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Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Tilki Kitap
I really enjoyed this book for several reasons. One of the things I liked most was that just when you thought you knew what was going on things changed. I really felt like this author kept God as a main part of this book. Whenever there was a problem she showed how several people worked through it with God as the main focus. I felt like she really developed the characters and the plot to keep us interested.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Timaş Yayınları
This is not just a dystopian novel. It's also a treatise on human nature. What is power? Why do we sacrifice freedom? When can we tell it's all gone too far? It's been clichéd quite a bit but the Bush Administration has truly reminded me of this book. One need only think of the way they continually revise the truth about past events to remember the Party slogan: "Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past."
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Ashton
May 1st, 2007 (Two weeks before Ava was born) Not recommended! I went to Kepler's a week ago and almost came home with four new books. But I instituted an emergency policy on the spot -- only one book purchase allowed -- and I picked this one. It sounded so promising... I love page turners and this was touted as "wickedly funny", literary, and all that good stuff. But my high hopes were dashed! And I gave up after about 120 pages. In short, two narrators -- one who is supposed to be acerbically witty and the other who is ominously sinister. But I found neither to be particularly well done. I'm ruined by Arthur Phillips' "The Egyptologist" and Nabokov's "Pale Fire". The unreliable narrators in those novels are finely wrought, hilarious, and clever to boot. This book just felt common. Moving on... -- After a comment on my review by a "stranger" on Goodreads, I thought I'd give this book another try. -- October 6th, 2010 (Two weeks after David was born) Okay, I'm circling back to review this book more fully, after picking it up again after three years and actually finishing it. First of all, my review from three years ago was totally off-base and mildly embarrassing in retrospect. I don't know what business I had comparing one of the narrators of this novel to the "unreliable narrators" of "Pale Fire" and "The Egyptologist." My guess is that I was actually misusing the phrase "unreliable narrator," because "Gentlemen and Players" has no unreliable narrator. So, shame on you, Lauren of three years ago! I enjoyed this book after picking it up again. The rough plot is that someone is wreaking havoc at a crusty old-boy prep school in England. That somebody is one of a handful of new teachers, someone who has a history with the school -- harkening back to childhood when they were an outsider, the progeny of the school "porter." It's a sort of whodunit where the reader spends the novel guessing at this individual's identity. I actually knew from the beginning who the "bad guy" was, probably because three years ago when I first attempted to read the book and decided not to finish, I must have skimmed ahead (double shame on me!). But I enjoyed the book nonetheless. It isn't exactly deep, and for more insightful treatments of class at prep schools, I prefer "Prep" by Curtis Sittenfeld and "Old School" by Tobias Wolff. But this was a thriller and a decently-written one. I wouldn't classify it as "literary," because although the writing was steady, the themes weren't particularly insightful or deep.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Karınca & Polen Yayınları
i had a real sci-fi streak in middle school. i loved this book, it was so intense and scarry. the movie sucked! i was dissapointed, cuz jurassic park was so good i thought if they did anything similar congo would be a great movie, but the apes in the movie were not scary at all! and reading the book i was so fucking freaked out, than again i was in like 6th grade
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: İnkılap Kitabevi
Very captivating story. The premise of the hunger games is rather disturbing and gave me nightmares a bit. I felt like the author created a realistic dystopia and addressed some current social issues and aspects of the human condition through her storytelling. I was disappointed with the resolution of Katniss's character. I felt she was a strong and good person through most of the story but broken in the end.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Wizart Yayınları
this is a really interesting book....it kind of hard to fallow at some points but you get the hang of it after a while. But if your over the age of 20ish not recaminded (sorry)
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Martı Yayınları
This was such a good one! This was well researched and beautifully presented.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Beyan Yayınları
I'm not usually enthralled by novels in verse, but this one grabbed me. Compelling and readable. Highly recommend.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Esen Yayınları
Leviathan is the perfect set-up book for a sequel. Characters and a world are introduced, but the end left me wanting more. Scott Westerfield creates a world with genetically engineered creatures. The Leviathan is actually a huge beast /creature thing. This seems really weird, but it makes the world very unique. I can see how the book is based off the actual events of WWI. There isn’t much plot or exciting events until the last third of the book. If the summary of the book and the promise of a sequel seem interesting to you, you will like the book. The illustrations are beautiful and help me imagine the beasts and machines that I would have never been able to picture in my head. They are done very nicely. Overall, Leviathan sets up for a sequel but it not a fantastic book on its own. I would give the book 3.5 stars if I could.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Parıltı Yayınları
Very Interesting
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