George ve Kırılamayan Şifre - Lucy Hawking ücretsiz kitap indir

Joanna Gniady joannagniady — This book was sold to me as an Icelandic epic. It’s not a fairy tale, quite the opposite. The novel follows Bjartur, a rural sheep farmer who is firmly grounded in the day-to-day reality of eking out an existence by sheep farming in the mountains of Iceland. Bjartur is a very unheroic hero. He is stubborn, mean and close-minded. His heroism comes from his adherence to his ideals. As the title indicates, independence is everything to Bjartur. He worked for a rich family for close to two decades to be able to buy an unforgiving and cursed piece of land where he raises sheep to support his family. His livelihood is unimaginably difficult. Bjartur and his family suffer from 16-hour workdays, starvation and lack of medical care. The people around him, friends, family and acquaintances, all try to convince Bjartur to give up some of his independence to achieve small comforts. The central conflict of the novel is the struggle between Bjartur and his ideals and the pressures of society. It raises the question of the price of independence and whether it’s worth it. What pleased me so much about this book was the constant shift between extreme mundane realism and gorgeous epic poetry. Bjartur’s life is half mindless toil and hardship and half sublime communion with nature. The novel transitions from lengthy discussions of the sheep’s intestinal parasites to reflections on the movement of seasons. Most people’s lives consist of some combination of banal and transcendent experiences and “Independent People” has a way of weaving them together in a persuasive manner. The book doesn’t offer any lessons but it provides a story of how even the most focused and hardened man can be slowly ground down by the vagaries of life.

Justin Junior justinpjunior — Insightful..especially good if you have an elderly parent

Anouar Elharti _nouar_lharti — I appreciated the way Great Expectations's pedagological content is incorporated into the narrative via the protagonists introspection, which felt relatively unobtrusive. However, while I appreciated the novels devaluation of class, the novel also seems to contain a warning against ascendent aspirations which struck me as a little too myopic. The novel's central romance is melancholic, but ultimately results in a healthy acceptance and hope that I found remarkably endearing given how toxic the affection felt throughout the novel. In summary, I found this to be a remarkably accessible classic, and I am glad I took the time to read it.

Tanya Mittal tanyab — I can't really give this book a rating because I have very conflicting emotions about it. I will definitely admit that it is well written and engrossing, but WAY to gorey for my taste. I think it gave me nightmares and I don't like nightmares. I don't deal well with graphic horror. I guess I'm just a wimp. I love paranormal, but not gritty violent paranormal. I'm more of a Dakota Cassidy, Mary Janice Davidson, or Shelly Laurenston paranormal fan.