★★★★★ 5 / 5 Que dire? Portrait franc et honnête d’un personnage incontournable de l’histoire du Québec. À lire absolument si on est moindrement intéressé par le chemin emprunté par la société distincte du Québec au 20ème siècle. Fiche Technique… Read More »Critique de livre: René Lévesque, un homme et son rêve (Biographies)
★★★☆☆ 3 / 5 I am truly torn about the quality and value of this book. Five years ago, I would have given it five stars. That was before I started worrying about performance of computer programs. First, this book… Read More »Book Review: Working Effectively with Legacy Code
★★★☆☆ 3 / 5 Gave up halfway on it near the middle, because it’s a real painful slog. Ended up finishing it two years later, and am actually glad I did. I am even thinking about reading the second volume.… Read More »Book Review: The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time, #1)
★★★☆☆ 3 / 5 Good plot, but way too long. The first 35 chapters could have easily been reduced to about twenty without losing any major plot points. Adding meat around the narrative is good, but this novel takes it… Read More »Book Review: Passage
★☆☆☆☆ 1 / 5 This thing is barely worth the paper it’s printed on. It’s just dreg. Fan fiction material artificially promoted to official canon status. The plot is thin, most characters (all except Sloane) are uninteresting, but what really… Read More »Book Review: Aftermath (Star Wars: Aftermath, #1)
★★★☆☆ 3 / 5 Short but fun read. Now I know how to play baccarat! Fact Sheet Author: Ian Fleming Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 9780142002025
★★★★☆ 4 / 5 The only reason it doesn’t get five stars is because it doesn’t have a satisfying ending… Fact Sheet Author: Dan Simmons Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group ISBN: 9780553283686
★★★☆☆ 3 / 5 A breezy and fun read. I really appreciated the tone of the book, which was matter-of-factly and a little trash times. My only gripe with this book is that the ending falls a little flat. The… Read More »Book Review: How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia
★★★★★ 5 / 5 Le meilleur roman d’horreur que j’ai lu. C’est d’ailleurs le seul qui a réussi à me faire frissonner pour de vrai. Le dénouement, quoique prévisible, est si bien raconté qu’il reste totalement satisfaisant. Fiche Technique Auteur(e):… Read More »Critique de livre: Sur le Seuil
★★★☆☆ 3 / 5 Awesome writing style, and some of the chapters are truly fascinating. I didn’t agree with the basic premise of the book, however, so some of the arguments seemed farfetched from the start. Still, it’s worth reading… Read More »Book Review: Stranger Than We Can Imagine: Making Sense of the Twentieth Century