A certain recent film that will go unnamed, as well as a book I prefer to think of as little as possible, recently left me an emotionally gut-punched quivering husk of the man I once was. A veritable shell I tell you.In straights most dire, I desperately asked an acquaintance of mine to recommend something,… Read More The Murderbot Diaries Series Review
Warning, this review will necessarily spoil the ending of All Systems Red and it’s sequels Artificial Condition and Rogue Protocol. Synopsis: Fresh off the bittersweet success of the previous installment, Murderbot is feeling pretty good about finding evidence of GreyCris Corporations crimes to send to its favorite human, Dr. Mensah, and pretty badly about losing… Read More Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries #4) – Rating: 5 Stars
Warning, this review will necessarily spoil the ending of All Systems Red and its sequel, Artificial Condition. … Read More Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries #3) – Rating: 5 Stars
Synopsis: One minute the Kumoko was a normal Japanese high school girl minding her own business in her class room. The next thing she knows she’s trapped in a small, enclosed, and dark space. After breaking out she finds herself surrounded by spiders! Wait, is she a spider too?! Then what she just broke out… Read More So I’m a Spider, So What? (Vol. #1) – Rating: 3.5 Stars
Warning, this review will necessarily spoil the ending of All Systems Red.… Read More Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries #2) – Rating: 5 Stars
Synopsis: Our hero, the titular Murderbot, just wants to while away the days watching soap operas. Unfortunately SecUnits, fancy partially organic security robots, such as itself are considered property of the Corporations who own them, to be rented out to serve the needs of the client. Fortunately for Murderbot, the corporation that owns it hasn’t… Read More All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries #1) – Rating: 5 Stars
Synopsis: Presumed dead by most, the body of Jani Kilian, Captain, paper verifier, student of alien culture, and murderer of her corrupt superior officer, was never found. In hiding for the past 18 years, Jani has always known that the statute of limitations doesn’t apply to murder, and that the army she once served never… Read More Code of Conduct (The Jani Kilian Chronicles) – Rating: 3 Stars
I talked a little bit about what the /r/fantasy book bingo challenge is here, in addition, I made book recommendations if you want to try and fill out bingo cards yourselves. You can find the official explanation for the challenge here. Now lets talk about what I’m going be doing this year. The last time… Read More My /r/Fantasy Bingo – 2019 Edition!
Starting back in 2015, the fantasy subreddit has held an annual “/r/Fantasy Book Bingo Challenge” every year, the year being marked from April to April for reasons known only to the people who began the event. Just like bingo, the goal of the game is to fill out squares on a card until you make… Read More Broadening Horizons With Fantasy Book Bingo!
Update: As of 6/18/19, I’ve decided Novel Opinions will be solely about books, no video games, movies or television. Welcome to my blog dear readers! Here I’ll be giving you my opinions, recommendations, and reviews on various books, short stories, and series I’ve read within the the sci-fi, fantasy, and romance genres, as well perhaps… Read More Welcome to Novel Opinions!
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