Sara's reading log

I am a book hoarder and reader. My main genre is SF, but I also love magic realism, fantasy and general fiction. Favorite authors are Iain M. Banks, Ursula K. LeGuin, Haruki Murakami, José Saramago, Isaac Asimov, Ben Aaronovitch and more. My rating system is based on five stars. I rate books based on my expectations and what a books aims to be. This means that the brilliant 'Fahrenheit 451' gets five stars because I thought it would be good, people said it was good, and it was good, but 'A Closed and Common Orbit' also gets five stars because in its series, in its style, I really enjoyed it and was not disappointed.

The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

  • Started on: 2011-05-05
  • Finished on: 2011-05-08
  • Read in: Dutch
  • Rating: ****-
  • Genre(s): Thriller

After reading The Moonstone earlier this year, my first introduction to Wilkie Collins, I was curious to read more by him. My FiL had this book, so I borrowed it, knowing next to nothing about it.
Unlike The Moonstone, the crime in this mystery novel is much more refined, and it takes a long time, even for the main characters to discover what exactly is going on, and why it is a crime. This made this work a bit more work for me to read, but that may also have been because of my mood during reading. The reading style, especially the different voices of all the characters was great again, and I love the 19th century humor in this book. Marian is a great character, a strong woman, and Walter is a great hero. Another great classic deserving of the title. Four out of five stars.

  • Started on: 2011-05-05
  • Finished on: 2011-05-08
  • Read in: Dutch
  • Rating: ****-
  • Genre(s): Thriller

After reading The Moonstone earlier this year, my first introduction to Wilkie Collins, I was curious to read more by him. My FiL had this book, so I borrowed it, knowing next to nothing about it.
Unlike The Moonstone, the crime in this mystery novel is much more refined, and it takes a long time, even for the main characters to discover what exactly is going on, and why it is a crime. This made this work a bit more work for me to read, but that may also have been because of my mood during reading. The reading style, especially the different voices of all the characters was great again, and I love the 19th century humor in this book. Marian is a great character, a strong woman, and Walter is a great hero. Another great classic deserving of the title. Four out of five stars.