James Leong itibaren Balaput, Odisha , India

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2019-07-14 12:41

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Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Henri Troyat

I had my doubts about this book for the first 100 pages. Calliope Reaper-Jones is a shallow, silly, whiny girl. She is obsessed with designer-brand fashion and she's kind of a fat person hater/sizist. I'm all about fleshed-out characters; protaganists with real flaws and pecadillos, but if there is nothing to like about the hero, how can we become invested in their journey? Also, while I am always a huge fan of a female hero (I am a BIG believer in running the "Bechdel Test" on everything I read/watch), I was disappointed to find Callie perpetuating the same traits that are often attributed to women in popular fiction: a shopaholic, neurotic, boy-crazy, cry baby whose only physical downfall is her (ultra cute) clumsiness, which of course is most prevalent when is she is in the company of handsome men. However (I'm so glad i get to write that...), Ms. Benson did not lie when she says that you actually get to see the character of Callie Reaper-Jones grow as she goes along her hero's journey. I think the character actually does develop, and without losing the sense of the person she was at the beginning of her adventure -- no one is perfect afterall. The concept of the story is great, and I really, really enjoyed they way the author pulls from religion and mythology in creating this magical universe. As a matter of fact, I thought some of the strongest characters/concepts are the ones that have a foothold in legends/allegories that most people are at least a little familiar with (Kali springs to mind). Sometimes the way that Reaper-Jones speaks/thinks gets a little precious for me. Her speech is sprinkled with lots of 'likes' and she uses very dear colloquialisms and put-downs. And I really could have done without the cover! It's very cheesy, the woman looks a little too old to be Callie and I don't really appreciate being given the image of the character before my brain can put it's own together based on descriptions in the book (especially an image that I don't necessarily agree with); it was especially bothersome since I think the cover woman looks a lot like Elizabeth McGovern (who is gorgeous, just not Death's daughter-like in my opinion). I think this book was a good set-up for the rest of the series (trilogy?) and I will be willing to follow Calliope on her future escapades.

2019-07-14 18:41

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Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Doğan Kitap

“Ten days after the war ended, my sister Laura drove a car off a bridge.” These words are spoken by Iris Chase Griffen, married at eighteen to a wealthy industrialist but now poor and eighty-two. Iris recalls her far from exemplary life, and the events leading up to her sister’s death, gradually revealing the carefully guarded Chase family secrets. Among these is “The Blind Assassin,” a novel that earned the dead Laura Chase not only notoriety but also a devoted cult following. Sexually explicit for its time, it was a pulp fantasy improvised by two unnamed lovers who meet secretly in rented rooms and seedy cafés. As this novel-within-a-novel twists and turns through love and jealousy, self-sacrifice and betrayal, so does the real narrative, as both move closer to war and catastrophe. The Blind Assassin is three stories in one and all intertwine in the end; so it becomes a novel within a novel. While reading the story of the two anonymous lovers I was convinced that the woman had to be one of the Chase Sisters but kept me wondering which girl it truly was as the woman had qualities that each woman possessed. The semi sci-fi story of the Blind Assassin, which the novel gets its title from I found a little dull as I am not a big science fiction fan, but of course in the end it served its purpose. As fir the main story in The Blind Assassin, which centers around Laura and Iris's lives from childhood to adults was fantastic, beautifully written and truly kept me spellbound. This was the first book I read by Margaret Atwood and has left me wanting to read more.

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