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Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Şiir Çocuk Yayın Eğitim
The summer before Dice and her friends go to college Crane goes missing. His brother believes that it has something to do with the house. Dice hesitates to get into anything magic or other-worldly after Sin’s disappearance. Marsh, Crane’s girlfriend, and Dice’s best friend soon convince Dice to look at all the options. Looking into things brings ghosts back, and a world of trouble for Dice. The first novel Swoon caught my eye because of its provocative nature. The truth is that teens are confronted with sex and drugs. It happens, and in these books it happens with rich kids too. These books do not go in to detail, but I am glad that these issues are there. It doesn’t fabricate the urges of the youth, but says yes, Dice wants Sin. That is one thing I have always liked about these novels. I enjoy the nature of the book, and the scenery, but sometimes scenes are a little confusing. Dice can gush about one topic or another, but while she is gushing something very important will happen, and I will be thrown out. This happens more than once and left me a little confused, and not feeling any suspense for the scene. Tosh is a new character introduced into the mix. He helps put together a band with Dice at the forefront. I loved how the music related with the story. It also bonded the characters closer to one another. The only thing that drove me nuts was how much Dice didn’t worry about Crane, instead all her worries were about Sin. This novel has more ghosts in it than it ever did. One of those is the problem, Antonia. Antonia is a character that I felt pity for, but at the same time more than a little annoyance. She is a bad guy who doesn’t really know she is bad, which is for me, the best kind. Everything for Antonia is very tragic, and reminds me of a twisted tragic romance. The story slowed a little for me towards the middle, but then picks up as does the music. There are some great scenes, but it doesn’t change the fact, that like Swoon I felt distanced from the characters. I don’t know if this is because I am not a teen, or due to the characters themselves. The story is neat, and I loved the ending, which I felt was worth it, but I want more out of these books. I want to feel something more from the characters, I am just not getting. The story is neat, and it played out in a way I didn’t suspect. The paranormal in these books is where the novel shines for me, and it has definitely grown since Swoon. I believe that teens will enjoy it, but I don’t think it’s a book for everyone. It does make references to drugs and sex, but not in ways that I believe are crude, and it has actually toned down since the last novel. All-in-all I look forward to the future of these books.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Timaş Yayınları
After one disasterous interaction with the Russian greats (Brothers Karamazov in a week?! Sometimes I really hated being an English major) I stayed away from this one. Oprah picking it didn't help the cause either, as I have an aversion to all things fad-ish. But it was a Valentine's gift that will go up there among the best -- I resonated with each character at different moments. Tolstoy is a master of varying points of view as well as creating sympathetic villians and dangerously flawed heroes (and heroines.) I busted through this just to know how it ended -- now I'm reading it again but savoring each word. My dork of a boyfriend tells me this is the best translation. It is so lyrical and moving that you forget it was originally written in Russian. Quite a feat. In a few words: masterfully compelling.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: CTT
Before we begin, I'd like to note this is the third book in a trilogy, and I jumped in here without having read the other two books. This means two things: my not having the full backstory may colour my perceptions, and also that this review will contain spoilers for the first two books. So anyone interested in the trilogy who wishes to remain unspoiled should look in the other direction. It may be partially because I came into the story so late (like only catching the last hour of a movie), but in spite of the large cast of characters, very few of them actually stood out. The incessant head hopping didn't help with this, never immersing me far enough into any one character to make me empathize with them. Every single character in the story had a viewpoint, and had at least a couple of paragraphs showing their perspective in every scene they were in. That guy who only shows up for two pages? Yeah, he gets a point of view paragraph, too. Rather than adding variety, the constant shifting gave an unfocused, schizophrenic feel to the narrative and was often redundant, since most of the time characters were either plotting how to get Tommy and Eloise burned at the stake, thinking about how incredibly unbelievably beautiful Eloise was, or both. (Yeah, apparently