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.

In de greep van generzijds by Richard Matheson

  • Started on: 2012-03-13
  • Finished on: 2012-03-14
  • Read in: Dutch
  • Rating: ****-
  • Genre(s): Science Fiction

While I bought this book because of Matheson’s science fiction writings, it’s actually a work of horror or fantastical fiction.
Tom is a normal guy, living with his young son and pregnant wife in fifties California. At a dinner party his brother-in-law hypnotized him, just for fun. Famous last words, as this apparently activates a latent ability in Tom. He can empathize, he feels what others feel, and he gets visions that appear to predict horrible things in the future or happening miles away. The weirdest thing is the appearance of a woman in their house, a woman that he doesn’t know.
While this wasn’t quite what I expected, I did enjoy this book, especially the struggles of Tom and his wife and Anne to understand what is happening to Tom. The only thing I didn’t like about the book was the ending, which came about two pages too soon. Still, four out of five stars.

  • Started on: 2012-03-13
  • Finished on: 2012-03-14
  • Read in: Dutch
  • Rating: ****-
  • Genre(s): Science Fiction

While I bought this book because of Matheson’s science fiction writings, it’s actually a work of horror or fantastical fiction.
Tom is a normal guy, living with his young son and pregnant wife in fifties California. At a dinner party his brother-in-law hypnotized him, just for fun. Famous last words, as this apparently activates a latent ability in Tom. He can empathize, he feels what others feel, and he gets visions that appear to predict horrible things in the future or happening miles away. The weirdest thing is the appearance of a woman in their house, a woman that he doesn’t know.
While this wasn’t quite what I expected, I did enjoy this book, especially the struggles of Tom and his wife and Anne to understand what is happening to Tom. The only thing I didn’t like about the book was the ending, which came about two pages too soon. Still, four out of five stars.