One Sentence Media Reviews
Impeccably written and edited and researched, this approachable history of the famous Chinese telecom takes 2/3rds of its length to get interesting, but pays off mightily with a very nuanced and deep understanding of this important geopolitical situation.
I love this strange, poetic book because I'm a linguistics nerd and this is a linguistic nerd's idea of heaven, but also I must warn that it's pretty roughly written.
I guess I read this years ago after I last watched the Wire but anyway if you watch the Wire you ought to read Snoop’s autobiography, it’s short and heartfelt and raw and it’s fun to imagine the her character from the Wire reading the book to you, evidently she basically just plays herself.
Having just torn thru all three books in this fantasy story, I can say that I’m really glad I did - I’ve never read a genre book before that so expertly eschewed the hero’s journey archetype, all while retaining great entertainment value and emotional impact, and without seeming forced.
I don’t play many video games so take this with a grain of salt, but this creative and cutesy platformer had a bunch of neat puzzles and mechanics, and while certain segments seemed unnecessarily challenging, others were a lot of fun and the art design was consistently gorgeous.
A straightforward and solid entry in the Vorkosigan series - mostly lighthearted but full of action, builds nicely on the many books before it.