Eloise's beauty is such that everyone who sees her falls instantly in love with her, with the exception of women, who become instantly petty and jealous.) There was plenty of bumbling by the antagonists, so they seemed to get in their own way more than being foiled by Tommy and Eloise, in spite of all the buzz about how smart and brave the heroes were. The two of them did manage to grasp at the opportunities falling into their laps, but most of the action was reactive rather than proactive. History sticklers should note the anachronisms in the 16th century portions of this story will make their heads hurt. Women taking female roles on the stage? The words "ok" and "flirt" being commonly used? Detailists and history nerds tread with extreme caution. (Also, mouth-to-mouth resuscitation will not revive someone suffering from anaphylactic shock. Victims of anaphylactic shock stop breathing because their throats swell up and block the airways, so it doesn't matter how much air gets pushed there, they still can't breathe. A tracheotomy might work. Mouth-to-mouth? Not so much.) Ok, all that aside, The Fairest Star has a fun and complex plotline with plenty of action scenes. I'm not sure if it's being marketed as YA fiction, but this is where it would find an appreciative audience. While the prose could have used an editor to tighten things up, the adventure is appealing, and the romantic young protagonists will appeal to teenage readers.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Epsilon Çocuk Kulübü
I thought that it was interesting how the society was totalitarianism disquised as socialism. Towards the end of the book, O'Brien said how the totalitarian societies fell apart, and how the current society had learned from these mistakes. The only thing that changed was that the government pretended that everyone excluding the Inner Party was equal, except the Proles. This deceit enabled the government to get away with grossly mistreating its citizens and the never-ending destruction of evidence prevented people from realizing what was happening. The government in this book succeeded where Hitler failed- brainwashing the people. I struggled through parts of this book, especially when it was describing the society, because it seemed to repeat itself a lot and state the obvious. All in all, however, I thought it was a fairly decent book.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Itır Erhart
even though i'm not hallie and my sister isn't hallie's sister, i forever go back to this book to remember the bonds of sisterhood. jessica introduced me to this work of art and i am forever greatful.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Selin Ongun
This was one of the first books I ever read that corresponded to the whole Legend of King Arthur thing. I really really enjoyed it and the feminist spin she puts on it. I later was inspired to take a course exploring King Arthur legends because of this book!
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Kor Kitap
کاش هدایت در روزگاری به دنیا می امد که مردم حرفش را می فهمیدند.او خیلی بزرگتر از زمانش بود.انگار از آینده آمده بود.و چقدر سخته برای مردمی حرف بزنی و چیز بنویسی که زبانت را نمی فهمند.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Kırmızı Yayınları
While I think Libba Bray is a very talented writer, she wrote herself into a hole with this book. The main character reads Don Quixote, gets mad cow disease, and hallucinates/lives a not-really-random adventure. The ending was telegraphed from the beginning, the "life lesson" spelled out almost on the first page. The only appeal would be in watching the main character grow, but he is such an unlikeable character that I didn't really care if he learned anything. I think Libba also thinks Libba Bray is a very talented writer. Very thinly veiled social satire was PACKED into every single scene. It was clear which characters were speaking with her voice, especially when they switched into preaching mode and lectured the reader on just how obvious her point of view is. I don't mind books that seek to teach through plot, but the author couldn't seem to keep her opinions limited to just the plot at hand. At times, I felt like she was making up detours just to get in yet another "clever" social commentary. On top of all that, the book plodded along. I thought about quitting several times, but I hate to leave books unfinished. I had to force myself to keep reading and end the monotony. I'm really disappointed that this book won the Printz Award, and I'm worried what that says about the rest of the winners. Good thing I've already read Looking for Alaska and On the Jellicoe Road or else I'd be scrapping the entire list.
A lawn-growing compound produces a mutant grass that overruns L.A. A comic novel of environmental disaster, this is worth hunting down at a used bookshop, especially for Southern Californians.
Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Pegasus Yayınları
Excellent translation.
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