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Tomasino

tomasino@bookwyrm.tilde.zone

Joined 2 years, 6 months ago

I love to read and sometimes write. I'm active on fedi mostly as @tomasino@tilde.zone. I've been using Goodreads for the past bajillion years and will try to transition here. I run cosmic.voyage and a bunch of fun projects like @SolarpunkPrompts@podcast.tomasino.org

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reviewed The cave of time by Edward Packard (Choose your own adventure)

Edward Packard: The cave of time (Paperback, 1989, Bantam Books) 3 stars

The reader enters a mysterious cave and by following the instructions on each page can …

Review of 'The cave of time' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

There were a lot of disappointing endings in this story. It's not that the endings were bad, but they left too much hanging and didn't feel as decisive as most CYOA books do. Of course, this was the first, so it gets extra points for starting the awesomeness.

Review of 'Casa Capitular / Chapterhouse Dune' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

This is the most difficult of the Dune books to review. On the one hand, it's extremely slow owing to the extraordinary amount of Bene Gesserit internal monologues. On the other hand, it finally reveals the inner-workings of some of the biggest mysteries in the series. Finally, it leaves us with an incredible set of cliffhangers.

For what it is, the book is superb. Were there a proper follow up by Frank himself, I'd say this would be one of people's favorites. As a finale to the series, it sucks.