Crime

Books

Cover for Bad Blood

Fascinating look at the story of Theranos, absolutely appalling how far Holmes and co were willing to go.

Cover for Catch and Kill

Astounding to read all the gory details about Weinstein’s behaviors and everyone who enabled it. Ronan Farrow is a fantastic writer.

Cover for Empire of Pain

This book does a great job of laying out just how much the Sackler family laid the groundwork for the opioid crisis and then managed to evade accountability for it. Depressing, but well-written.

Cover for La Sombra del Viento

I embarked on this (silly) goal to read ten Spanish-language books in 2023, but stupidly picked this 555-page monster with plenty of challenging Castilian vocabulary as my first book. Unsurprisingly, my reading speed in Spanish is far slower than English, and I discovered how much of my love of books is due to reading quickly. I kept on pausing this book to read other quick (English language) reads, so it took me about a year and half to finish this. I enjoyed the book, though my Spanish isn’t quite at the level to fully appreciate the quality of the writing.

Cover for The Silent Patient

I have no idea how this has a 4.2 on Goodreads or how I managed to finish it.

Cover for The Spare Man

Had to force myself to finish this, I don’t know why this was nominated for a Hugo. There are some interesting ideas, but in the end this is a detective story where the main character is an unlikable Space Karen that uses her money to bully everyone around her.

Cover for Extinction

Interesting premise, but not a fan of the writing style and drags a bit. I enjoyed Hominids more.

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