Umair Khalil từ Ruská Voľa, Slovakia

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04/28/2024

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2018-11-21 00:31

Câu Hỏi To - Câu Hỏi Bé: Đi Tè Trong Không Gian? Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Pierre - François Mouriaux

What I wrote when the Times Review came out: Steam-punk young-adult weird-fiction? I'm there! The review was positive (though it did say there was a heavy debt well-worn Harry Potter and Star Wars cliches), but it still sounded good, AND the illustrations look awesome. Not enough illustrations these days. Now that I've read it: Wow, what a disappointment. The book was headed for a three star review for the first two-thirds, but it crashed and burned in the final stretch. At first, the McNamee did a fine job of mixing his fairly cliched premise (young boy wakes up in Alternate-Magic-Land and finds he has a Destiny) with some interesting material (the evil villains, the Harsh, are stealing time). While at times the book fell into the trap that plagues most Alternate-Magic-Land books, namely endless exposition as the confused protagonist has to be caught up on history, culture, language, and technology while the natives constantly forget he is a foreigner, at other times it did a good job of skirting that issue with quick summaries. From time to time the "originality" of the premise seemed forced, but I suppose I can't complain about being too cliched and trying to hard to be original (well, I can and just did). But slowly more elements crept in that were just annoying. It starts with Johnston and his men, who read like terribly written knock of off Peter Pan pirates -- evil yet silly -- and their keystone cops routine and repetitively forced dialect started to grate at once. Then, in the last third of the book, the prose skidded entirely into over-written melodrama; its as if the editor told McNamee that he had one week to publishing, and they both stopped re-reading passages. The prose always drifted a bit to the over-blown, but tolerably so, but the last half dozen chapters had Mulzer and I laughing aloud with its "I can't go on without you!" "No, leave me behind -- this is more important than me!" style drivel. And to add insult to injury, I realized that it's part one in a series, so I labored through the whole thing just to finish part of a story I have no interest in following. At least the plot is self-contained -- there is a climax, an end point, an intolerable "Was-it-all-a-dream?" falling action sequence. Without the fantastic YA being published out there today, this is definitely one you can skip.

2018-11-21 02:31

Bé Chuẩn Bị Vào Lớp 1 – Tập Tô Nét Cơ Bản Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi:

Review courtesy of All Things Urban Fantasy UNFORSAKEN is the follow-up to BANISHED and the final book in the Banished series. That’s both good news and bad news. It’s good because unlike in BANISHED, we aren’t left with a cruel cliffhanger at the end of UNFORSAKEN. The bad news is that I would have gladly taken a cliffhanger if it meant I could look forward to another beautifully written, emotionally evocative, action and romance packed book in this series. UNFORSAKEN picks up shortly after the BANISHED cliffhanger. While 80% of this story is told by Hailey, there are multiple POVs introduced in UNFORSAKEN. My favorite, hands down, was Hailey’s four year old foster brother Chub. His chapters reminded me a lot of THE CURIOUS CASE OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHTIME by Mark Haddon. Chub is developmentally delayed and speaks only a few words, plus he is a Seer, so his internal thoughts were beyond fascinating. Sophie used his chapters beautifully to advance the story while providing insight into Chub’s world. I did miss some of the more quiet and pitiful moments of Hailey’s life that were brought to life in such vivid and heartbreaking detail in BANISHED, but the tradeoff of learning more about her Healing ability and the other Banished was a fair compensation. Also the introduction of a romance that somehow wasn’t forced into a story this harrowing was a welcome addition. Overall, UNFORSAKEN concludes a powerful series involving Irish folklore and zombies, a sweet romance, and a multi generational storyline full of breathless action and truly abhorrent villains. Sophie Littlefield continues to astound me with her poignant writing, deft blending of supernatural details, and unflinching characterizations. I am officially a fan for life. Sexual Content: Kissing. References to rape

Người đọc Umair Khalil từ Ruská Voľa, Slovakia

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.