Book Review 2019
2019 Book Review
Finished: 7 (2 DNF) Pages:
| Book Title | Author | Series Name | Genre | Rating | Date | Pages | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Andromeda Strain | Michael Crichton | The Andromeda Strain | SciFi | 5 | 2019 | 384 | Fiction |
| Deaths End | Cixin Liu | Three Body Problem | SciFi | 5 | 2019 | 605 | Fiction |
| The Dark Forest | Cixin Liu | Three Body Problem | SciFi | 5 | 2019 | 513 | Fiction |
| The Three Body Problem | Cixin Liu | Three Body Problem | SciFi | 5 | 2019 | 400 | Fiction |
| Artemis | Andy Weir | SciFi | 3 | 2019 | 335 | Fiction | |
| Astrophysics for People in a Hurry | Neil de Grasse Tyson | Science | 3 | 2019 | 222 | Non-Fiction | |
| The Dichotomy of Leadership | Jocko Willink | Business | 3 | 2019 | 311 | Non-Fiction | |
| Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind | Yuval Noah Harari | A Brief History Series | Science | DNF | 2019 | 580 | Non-Fiction |
| Bradbury Stories | Ray Bradbury | SciFi | DNF | 2019 | 924 | Fiction |
The Andromeda Strain
Just an excellent SciFi novel. I recommended.
The Dichotomy of Leadership
An excellent read, and although it may seem like a Military book, it's really a business book. Valuable lessons for leadership as well as being the member of a team.
Artemis
I understand that 'The Martian' is a tough book to follow for Weir. This wasn't good, though.
The setting was well thought out, and the writing was fine. The science was great. The plot was half-way decent as well.
So why the lower rating?
The dialog was horrible, and the protagonist was not well written. Andy (a man), is perhaps not great at writing a female lead. And the female lead was supposed to be Muslim..? But I didn't get that from the book at all. I'm not sure, the protagonist feeling weirdly written + having terrible intra/inter personal dialog killed the book a bit for me.
There's definitely better scifi books out there. 'The Martian' is one of them! Go back to something like that Andy!
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
I read this entire book on a flight from North Carolina to California. It was cool. I think Tyson is a bit full of himself, but the topics were fine. I've read books like this in the past, so the information was nothing particularity over exciting for me. It was a great refresher, though. Not something I can see a lot of people reading, though. It may come across as a little boring and science-y. If you're into that (I am), then it's good.
The Three-Body Problem
The "Remembrance of Earth's Past" or "Three-Body Problem" series is perhaps my favorite SciFi series of all time (currently).
It consists of three novels: "The Three-Body Problem", "The Dark Forest", "Death's End"
Each novel is excellent, but my personal favorite was "The Dark Forest." I won't write a crazy review, just know I really liked these!
Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales -- DNF ❌
This is a collection of short stories. I've read maybe a 1/2 of them? I'll slowly finish it when I just want to read 10-15 pages rather than a whole book.
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind -- DNF ❌
I always fail to finish Anthropology books.