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Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Nhiều Tác Giả
It's been forever since I read The Great Gatsby, but I'm guessing this collection of short stories is not Fitzgerald's strongest work. Still, it was mildly entertaining--mostly because of the insights it gave to what life was like (for some people) nearly a century ago. I'd guess the time period for most of these stories was 80-120 years ago. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button in particular was more of an outline for a book than an actual book. (I still haven't seen the movie.) A few details, but not really enough to do much character development. I guess that's why they call them short stories.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Bộ Giáo dục và Đào tạo
Ages 12+ An imagined telling of the story of Catherine Howard, fifth wife of Henry VIII, from her marriage to the king to her execution. Decent reading, good for fans of the Tudors (like me)
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Họa Sỹ: Gia Bảo
One of the best books by James Patterson I have ever read (and I have read almost every one of them.) Unexpected surprise in the middle, but from page 1 to the end, an edge of the seat grabber.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi:
Fun to read as an adult. Carroll paints an amazing picture, disturbed but beautiful.
Started it along time ago. Not sure why I didn't finish it until now. It is filled with short inspirational stories.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Minh Dũng
The Fall of Ossard by Colin Taber turned out to be an interesting novel. If you are looking for a fast pace and lots of action then this is probably not the book for you. The action scenes we do read about are well written and exciting, but the biggest portion of the story is written around them. Colin Taber has a great imagination and for the most part he was able to bring this fantasy land and people into full 3D detail. We first meet Juvela when she is still a young girl. There have been child abductions taking place in the area and her wealthy parents hire Sef, a one-time soldier, to protect her, a body guard. Juvela’s grandmother was burned at the stake as a witch by the Inquisitor Anton and her parents fear a similar fate for her if they don’t take immediate action to avoid it. I was a little taken aback by the actions of Pedro, Juvela’s future husband and the father of her daughter. Without giving anything away, I never quite understood his role in what was done to her—beyond the obvious—nor her willingness to still marry him. There were a lot of questions raised about Pedro that I never did feel satisfied with the answers. Perhaps more about him will come in the sequel. As evil takes a firmer grip in Ossard, Juvela’s own powers begin to awaken. At first we are led to believe her dead grandmother is trying to help her, but this becomes questionable as Juvela’s power continues to grow. One almost begins to feel her grandmother is using Juvela as a means to steal souls and build her power base in the Celestial. As Juvela’s ability to look into the Celestial—the realm of gods, spirits, souls, and raw magic—becomes stronger, she gains in magical powers and is able to help keep her people alive when they are attacked. But she is not strong enough to stop the kidnapping of her husband, child and her in-laws. Will she be able to find those she loves and rescue them before they can be sacrificed in a battle for power? After the kidnapping of Juvela’s family the story begins to lag quite a bit. People are being drawn to her and we end up sitting through story after story as they tell Juvela what they’ve been through. A lot of it began to sound repetitious and I found myself starting to skim. Her body guard, Sef, turns out to be one of the most interesting characters in the novel. There is much more to him than first meets the eye and he is definitely going to be an important part of this story as they continue on this quest. I love the hook we are left with at the end of this first novel. Though I enjoyed this beginning a great deal, I have a feeling the next one is going to be where the real action starts, because it’s not just the city of Ossard, Juvela and her family left hanging in the balance, it’s the whole world. Juvela is becoming more powerful with every passing day, but will it end up making her as corrupt as the people she is trying to stop? I have no doubt I’ll be back to pick up the middle part of this trilogy when it becomes available so I can find out.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Lev Tolstoy
Oh...My...God!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Lê Thuận
The only decent story shares the title of the book. Every story differed little than the last, either the character changed (which was never a male), the setting changed, or the problem changed which was either an identity conflict or blind dependence on someone else. Each story almost always had a caged bird of a woman who was with an unappreciative man or had some sort of dysfunctional relationship with men. Oh Jhumpa, you can only repeat the same themes so many times before someone wishes you would stop writing and instead smash your hand under a hammer. I only liked her style of writing which was compact and dry, it complimented the stories well. Overall it was the lack of variation in the themes that made me want to pull my hair out, I would have liked more variation.
This book is fantastic! I finished it in a day and a half. I couldn't put it down! Jodi captured the relationship dynamics flawlessly. This is probably my favorite book of hers that I've read and that saying a lot b/c i ADORED Keeping Faith. I hope this sheds some light on things that people didn't understand before. Love, and let Love. I Highly recommend this book!
I had previously read more about Maxine Kumin than I had actually read of her verse. In this collection at least, she is very tuned in to the life of the New England countryside -- horses especially -- while also being influenced by Native American and other mythologies. I particularly enjoyed her ludic experimentation with form. "On Wings" was amusing and memorable.
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.