Tôn Tử Binh Pháp & 36 Kế tải về miễn phí cuốn sách

Brian Carr bc7853 — same with this book, it was good when i was five.

Yumi Imai imaiyumi — I've placed my hold on Ashes, Ashes since February 2012 in the library and only got it in mid-July. This book seemed to be interesting. The cover, the blurb... Imagine my disappointment when it turned out to be a horrible and boring book. Story and World-building: Five years ago, a plague came upon earth and annihilated 99% of it's population. The plague had a 1% survival rate. After the plague, the earth's weather was in chaos. Exactly what the scientists warned the people about. There was drought, floods, and lots of rain that would go on for months. The remaining 1% of the population was consisted of S'ans (people who were infected with the plague but survived), the Sweepers (people who cures the plague victims, abducts other survivors, and experiments on people to find a cure), and the normal survivors who haven't been infected with the plague. Characters: Lucy Holloway is an ordinary 16-year-old girl. Or so she thought. Her family died and she lives alone in the wilds of Central Park... until a pack of dogs chases her out of her "home" and she was saved by Aiden. Since Lucy wasn't vaccinated, it seems that something in her blood can cure the plague. Aiden is an older boy who lives with 35 (more or less) survivors in a place known as Hell's Gate. As the story progresses, it was revealed that Aiden has been watching and admiring Lucy when she was still living alone. I didn't like any of the characters, except for Henry and Sammy. Henry was one of the survivors and is very flirtatious. Sammy is Aiden's brother, he's also an S'an and he's very kind. Lucy was a boring and an annoying character. Some might say that she's tough. But seriously, from the beginning of the book, she gets injured and it seems like nothing to her. It's like she never felt it. It annoyed me that she gets so powerless at the end. (Ugh, the end. I don't wanna mention it. It fails on so many levels!) Aiden was another annoying character. He's also Lucy's love interest (I don't know what she sees in him!!!). Not only is he Lucy's love interest, but he is also Del's love. *gasp* A love triangle? Yes. The romance was very boring and rushed. Lucy and Aiden rarely talked when she arrived in Hell's Gate. He was always with Del so I don't know how this "romance" developed. But I can tell you that it sucked on so many levels. BTW, Del is one of the survivors living in Hell's Gate. She's in love with Aiden, is sarcastic, annoying, and a traitor. But she gets forgiven in the end because the characters are idiots. She is also the daughter of the Sweeper leader who has been abducting survivors in their camp. The Writing: The writing made me sleepy in the beginning. The author was very descriptive, but she mentioned a lot of stuff that I don't need to know. She also described how to cook turtles (which I think is barbaric and totally unnecessary... couldn't she have picked something instead?), peeling potatoes, and other boring stuff. Conclusion: Ashes, Ashes was a very boring book. The characters are horrible, the writing was okay, and the world-building was bad. I give this book 1.5 star(s).

Nikki Hange _ikki_yan_ — Not the "feel good" story of the year, but I enjoyed reading it.

Liliya Trendafilova lilitrend — Best book that I've read in a long while... hard to put down!

Richard Oren _ich_ren — A very enjoyable novel about an elderly widower who begins a friendship with a local shopkeeper, a widow who happens to be Pakistani. Then a drama enfolds them with their family and two old guns. I really loved it.