Reading
HHhH
by
Laurent Binet
The Valderón Residence, Dublin.
31st July 2012
31st July 2012
One Sentence Summaries
Tiger McGavin: Nazis eh? They're gas!
Whitby Syme: BBbB - Binet's Book bugs Buffs.
Mycroft Webb: Honestly Had higher Hopes.
Carl Jameson: Long-winded self-referential sentence*
Atticus McCarthy: I read this book in two straight sittings. Or was it three?
Atticus McCarthy: I read this book in two straight sittings. Or was it three?
William Clay: Not easy to pun.
* In drafting my one sentence summary I [Carl Jameson] feel an impulse to be frank in my assessment, and to honour the author's efforts by painstaking reflection upon my feelings towards the work.
* In drafting my one sentence summary I [Carl Jameson] feel an impulse to be frank in my assessment, and to honour the author's efforts by painstaking reflection upon my feelings towards the work.
Scores
Tiger McGavin: 39/83
Quincey Morrisness: 10/14
Well writteness: 5/13
Interestingness: 7/15
Unputdownableness: 8/20
Sexiness: 1/8
Quincey Morrisness: 10/14
Well writteness: 5/13
Interestingness: 7/15
Unputdownableness: 8/20
Sexiness: 1/8
Actioness: 8/13
Atticus McCarthy: 76/83
Interestingness: 13/15
Quincey Morrisness: 18/18
Actioness: 9/10
Execution: 17/20
Unputdownableness: 9/10
Quincey Morrisness: 18/18
Actioness: 9/10
Execution: 17/20
Unputdownableness: 9/10
William Clay: 53/83
Quincey Morrisness: 12/14
Second World Warness: 33/59
Too Much Factness: 8/10
Quincey Morrisness: 12/14
Second World Warness: 33/59
Too Much Factness: 8/10
Carl Jameson: 45/83
Quincey Morrisness: 12/15
Well Writteness: 10/30
Quincey Morrisness: 12/15
Well Writteness: 10/30
Interestingness: 15/20
Execution: 6/10
Unputdownableness: 2/18
Execution: 6/10
Unputdownableness: 2/18
Whitby Syme: 60/83
Plot: 15/20
Execution: 15/20
Characters: 16/20
Food for thought: 8/10
Extra points: 6/13
Mycroft Webb: 53/83
Quincey Morrisness: 11/16
Actioness: 10/15
Well Writteness: 8/13
Interestingness: 12/15
Quincey Morrisness: 11/16
Actioness: 10/15
Well Writteness: 8/13
Interestingness: 12/15
Unputdownableness: 12/22
HHhH earned a QMBC rating of 54.33 / 83.
Nominations
William Clay
- Wilderness: A Journey of Quiet Adventure in Alaska by Rockwell Kent
- American Assassin by Vince Flynn
- American Assassin by Vince Flynn
Whitby Syme
- Falling Man by Don DeLillo
- Use of Weapons by Iain M. Banks
- Use of Weapons by Iain M. Banks
Tiger McGavin:
- The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
- The Opium War by Julia Lovell
- The Opium War by Julia Lovell
Atticus McCarthy
- Canada by Richard Ford
Mycroft Webb
- The Green Hills of Africa by Ernest Hemingway
Carl Jameson
- The Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
The Voting
| Book | Clay | Syme | McGavin | McCarthy | Jameson | Webb | Total |
| Falling Man | 200 | - | 200 | 300 | - | - | 700 |
| Use of Weapons | 300 | - | - | - | 200 | 100 | 600 |
| Canada | - | - | - | - | - | 200 | 200 |
| Wilderness | - | 300 | - | 100 | 300 | - | 700 |
| American Assassin | - | - | 300 | - | - | - | 300 |
| The Doomsday Book | - | 200 | - | - | - | - | 200 |
| The Green Hills of Africa | - | - | 100 | - | 100 | - | 200 |
| The Song of Achilles | - | 100 | - | 200 | - | 300 | 600 |
| The Opium War | 100 | - | - | - | - | - | 100 |
Next: Falling Man
Nearly: Wilderness
