Shivani Goel từ Cedar Grove, WI, USA

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11/22/2024

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Shivani Goel Sách lại (10)

2019-01-03 10:30

Sẵn Sàng Cho Mọi Việc (Tái Bản) Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi:

Well, gee - I finished all but the last 35 pages (WHY does a writer of history need to write 40 pages about WHY history is written?) - and the only thing I can say is, there's 6 months of my life I'll never get back. Now, that may be due partly to the fact that I just don't know that much about the Napoleonic era, or Russian history or social structure pre-revolution, so it wasn't quite as compelling as my usual 15-16th century European (English & French) fare. It might be due to the fact that there were far too many characters that went nowhere, added virtually nothing to the story, and thus made it much longer than necessary. But mostly, I think it's due to the fact that, aside from about 30-40 pages in the middle somewhere, I could care less about ANY of those people. 3 pages in, and I was sound asleep - thus the inordinate amount of time spent trying to plow through it. Not too sure why this is considered a "classic" or the "ultimate" - it was flat and meandering and seemed to be asking the entire time, "Why am I bothering to do any of this?" That's a good question. If I am going to read a book, it has to grab me at some point - like a Rutherfurd or M. George tome; this did not grab me, and I literally gave it EVERY opportunity. The only reason I finished it (and even though I didn't bother with the last 35 pages, I DO consider this a finish) is because I refused to let this book beat me - and I thought, maybe, it would eventually turn out to be Amazing; I was disappointed. I KNEW I should have picked up Anna Karenina instead...

Người đọc Shivani Goel từ Cedar Grove, WI, USA

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.