Vòng Quanh Thế Giới Trong Tám Mươi Ngày - Tập 2 tải về miễn phí cuốn sách

Charlotte Herbert charlottedraws — Wow, what a great book! I love the setting, the writing, the art, the story. Must find more!

Barbie Joolie escortsmane632 — Having always intended to read this, I was finally pushed to purchase it (at Book Soup) because of the Halloween Evening with Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer. I read it in the 3 days leading up to Halloween; it was a long weekend and I was enjoying the act of lounging and only moving to make a meal once or twice a day. I loved the totality of this story and definitely want a sequel. From the beginning, the book had me living through Shadow. I think the lack of thoughts and talking on his characters part really opened him up to be an everyman/woman. If he had been more opinionated or more developed he would have gained fans and detractors. In the beginning I wanted more answers upfront, why was Wednesday waiting for Shadow? Why are these agents after Shadow? - and slowly the book answers every question. As someone who before reading this had the theory that everything I can think of is already true, the nature of the God's plight in modern times seemed somehow possible. The only thing I didn't really understand was why Laura killed herself while killing Loki, why this magical water would only restore her life for a brief time. I also found the very end scene with Hinzelman compelling - how Shadow sees how he was made - a young boy stabbed and burnt with his bones as the totem. I can't get the imagery out of my head and am wondering if Neil Gaiman found evidence of this practice in his research or is speculation. I know that often they carried bones/skulls as totemic symbols of power and meditation so its seems quite likely that is how it was made. Additionally, it makes one think - how All Hallow's Eve became Halloween and St. Nicks' day became Christmas: that there is an unstoppable progression of new myths, holidays, gods being constructed in the image of the time period (i would vote totally soulless and commercialized for our own). Will we one day worship Aliens because our eyes will be space-ward? Or will we turn to our own ancestor bones and cart them around in fanny packs?

Tim Finnamore timfinnamore — I do not think this was a great introduction to Delany. Reputedly one of the greats of the genre and I've only now gotten around to trying one of his works. This is one of those far future/post apocalyptic SF stories where knowledge and understanding has declined leaving the populace in a faux medieval condition. Relics of their technological past linger but are indistinguishable from magical artefacts as far as most of the populace are concerned. There was also quite an emphasis on the philosophical musings of the main characters that is, I guess, indicative of the time in which this novel emerged (late 60's) but for me this came across as largely superfluous to the story, nor did it particularly help develop the characters, or even interest me in its own right. But when you take that out, there's not much left underneath. Just a meandering, baffling adventure story with thin characters traversing and admittedly striking landscape. I won't let this put me off reading more Delany but I will definitely wait until I find one of his more highly recommended novels.

Bâlâ Erfidan balaerfidan — As usual, Erik Larson does a great job integrating drama and intrigue into history through the use of old letters and documents. This book provides a rich view of life in Germany (especially for expatriots) during the 1930s but it meanders a bit and goes on longer than necessary. For those who don't have a strong knowledge of historical events during that period, it is also never quite clear where the novel is headed until it ends.

Richard Raboteau lasercollective — What I've discovered about Garcia Marquez while reading this and One Hundred Years of Solitude is that his books take an overly meandering path to their ending. Once his stories get to their ending though (which may only be a few paragraphs), they justify slogging through the rest of the book (which may have been over 400 pages). The endings wouldn't be able to stand on their own; they need the slow build-up of the rest of the novels.