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Ok done a bit the reverse as many here: came from Heliboard and tested out FUTO (thanks to this post and some others telling it was great). And indeed, it works pretty well, better than Heliboard, especially in English (~40% of my use on Android - I'm French native speaker so most messaging is in French and I use English for some search, lemmy,...). So that's say in French, futo is not as good as in English (suggestions are often less accurate than in English) but it's still better than Heliboard. The swipe works better too (and doesn't require an external (proprietary) library). The only drawbacks I see until now is the limitation to 3 suggestions in the suggestions bar, with Heliboard there was a 3 dot menu giving more suggestions and the lack of spellchecker.
The Stand, by Stephen King
But I love so many books, hard to say
Incroyable il a trouvé une ville à 10km de là où j'ai été élevé vachement précis en quelques questions
Finished the second novel of The Housemaid series: The Housemaid's secret, by Freida McFadden. While it's written with the same literary structure as the first one, it is also a gripping and surprising novel. I found it to be even better than the first book in the series, as it's much more difficult to predict what will happen next. The biggest issue with the first novel was the ending, which seemed more reliant on luck and wasn't very realistic in my opinion. However, the ending in this one is much better and more satisfying.
I'm currently reading the third, The Housemaid is watching and it's also gripping and fast paced.
That's how I started last (2024) year, rereading all that good Tolkien's stuff, Bilbo, lotr, the silmarillion,... It's really the kind of masterpiece, you can always "discover" new details and links every single time you read it...
I just finished The Housemaid, by Freida McFadden and found it to be a gripping page-turner, very quick to read, and thoroughly enjoyable. However, I was a bit disappointed by the ending, which didn't quite match the level of the rest of the book. It seemed like the author struggled to find a satisfying conclusion. As is often the case with such an engrossing read, the ending can feel a bit underwhelming. Perhaps an 'open' ending would have been a better choice.
I just started The Housemaid's Secret by Freida McFadden, continuing with the series and hoping it will be equally gripping.
I just finished The Housemaid and found it to be a gripping page-turner, very quick to read, and thoroughly enjoyable. However, I was a bit disappointed by the ending, which didn't quite match the level of the rest of the book. It seemed like the author struggled to find a satisfying conclusion. As is often the case with such an engrossing read, the ending can feel a bit underwhelming. Perhaps an 'open' ending would have been a better choice.
I agree with you on all points about the science in Hail Mary. However, what bothered me more was the strict, predictable alternation between past and present. This rigid structure detracted from my overall enjoyment of the novel, making the narrative feel somewhat monotonous and, at times, overly predictable.
On the other hand, The Remembrance of Earth's Past trilogy by Cixin Liu was a real favorite for me.
Just finished Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir. Nice sci-fi, well wrote, page turner, for sure not the best in its genre but it's quite a nice novel to spend a bit of time.
Next read will be The housemaid, by Freida McFadden and, if I enjoy, I'll read the two others of the serie.
This is how I interpreted the policy too but wanted to be sure about it. It's so easy to get lost in juridic language.