patrick reviewed Get It Done by Michael Mackintosh
Review of 'Get It Done' on 'Goodreads'
1 star
Very american, very unmotivational. It's a nice try to summarize existing motivational books, but the style of writing wasn't my cup of tea.
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patrick reviewed A Place Called Freedom by Ken Follett
A Place Called Freedom is a work of historical fiction by Ken Follett. Set in …
Review of 'A Place Called Freedom' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
Whilst it was fun to return to a Follett for the end of the year, A Place called Freedom unfortunately left a mixed impression. The book starts great, introducing interesting characters and situations, as expected with Follett. The writing style makes it hard to put the book down. However, unfortunately many story lines feel rushed, and especially the last part felt like the editor told the author to delete a couple of thousand words. There was material enough in here to write a sequel... So, all in all 3/5 ain't bad.
Review of 'A Blink of the Screen: Collected Shorter Fiction' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Brilliant little short story to be read every christmas. GNU Terry Pratchett!
patrick reviewed Coğrafya Mahkumları by Tim Marshall
All leaders are constrained by geography. Their choices are limited by mountains, rivers, seas and …
Review of 'Coğrafya Mahkumları' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
Quite a nice premise, but after two chapters it becomes quite shallow. Whilst up to date to mid-2019 in events, it fails to discuss any geopolitical developments outside 19th-century empire-politics. The effects of climate change, economical developments, digitization etc which have been of utmost importance in the 201x’s are barely addressed.
patrick reviewed In the Black by Patrick S. Tomlinson
Review of 'In the Black' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
The book isn’t even out yet, but the twitter trolls are out in force to one-star it. Looking forward to reading it.