What did you read this year?
Shortest Book
34
pages
Longest Book
692
pages
Average book length in
2023
325
pages
Most Shelved
599,967
people
also shelved
Least Shelved
21
people
also shelved
Philip’s
average rating for
2023
3.1
3.1
Highest Rated on Goodreads
4.67
average
Philip’s first review of the year
it was ok
This would have been a 4 star if not for the end. There is no end. This is not a book but a segway into the next volume. There is no conclusion. In fact it effectively stops mid-chapter and mid-scene. I don't mind some cliffhangers for a sequel but literally nothing is resolved.
Good - story setting characterisation
Bad - not a book, just a part.
I won't buy the sequel because of this deliberate treatment of the story when the rest of the story has ...more
Good - story setting characterisation
Bad - not a book, just a part.
I won't buy the sequel because of this deliberate treatment of the story when the rest of the story has ...more
PHILIP’S
2023
BOOKS
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Philip’s last review of the year
really liked it
Just finished this book two and book one. Like the first book and review, this is a smart stylish spy-thriller with echoes of the contemporary Slough House series first book Slow Horses by Mick Herron . Of course it also has links to other older school spy thrillers from the likes of Deighton Len or John le Carré
Less growing up background in the second story but still enough history to set up the more contemporary story
Waiting for next in series. ...more
Less growing up background in the second story but still enough history to set up the more contemporary story
Waiting for next in series. ...more
2023 READING
CHALLENGE
CHALLENGE
Philip
read
49
out of
50
books.
98%
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