember the first book of his ...

Drewster-Rooster 17.12.2011 · Read full review
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Review of 11.22.63 - Stephen King

WHEN would You Go?

Advantages: Epic story, plenty of content, moves swiftly, unforgettable characters.
Disadvantages: None to me.

This is the first time I’ve had butterflies in my stomach prior to writing a review. The reason is obvious to anyone who reads my book reviews; I try to put a lot in them and not to use the same approach as another reviewer. I’m also a huge fan of Stephen ...

Sam-I-Am 30.01.2012 · Read full review
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Review of 11.22.63 - Stephen King

Oh, What a Book! (November 1963)

Advantages: Some of King's best writing
Disadvantages: Didn't fully explain the paradoxes

I've been a huge fan of Stephen King's work for nearly 25 years now, even though I do find his novels a little hit and miss. Given that King's last novel, "Under the Dome" was pretty bad, but his one previous, "Duma Key", was one of the best he's ever wr ...

Soho_Black 30.12.2011 · Read full review
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Review of 11.22.63 - Stephen King