Having enjoyed Marie Phillips’s previous work “God Behaving Badly,” I went into “The Table Of Less Valued Knights” with considerable enthusiasm. Sadly, though some of the book is quite witty and entertaining, the overall feeling following the last page is of “M’eh.” Just wasn’t that good of a story, and the ending felt completely rushed and misplaced. A 3 out of 5 for its entertaining value, but not for much else.

 

 

 

Received The Three via Netgalley a while back, but hadn’t managed to get around to the book until just now. Truth is, was a bit hesitant about the book… reviews have been extremely polarised. But as it turned out, I actually quite enjoyed reading The Three. The book’s setup, told through compilation of interviews, articles, transcripts, etc, was quite clever, and made the story more compelling. The story itself was also very timely, hitting the right notes when it comes to extremism and so called morality. Overall, an interesting read. The ending, howver, felt just a bit unsatisfactory. So, let’s give 3.5 to 4 out of 5…