Epinions Recent Reviews for mozzer41

Worst of both worlds??

Tue, 11 May 2004 13:12:40 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author mozzer41 - Creative had this "vision" of a camera that would act as a digital stills cam and a webcam before any of the current manufacturers caught on that this might be a potentially lucrative commercial niche to corner. Unfortunately, their technical...

Eerie, intense, opaque gothic tragedy leaves uncomfortable aftertaste

Tue, 24 Feb 2004 09:47:30 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author mozzer41 - When Marion Taylor takes a post as governess at Gaze Castle, a remote house upon a coast, she finds herself confronted with weird mysteries. Some crime or catastrophe in the past still keeps the house under a spell, whose magic also touches the...

Lesbian love in an historical context

Tue, 26 Nov 2002 13:44:55 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mozzer41 - Author Sarah Waters must be relishing her monumental ascent to public acclaim. Aged only 36, she has 3 successful novels under her belt, including a Booker Prize nomination for the most recent work, Fingersmith.

Her first novel, published in...

Girl power in the 1940s

Mon, 4 Nov 2002 11:49:27 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author mozzer41 - I will not spend any time recounting the plot in this review. This information is available in detail from other reviewers. This might lead the reader of this review to uncover plot spoiler points.

Ken Follet's Jackdaws is a substantial...

The Runaway narrative, more like.....

Thu, 14 Mar 2002 09:22:08 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author mozzer41 - John Grisham is one of those authors to whose work you bring huge preconceptions when you pick up a new novel. I was no exception to this when I began "The Runaway Jury".

Like most of his previous works it is based on the premise of the legal...

Epic scope and ultimately a satisfying read

Wed, 6 Mar 2002 12:59:45 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mozzer41 - Decipher is an intriguing novel.

As the title suggests, it is principally concerned with describing a puzzle and it weaves many concepts together in order to achieve it. There are many stories about the solar system or earth's deep history or...

Worthy of its Booker nomination

Wed, 9 Jan 2002 12:13:47 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mozzer41 - This is the second of McEwan's novels I have read, following "Enduring Love" and I am rapidly becoming a fan.

At first sight this book is very different to Enduring Love in that it is a period piece set in 1930s England featuring an adolescent...

Boldly going where no-one has even considered before...!

Thu, 22 Nov 2001 10:42:41 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mozzer41 - Having read about 6 books by British sci-fi author Stephen Baxter, his themes are becoming more obvious to me. "Space" returns to one of his favoured topics of humanity's destruction and the implications for the deep future but gives it a monumental...

The ultimate disaster novel!

Thu, 19 Jul 2001 12:39:33 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mozzer41 - Fans of Stephen Baxter could pick up a coverless version of this novel and after a few pages would recognise the style and themes of their favourite author. In Moonseed, he makes full use of his scientific background (PhD from Cambridge and failed...

Too bland to engage

Mon, 2 Jul 2001 08:54:19 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author mozzer41 - Eddings has established himself as a writer of simple yet engaging fantasy fiction. His best-selling Belgariad and Mallorean series drew the reader in with the use of familiar characters who were different enough so that when gathered together on a...

Strangely slow moving thriller

Wed, 20 Jun 2001 12:37:15 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author mozzer41 - Philip Kerr's fiction is almost universally concerned with man's interaction with science. Nowhere is this more apparent than in his early novel "Gridiron".

The premise is familiar - technology, in the form of a "smart" supercomputer...

Keeps me coming back....

Wed, 6 Jun 2001 06:11:34 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mozzer41 - I play quite a few computer games.

This doesn't make me any different probably to most of the people who have submitted reviews, however, I don't tend to pick up a game, play it for a week or two and throw it away. Instead I have bought maybe...

Quite simply a deeply involving album

Wed, 6 Jun 2001 05:34:56 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mozzer41 - I agree with the first reviewer.

Die-hard fans of his music could argue that De Burgh underwent somewhat of a transformation during the late 80s into the 90s. Before this date his main musical influences seemed to be the medieval troubadors...