Ölümle Randevu - Agatha Christie itibaren Altın Kitaplar içinde LIT biçim

Liang Wang 841015wangliang — For about the first 1/3 of the book I couldn't understand what all they hype was about but then it suddenly kicked into gear and I really got into it. One of my favorite aspects of the book is the characters; even though Diana is wishy-washy and Matthew is brooding, all the side characters support the story very nicely and make it more interesting. Alot of this book is back-story and set-up since it's part of a trilogy; the action doesn't really start until the last 1/3 of the book but it makes up for it and I like where the plot is heading. It got a bit mired down in some of the parts where it's focusing on alchemy and biology/DNA but the parts focusing on the lives of vampires, witches and demons were engrossing. A few parts were somewhat reminiscent to Twilight but it is in no way mind-numbing like Twilight was. Looking forward to the next book in the series.

Monserrat Vera niobou — The children love reading this book. Its a great resourse to have when the children are learning their alphabet.

Alexander Ventimiglia ajvdesign — In many ways this book is a one-trick pony and it quickly gets tiring reading essentially the same joke over and over and over and over and over for 400+ pages. The redeeming quality here is that it's a good joke. With the many memorable quotes and keen observations the book does propel itself along, albeit slowly. The sequencing of the scenes was a bit confusing to me, one character having died earlier and up and speaking in the next. (Not the instance of the character not dying but everyone treating him as if he had). There was quite a bit of death in this one. I know that's what Heller's motive was - confusing scenes to show the chaos of war, the contradictory words entering ears and leaving mouths, making sense to no one, and the only "sane" characters being completely insane. Heller made his ultimate point with this book that it's mad for one to go to war and going to war will make one mad. I got that pretty early on. This whole book was insane, really. I grew frustrated with the helplessness of Yossarian because of the incompetence and irrational behaviors of others, namely his superiors. It reminded me too much of my own childhood. Despite this, I couldn't grow to love Yossarian or any of the other characters. I think he waited too long to make his stand. It was pleasant to see his complacency broken and him finally taking steps to rebel but I can't forgive him for walking by the imminent crimes in Rome. I realize he was in a mental place far removed from this world; however, it's a poor excuse for inaction against injustice. The blatant crimes against women disturbed me, too. The one character I thought the most insightful was the old man in the whorehouse, who was the only one to make any sense, whatsoever. And all he did was transpose words in platitudes. So simple, huh? Maybe we should think about that a little more.

Su Haiting suhaiting — I read this in a book club and we took about 6 months to read it together...we read just a few "books" every couple of weeks and I loved it as a whole but I didn't necessarily love every chapter. Lewis is quite scholarly but taking it slow has really helped me see his gift of clarity and surpringsly, humor. I put this in my favorite books category. At first I found this book difficult but upon continued reading I've found it quite insightful. Lewis's writing has definitely helped me clarify some of my own beliefs and has given me new reason to be excited about them.