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Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Asbooks
This was certainly a lesser Antrim work. Apparently he saw fit to jump on the bandwagon of novelists phoning it in with memoirs, a la Franzen. While we get Antrim's sui generis prose style, the book itself is a solipsistic mess without revelation or climax. Stick to his novels.
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I think my own ignorance of poetry and poets kept me from enjoying this book more. The author is a "poetry insider", and throughout the book makes repeated references to other (?obscure) poets, critics, and literary contemporaries of Frost that I had never heard of. If I knew who they were and their significance, the book in general would have been much more meaningful. Plus, Frost is not that sympathetic of a guy; he's insecure, often petty and petulant, and a poor father. Apparently his official biographer - someone named Lawrance Thompson - wrote a scathing post-mortem biography of Frost, seriously damaging his reputation. This book is supposed to be a more fair and balanced account of the man, in which case I would hate see Thompson's work. Positives include some of the explanations of Frost's poems, and their inspirations, and highlighting how Frost's poems often contained allusions or borrowed themes/phrases from great literary works including the Bible and Shakespeare.
too sad & depressing
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Phạm Thị Bích Thủy
Maybe better because I read it while in New Zealand, but I really enjoyed this. A bit crude and funny, this is a great story of native courage in the face of white imperialism, with a little New England flavor thrown in. Even better that it's based on a true story! NZ keeps getting better and better.
I deserve an award for finishing this book. I think I began it 3 or 4 times, and I basically forced myself to read it because the premise sounded so good. It's entitled "Prague" out of irony since these expats are in Budapest which is not as happening as Prague and not the captial of Bohemian culture. A bunch of young people thrown together, hanging out at cafes, living abroad - it seems good, right? But the writing really really dragged, and thinking back now I can't remember what happens in this book. The character development is mediocre. "A" for effort, but it didn't all come together.
I really wanted to like this one, but I felt like it was lots of style but even more cliché. Not entirely comfortable with how the sexual assault was handled either. Also for being two sides of the same story, why did it basically sound like one big story, just hearing two POVs that basically supported the same facts? One twin said Keeley was different depending; Keeley seemed pretty much the same to me regardless. God, if you're going to use this style at least give me some unreliable narration or twisted understanding of events. (read: 94)
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Terry Chew
this one was fun. review to come!
This book just really made me want to call my mom.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Nhiều Tác Giả
I think that Maria G. from my book club recommended this book a while ago. It took me a little while to get into it, but once the story really got going, I was hooked! I liked the distinctive, slightly quirky characters and reading about their relationships with each other. The descriptions of the alien world were imaginative and vivid. I'm not always big into sci-fi/fantasy, but this book was well fleshed out and also posed some important philosophical/religious questions, so that I felt it was well worth my time.
life changing
Người dùng coi những cuốn sách này là thú vị nhất trong năm 2017-2018, ban biên tập của cổng thông tin "Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn" khuyến cáo rằng tất cả các độc giả sẽ làm quen với văn học này.