Truyện Kinh Dị Chọn Lọc - Món Quà Định Mệnh tải về miễn phí cuốn sách

Tim Steele timsd120 — Loved this book as a young man.

Yollyjim Errojo jhay_em — It's not the kind of book that I'm used to reading, but I ended up really liking it. It's made up of documents and letters from the colonial Yucatan translated from Spanish and Maya by Dr Rugeley who teaches one of my classes.

Denis Burkin denisburkin — I was in the mood to read about people during World War II that wasn't a Holocaust book, and this presented an interesting alternative. What if Britain made a treaty with Germany and so they never fought World War II? While this could be gimmicky, Walton focuses on how her characters react to an impossible situation to create tension, as opposed to focusing on the situation. My favorite character was Lucy, an aristocratic young woman married to a Jewish man against the wishes of her parents. Her character type has been seen hundreds of times in British novels: bubbly, quippy, a little childish, but also fairly intelligent. When difficult circumstances force her to mature beyond that character type, it is a satisfying and natural development. Perhaps strangely, this story most reminded me of the Korean movie "The Host." It's a story of horror, but that cold feeling comes from certain people's indifference to humanity, and how believable it is for that indifference to become institutionalized.

Mahmudul Hasan mhjoni — Sejak lama nggak begitu tertarik dengan novel bernuansa kekaisaran China. Sampai akhirnya edisi bahasa Indonesia novel ini di-republish, dan tiba-tiba saya pengen baca. Ternyata, baguuus euy! Habis ini saya bakal baca karya-karya Anchee Min yang lain nih :). Cerita tentang Putri Yehonala atau Tzu Hsi atau Anggrek, salah satu selir Kaisar Hsien Feng, yang di kemudian hari melahirkan anak laki-laki (Tung Chih) yang akan menjadi penerus Hsien Feng. Anchee Min begitu detail mendeskripsikan kehidupan "Kota Terlarang" pada akhir abad 19 (1860-an) dengan segala adat dan budaya yang melingkupinya saat itu. Terlihat sekali riset yang dalam. Penokohannya pun kuat. Saya gemas dengan Nuharoo, takjub pada loyalitas An-te-hai, Kagum dengan kegigihan Yehonala, jatuh cinta pada sosok Yung Lu. Kehidupan dan segala prosesi di dalam Kota Terlarang bikin saya terbengong-bengong. Proses pencarian permaisuri dan selir-selir untuk Hsien Feng misalnya, buteeet dah, antara takjub dan terkikik geli saya bacanya. Saat pertama kali Yehonala dilayani untuk makan, wow, 99 jenis makanan ada di hadapannya! Oh, untunglah saya bukan perempuan China di masa itu yang pengen jadi selir :p. Semakin ke belakang, plot cerita makin cepat dan bikin penasaran. Meski ending buku pertama berbau-bau Hollywood :p, saya akan langsung lanjut ke "The Last Empress", sekuelnya. Mariii....