RNKD Reviewer · 4 reviews

Dev Raman

Mostly thrillers, biographies, and anything I can finish on a flight. Very impatient with slow openings. I rate on how badly I wanted to keep going, which means I'm generous to books that grab and hard on books that stroll.

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DEV's reviews

The Lantern Keepers

Mara Ostrowski

LITERARY FICTION Roundtable · 3 readers The Lantern Keepers Mara Ostrowski Slow for forty pages, then it grabbed my collar and didn't let go. YES 4½ of 5

Cold Harbor Protocol

Ellis Grant

THRILLER Cold Harbor Protocol Ellis Grant A submarine, a leak, and a clock. It does exactly one thing and does it very well. YES 4 of 5

Seven Kings of Nowhere

Auberon Vale

FANTASY Roundtable · 5 readers Seven Kings of Nowhere Auberon Vale I don't read fantasy. I read this in four days. YES 4 of 5

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Margaret Hale: A Life in Letters

BIOGRAPHY Margaret Hale: A Life in Letters Corwin Ashby Good, and shorter than it looks — a third of it is letters you can skim. YES 3½ of 5

Reads: Thrillers, biographies, anything I can finish on a flight.
Avoids: Fantasy with maps. Anything over 600 pages.
Habits: About 25 a year, mostly paperbacks, some audio on runs.
Favorites on RNKD: Cold Harbor Protocol Margaret Hale: A Life in Letters
Roundtables: 2 of 4 reviews are Roundtables: The Lantern Keepers, Seven Kings of Nowhere

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