Alexandre Junqueira itibaren Kodukankuppam, Tamil Nadu, India

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2018-10-11 03:41

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Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Mackie

First and foremost, Hourglass is not a ghost novel. The synopsis and first few chapters make Hourglass appear to be a novel that features ghosts, but I want to make it clear that this is not the case. I usually pass by ghost novels and I don't want anyone who avoids that type of thing to miss out on this book. Hourglass is definitely more science fiction that paranormal fantasy and much of the novel is one surprise after another. It was a very enjoyable book to read. Weeks before Emerson's parents died, she began seeing what she believed to be ghosts. Eventually, it got so bad that she was committed. Years later, she's come home to live with her brother and his wife. Her brother hires the Hourglass to try to find out why Emerson can see these "ghosts" and how to make it stop. Michael, a consultant for the Hourglass, can see the same "ghosts" Emerson can see. They are also inexplicably drawn to each other, but can't be together because of professionalism and other reasons Michael's not quite willing to share. Emerson has had a bad life these past few years. Things do not get easier for her in this novel. While I loved the story, I found it sort of difficult to empathize with Emerson. The emotional pull just wasn't there. I wanted her to succeed in things, but only really so that the story itself moved forward. The same can be said for Michael and the relationship between the both of them. Whether it happened or not did not concern me. I think they were a little too "meant for each other" for my taste. When Michael's friend Kaleb appears in the novel, I immediately wanted him to be with Emerson. I could say so much more about Hourglass, but the entire book is like one big spoiler. Without revealing anything, as the surprises make the story as addictive as it is, I can only say that Hourglass is a wonderfully unique surprise. As each piece fell into place, I became more and more drawn into the story and hoped it would never end. Luckily, Hourglass seems to be the first in a series. I can't wait to read more.

2018-10-11 07:41

17 Bölmeli Mutfak (Osmanlıca- Türkçe) TrendKitaplar Kütüphanesi

Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Rika Kitap

“Billions died in less than 24 hours.” Most zombie stories begin the same way. Take a random, ordinary day; add a mysterious plague that kills a great percentage of the population; focus on a handful of survivors as they seek each other out and come to terms with the fact that their loved ones are now flesh-eating undead. I really don’t see the need for re-writing the classic Night of the Living Dead gig, unless there’s a new (or at least interesting) twist to it. Like 28 Days Later, where the never-identified-as-zombies “Infected” have a very different sort of affliction, and even Shaun of the Dead with its comic twist. Autumn, sadly, offers nothing new or exciting in its story. True to the genre formula, the book begins with an ordinary autumn day turned gruesome, as people begin to asphyxiate and literally drop dead, leaving very few survivors. By the end of the next day, half of the bodies “wake up” and start walking around aimlessly. And then they start reacting to sound and light… And then they start attacking the living... Not really all that suspenseful if you’ve ever seen a zombie flick. But that’s ok, that’s what makes it a horror story. Author David Moody (if he - a horror writer - was actually born with that last name, it would be a crazy coincidence) still has a chance to wow me with his writing skills and characterization. We can look into the human condition; we can sympathize with the characters and bite our nails when it looks like they have no way out. We can be mentally transported to the cottage in which the survivors huddle and feel part of the story. At the very least, since it is a horror story after all, we can be supremely grossed out. Or not. Moody’s writing is disappointingly amateurish and repetitive (if I read the phrase “unexpected and inexplicable” one more time, I would have slammed my head into a wall). His descriptions are flat and the characters are mind-numbingly dull. We skim the surface of them – age, sex, occupation – but never delve into what they are feeling. Their interactions mainly consist of: “What should we do?” “I don’t know,” and, “Are you ok?” “Yes, are you ok?” I think the zombies could have had more interesting conversation! The overall lack of suspense made the entire story seem anticlimactic. Nothing, truly nothing, happens. Even the undead are boring. They don’t eat a single brain in the entire book. Everyone knows zombies eat brains! I believe the closest we get is reading how one man is “swallowed up by the crowd” or something similarly un-detailed and not-interesting. Yawn. Maybe the story gains momentum in one of the four sequels Moody penned for Autumn, but I’ll never know, because I won’t be reading them.

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