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Die Trying). 09 Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir Andy Weir offers the fascinating story of a desperate space The present-day story alternates with peeks back in time to life before this space mission, which show problem-solving, particularly scientific experimentation and high-stakes trial and error, and while it slowed the pace

The pacing of The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven is measured, as befits a story that is largely about daily And far in the future, Konstance is in a vault on the spaceship Argos, destined for a distant planet. in Cloud Cuckoo Land (which is the name of the book-within-a-book) connect these characters across space

risky ways: crossing roads, climbing underneath cars and onto roofs, entering storm drains and crawl spaces

Crying in H Mart is beautiful, painful, and evocative. 02 The Space Between Worlds by Micah Johnson In The Space Between Worlds, Micaiah Johnson offers a wonderfully imperfect heroine and her fascinating

All of these issues are explored within what feels like a safe space--amid swirling attraction, burgeoning

Space! Robots! Artificial intelligence!

But all of these issues are explored within what feels like a safe space--amid swirling attraction, burgeoning

I read their book Love and Other Words after Autoboyography ratcheted my expectations into outer space

The author's tone and voice is like poetry at times, raw and spare and true. 03 In the Country We Love The title may be a little self-conscious, but the book itself is darkly funny, with wonderfully paced The title may be a little self-conscious, but the book itself is darkly funny, with wonderfully paced The details Rum provides as a thread throughout the book of the food, spices, and meals that create much

in small-town Australia with dark secrets and twists and turns, and she offers more of her excellent pacing Harper often sets her stories in an Australian bush setting, and her somewhat spare writing style complements

Krueger's writing is beautifully spare, but I felt impatient with the entire enterprise. of page time spent on figuring out the potential logistics of shoring up the levee, which slowed the pacing

But the story and pacing became bogged down by others' motivations, and I was left wanting more page This slowed the pacing down and I had a tough time staying engaged. But I was left yearning for more tension, tighter pacing, and additional time with Sadie at the center

in small-town Australia with dark secrets and twists and turns, and she offers more of her excellent pacing Harper often sets her stories in an Australian bush setting, and her somewhat spare writing style complements

I found myself yearning for the expert pacing, intrigue setup, and rich character development of my beloved relationship felt difficult for Nahri to settle into, and therefore left me uncertain as well; and the pacing

meticulous research behind the tale, and the inspiration for the story, but I struggled with the slower pace Yet the pacing was slow for me, so it took me some time to get through this one.

The author's tone and voice is like poetry at times, raw and spare and true. 03 In the Country We Love The title may be a little self-conscious, but the book itself is darkly funny, with wonderfully paced The details Rum provides as a thread throughout the book of the food, spices, and meals that create much

The slow pace of uneventful Alabama life shifts dramatically when guests come to stay, and the story's events and the book's pacing begin snowballing in urgency as the story draws to its end.

The pacing of The Life We Bury built from slow and steady to a whirlwind. The pacing of this one felt strange to me.

the Tasmanian coast, Harper often sets her stories in an Australian bush setting, and her sometimes spare in small-town Australia with dark secrets and twists and turns; and she offers more of her excellent pacing

Some of these circles are somewhat glossed over--and the pacing flagged at times for me as the protagonists The pacing flagged for me throughout the middle of the story, during the slog through various avenues

listening to this as an audiobook, and it's such a slow build, I'm both eager for it to ramp up in pacing The Australian bush setting (along with Harper's sometimes spare writing style, which complements it) in small-town Australia with dark secrets and twists and turns; and she offers more of her excellent pacing

Schwab returns to the world of the four Londons in the first of a wonderfully paced new series featuring I loved returning to the wonderful Schwab pacing and banter and delving into the love stories already

She faces unknown dangers and heartbreaking betrayal in this fast-paced novel. Ava Glass's Alias Emma was a fast-paced cat-and-mouse chase across London and through an underground

My favorite elements were the action sequences, the opportunities for humor, and the pacing of this 640 the dragon element kept me reading with fingers crossed that the story would take off and eclipse the pacing the Empyrian series offers more page time for the talking dragons, some surprises, and a more deftly paced

Harper's books read like Westerns to me, and her sometimes spare tone suits the setting, the situations Disappearing Earth is Phillips's first book, and she builds the story's pace steadily toward a crescendo

This was likely at least partially due to the book's stream of consciousness, which sets a striking pace The tone and pacing are often raw and feverish as Harrison digs into complicated issues intertwined with

Keegan offers a gorgeously wrought Irish story of childhood, hope, love, and loss that is spare, lovely It's beautiful, spare, and powerful. I was brought to tears at the end.

This is a gentle, slow-paced story from the heart-wrenchingly gorgeous writer.

character here and the World War II-era crises, for me, the story felt somewhat disjointed and flagged in pacing

The Piano Tuner is a strange, slowly paced adventure story but also an anti-imperialist, pro-music take

The pacing is appropriately slow as characters wander, wonder, and come across little new information

conflict, religious fervor and faith, secret missions, and more--but I felt frequently jarred by uneven pacing Yet I was frequently distracted by what felt like uneven pacing and tone and abrupt perspective changes

I can't spare anybody is what I always think. But then, people must be spared.

Lucinda Williams offers a gritty, honest, captivating, spare yet fully developed memoir in which she Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You was wonderful--spare yet fully developed, often surprising,

Despite some implausible details, the Atlanta-set mystery is a fast-paced read. Morris is one of our picks from last year's event, and because it's a fast-paced mystery, it seemed like

The author's tone and voice is like poetry at times, raw and spare and true. 03 In the Country We Love The title may be a little self-conscious, but the book itself is darkly funny, with wonderfully paced The details Rum provides as a thread throughout the book of the food, spices, and meals that create much

but I found the story exceedingly long and both thoroughly gruesome and extremely tedious in its slow pace

The pacing didn't flag, and this was a fast 535-page read. More Love for V. E.

The story's pacing doesn't flag, although the tale sets a slower tempo as Maurice and Maralyn settle The Knight and the Moth  is built on a spare yet satisfying fantasy world with a limited number of characters

The writing style involves a lot of telling, which seemingly intentionally slows the pacing--and which Yet because of the pacing, I didn't necessarily feel on the edge of my seat while I read about all of And it's the pacing and tone of the story that allows for all of those elements to feel real. 06 News

swirls of truth; all the pieces make sense, but after the slow build of the majority of the book, this pacing

The pacing of The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven is measured, as befits a story that is largely about daily

The Knight and the Moth is built on a spare yet satisfying fantasy world with a limited number of characters

The writing is beautifully spare, and the ending is satisfying in multiple ways.

This was enjoyable, interesting, well paced, and charming. I loved it.

At the very beginning the pacing felt a little uneven to me, but then Garg hit her stride, and I was

The dialogue is sometimes dramaaaaatic, but generally the pacing rolled right along in this one.

The story's pacing doesn't flag, although the tale sets a slower tempo as Maurice and Maralyn settle

Wilson allows for confrontation, and he doesn't spare our characters a messy, somewhat unsatisfying reckoning

I was hooked on the captivating details of Renaissance life, masterfully paced swirling danger and paranoia The skips through time wonderfully shape the story and create fascinating pacing as Lucrezia enjoys moments