Steve Stubbs từ Bajna, Madhya Pradesh , India

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12/22/2024

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2018-11-10 11:31

Nữ Thần Diễn Xuất - Tập 1 Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Minh Nguyệt Đang

I finished it! Hurray. I had to power through about 100 pages of annoyingingly complex and nearly incomprehensible made-up terminology, where Mieville world builds this futuristic colony on a far off planet. But I made it to where there was finally enough action to keep me reading happily. More or less happily. The book is essentially about linguistics. And dissidence, potential societal collapse, and aliens. It's kinda like reading Ursula Le Guin, if Le Guin decided to write way more obscurely. The relationships in the book are sort of sketched, and the world building is also kind of sketched, in a really intricate conceptual way. Lots of detail, not a lot of overall understanding, which I guess is not my favorite thing. Yet the concepts are interesting. Basically it was about an emigrant from a civilized border planet who goes back home to visit Embassytown after having made it out and became some sort of star pilot/navigator. Except Mieville calls it being an immerser, and the immerse is sort of like an oceanic, beyond time and place, other-than-current-universe place. Who knows. Anyway, Avice, our protagonist, goes back home for a visit with her new husband, as a kind of gift to him. He is a mostly-schooled linguist who is fascinated by the Hosts, or Ariekei, an unusual alien race living on that planet (because it's theirs) who have a totally unique language. They are a sophisticated race, with highly advanced bioengineering techniques, and the humans on Embassytown have been living peacefully with them for generations, communicating through a few special human Ambassadors, as the Hosts can't understand anyone else. Avice and her husband Scile stick around for the arrival of a new Ambassador, sent by the empire world, and everything goes to hell.

2018-11-10 12:31

Mất Trí Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Ngô Cẩm Ly

I picked up this book immediately after finishing book 2 in the Harper Connelly series and, as other reviewers here promised (and thank you!), this is a terrific read - much better in many ways than Grave Surprise. A bit of time has passed since the events in the previous novel and the relationship between Harper and Tolliver is fraught with tension. This is elevated to new heights when they're called to another small town to help with the investigation into the disappearance of a number of boys aged 14-18. What Harper uncovers is not only a serial killer like none anyone in the criminal teams has ever encountered, but she has brought the authorities to his killing fields and thus spoiled his sick games and in doing so attracted his attention.... This is a darker, faster-paced book than the previous two that not only allows Harper the space to grow and demonstrate the backbone she does have (and not only Tolliver), but also enables us to finally see why she is so attractive to her manager and the other men who drift in and out of her orbit. The relationship between Harper and Tolliver is beautifully developed and allows us to invest deeply in both these fabulous characters. Old characters reappear with sad and rewarding results. As usual, the townsfolk are well drawn and add frission to an already great read. Looking forward to the final book in what's turning out to be a fantastic series.

Người đọc Steve Stubbs từ Bajna, Madhya Pradesh , India

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.