Nàng Tiên và mụ phù thủy - Tái bản 2003 tải xuống LIT miễn phí

Bung Kuncoro kuncoro — Set in the 1920s. Superfast and not quite as funny or engaging as it could have been. But not bad.

김 유정 dbwjd923504f — There are few times (that I've encountered anyway) after reading a book that the word 'perfect' can be used to describe its contents. There is usually something to critique or make note of that the author could have done better -- but not here. Nope. I got nothin.' What Sara Gruen created with "Water for Elephants," isn't epic, it's not "Lord of the Rings" or "Moby Dick." It's not supposed to be. But what "Water For Elephants" is, is one of the most solid books I've read. There is not a single leak or crack or hole in the storyline, there's not a loose end that gets left dangling. The author accomplishes her goal of writing a riveting novel about a time long since passed. You want action? Check. Adventure? Check. Romance? Check. Drama? Check. I learned after the fact that the author had no prior experience with the topic she covered here & that's mind blowing to say the least, it's evident she took time to do her history research and then weave a fictional masterpiece based around her findings. While reading if one didn't know any better, one would think Gruen was retelling the life story of her grandpa as it was told to her as a child. I'm not kidding. Her 'voice' is strong, believable and exhilarating. Gruen takes us into the world of the 1930s circus via a lovable Cornell educated veterinarian named Jacob Jankowski. Unfortunately Jacob's parents were both killed in a car crash leaving him orphaned and without a home of his own. Distraught and saddened he jumps a train and ends up smack in the middle of the 'Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth.' As he travels, he bonds with the menagerie of animals and also manages to bond with the lovely Marlena. Marlena's obsessive and controlling husband, August serves as the book's top villain. The story is told through the elderly eyes of Jacob as he recalls his past via a nursing home. The story switches between the past and the present with effortless timing. The cast of characters are rich and inviting and others are disgusting and hateful. They are whatever Gruen wants them to be, like puddy in the hands of a skillful writer, and the reader believes every minute of it. "Water for Elephants" is the type of book you read and use it to measure every other book against it, as if daring those other books to be better. Recently previews for a film starring Reese Witherspoon, based on this book have been flashing across the TV screen. I wanted to see the movie before I wanted to read the book. Now I have no desire to see the movie, I'm pretty convinced that a director can't accomplish in 2 hours what the author did in 331 pages. Hey, the movie might be alright, but it's never going to match what was created here, the magic of the storytelling by Gruen as only she could deliver it. I'm satisfied with having read the book and suggest other readers to do the same. Sometimes it's better not to mess with perfection :)

Irina Kromberg kromberg20e54e — I said I was not going to read any more Piccoult novels, but I had one more on my bookshelf. I have to say that I did enjoy Perfect Match . How far would you go to protect your child is the premise and I was surprised how many times I changed my decision. Although the story line is predictable, Perfect Match is worth the time it took to read it.Perfect Match

Kayla Rymer _ayla_ymer — Another fantastic thriller featuring Gabriel Allon and many other familiar characters from Silva's previous novels.