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Truth has many interpretations! Just as words have different meanings and the slightest change in inflection can alter their substance, the truth of what happened to this family of missionaries in the Congo changes with the perspective of each family member. Kingsolver brought the Congo to life in her descriptive lyrical telling. The story as told through the eyes of Orleanna, Rachel, Leah, Adah and Ruth May is striking in their differences in interpretation of the events that changed their lives and those they were there to help. Very thought provoking! I loved Adah's palindromes.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Nhóm Biên Soạn Tri Thức Thời Đại
Alma is married and has three children. She is suffocating from her daily life, from her children’s needs, from her work in a loud and dusty hosiery factory in a loud and dusty mining town, and from poverty. When her husband Henry learns that there are abandoned trunks full of valuables for sale at a reasonable price in Florida, they decide to take a trip. That trip is the catalyst for change in almost all aspects of Alma’s life. I liked this book. Well, more specifically, I liked the writing. It’s just so evocative of time and weather and place and change. Here’s a sample from the beginning of the book: But Alma can feel things shifting. She knows nothing of atoms. She can’t. She’s a woman in a hosiery factor in Marrowtown, West Virgina. It’s 1924, nearly summer. Atoms are still the matter of physicist’s dreams, dim stars with the skies just beginning to ink. But if she did know of atoms, she would say she could feel the restlessness of them, like schoolchildren at the end of a long spring day. She’s aware of the vibration of everything - not just the factory’s thrumming hive, but in some minute invisibility all around her, inside of herself, a small electric charge. In addition to excellent writing, the story was interesting. However, about halfway through, it kind of lost me. It took some unexpected turns, and left me a little unsatisfied. The characters are so good. At least, their potential is good. There’s Delphine, the opium-addicted whore. There’s Roxy, the homeless lesbian. There’s Sister Margaret, the good-hearted and practical nun. And there’s Alma herself. But each of these characters, for me, failed to live up to her potential. In fact, I felt like this whole book failed to live up to its potential. While I can’t wholeheartedly love this book, I am curious as to Baggott’s other, more critically acclaimed works. Perhaps I’ll read one of those someday.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: The Windy
El terror no se encuentra en una habitación oscura, ni en un monstruo fétido que habita en una cueva... El terror se encuentra dentro del corazón de los seres humanos.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Vũ Đức Huynh
I have never commented on a book before, but this was the most enjoyable read I have had in a while. Normally, I shy away from fantasy, zombies, or things that seen to far outside the realm of the possible. There are so many things to like about this story, but I will focus on just the main character. Everything about this character has depth. Especially her relationships and the way she communicates. If you're looking for a great read and a well written book, you really should give this one a try.
This book has some lovely moments and writing, but the pacing is odd and it's not quite a young adult novel because the main character is so young for most of the book. I'll never be able to get any of my fourteen year olds to want to read this. And my younger readers are actually reading up too. If Cantor had made the main character just a few years older, I think this book would have been a winner. I look forward to seeing what she does next.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Vũ Thế Đạo
#6 for Precious and Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Mai Hương
So I feel like even though I more or less "knew" all the stuff in the book, it was like learning it again. I know it's important to buy local, and industrial agriculture is horrible, but Pollan is good at making all of that seem accessible and realistic. I came away with a much, much stronger sense of the importance of buying local, a better understanding and appreciation for non-industrial agriculture, and new interest in things like foraging. My one quibble (you knew there had to be one) is that I felt his treatment of vegetarianism/veganism was cursory and, while not insincere, written like someone who has a vested personal interest in continuing to eat meat. I don't feel that he really made an effort to understand why others do it, or to try it himself. I'm glad he included it, but he really should have done more. But even that doesn't detract from my overall very strong appreciation for the book. I think Pollan's fantastic, I'm glad he wrote this and others, and I'm really looking forward to reading more.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Mộng Thu
I loved the other worldliness of this book and how it all tied together into a believable ending. Great imagery... especially the island that eats!
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Dav Pilkey
GOOD READ.. TONS OF FACTS GREAT BOOK FOR INFO! NOT SUCH AN ENAGING STORY THOUGH
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Hà Mạnh Luân
I liked this book more than I liked DiVinci Code. I felt like there was more too it although, at times, it is a bit out there.
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.