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Rated Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World 6/10

Thoroughly researched and full of good ideas, but nothing truly groundbreaking.

Rated Mordew 10/10

Certainly not to everyone's taste with the unfettered weirdness and often warped imagery on display, but I loved it. From the impenetrable world-building (which the equally impenetrable 85-page glossary that's almost a book in itself did little to help with) to the Dickensian urchins, to the 'Natural Philosophy' appendix, the whole thing is a glimpse into something very 'other'.

Finished reading Monstrous Regiment

Rated Parable of the Talents 8/10

Rated Of Ants and Dinosaurs 6/10

Rated Only Human 6/10

Rated Record of a Spaceborn Few 10/10

Rated Sleeping Giants 8/10

Rated Rivers of London 8/10

Myths, miscreants, misdemeanours, and the Met.

Rated Redemption Ark 6/10

Rated Lost Acre 10/10

A cracking end to the series. I think I'll be revisiting the Rotherweird valley again in future.

Rated Matter 8/10

Rated Moon Over Soho 8/10

Rated Nemesis Games 10/10

Rated The Galaxy, and the Ground Within 10/10

As with the other books in the series, a very human story about some very non-human characters. The theme of having a group of people stuck in lockdown together is very timely.<br><br>I'm sad to see the end of these books, I'll definitely revisit them again.

Rated Red Mars 8/10

Rated The Art of Dying 8/10

As meticulously researched as the first book, and as much of a page-turning crime-solver as you'd expect from Brookmyre.

Rated Rogues 8/10

Rated PopCo 6/10

Rated The Lies of Locke Lamora 10/10

Rated Royal Assassin 8/10

Rated The Blade Itself 8/10

Rated The City We Became 6/10

A very readable eldritch romp. To be applauded for its use of Lovecraftian mythos in a way that he would have hated.

Rated Rosewater 6/10

Strong setting and characters but a confusingly and disjointedly told story where there wasn't enough distinction between the Now and the Then periods.

Rated Surface Detail 8/10