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Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Trần Trường Minh
Although I really enjoyed Mr. Perotta's writing style, I found the characters and plot to be somewhat irritating. The cultural references felt very dated and rather than take me to a certain place and time they actually were very distracting to me. Sarah drove me crazy. So whiny and insecure - I couldn't really fathom what Todd even saw in her. I did appreciate the author's observations of suburbia and "soccer mom" types. The ending was bizarre and abrupt. I was hoping for some redemption at the conclusion and was sorely disappointed.
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i only read it for Red Cavalry. brilliant.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: B.S. Kỳ Hương
This book was a fast read with a simple story but beautiful symbolism and imagery. A really enjoyable read that had my crying at the end and thinking about it weeks later. I suggested it for book club this month and it was a hit.
The Giver was one of those books everyone around me is shocked that I never read. The thing is, many of my friends, especially in the writing community, are younger than me. They forget that while they read this in school, I was already in high school when it was released, and probably in college (or nearly so) by the time it hit curriculum in my district. So it was high on my list for my 100-book challenge this year. This is a quick read, but don’t let that fool you into thinking it is a fluff piece. Far from it. The Giver is one of the first YA dystopian novels, and its influence on more recent titles is apparent almost immediately. Jonas, our main character, lives in a community that has placed Sameness as its highest value. All history, emotions, even colors have been suppressed. The Rules of the community are many, and maintain a strictly regimented society. When Jonas is selected to be the new Receiver of Memory–the sole bearer of all the history of the world before Sameness–he begins to question everything he has always taken for granted, and wonders if humankind sacrificed too much in the name of peace and civility. What sets this aside from so many of the newer dystopian stories is that there are many things about the community that seem at first to be very good. Everyone has enough to eat. People are polite to each other. Since everyone is taught not to focus on what makes each other different, there are no bullies. Everybody rides around on bicycles from the age of 9 up, so there is no smog, no traffic congestion. But with everything that Lowry unveils about the Community, you discover one more way in which individuality is discouraged. In trying to keep everyone safe and protect them from the ugliest parts of human nature, they destroyed the most beautiful parts as well. This is a world without music, without color, where language is required to be precise not expressive. Jonas and his mentor, the former Receiver who now calls himself the Giver since he is passing all the memories on to Jonas, both see what the world has been. They understand the cost of changing their Community. But they also see that Sameness is not always good, not always worth what has been sacrificed. The ending is deliberately vague, and in my copy which had a Q & A with the author, Lowry says she meant it to be hopeful. I’ve heard mixed things about the rest of Lowry’s books in the quartet, so I think I’ll leave them for a bit. There is so much in this one to process that I’ll probably reread it once I’m done with my 100-book year. It is well-deserved of all the praise it’s been given, and I highly recommend it.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Phương Trinh
This is an amazingly well-crafted novel. Peter Beagle is a master storyteller and I am so glad he is still writing today. Tamsin is an incredible read.
I'm not done this book and i have been reading it since christmas. I just can't seem to get into it, and I loved the two books that came before it.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Long Thắng Ân
Reading Water for Elephants is a good, fast read. I hadn't heard a lot of hype but what I heard was good and it lived up to what I had heard. Reading a story about a circus is not my idea of fun or a decent way to pass the time. I was surprised. Often times, a sport, while often a centerpiece to a story, can be substituted for almost any other sport and the primary message(s) stay intact. Not here. You lose the circus, you lose the story. Despite thinking that circus' are kind of creepy, I loved the story and the writing. It didn't change my opinion about circus' though!
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Nguyễn Công Hoan
it was a great book
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: The Candy
How lame.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Huyền Nhím
I didn't like this one as much as Unholy Ghosts because the exposition was a bit in-your-face (I guess with the short word count you have to be more direct), , but it was nice to get a little glimpse into the events of Haunted Week. I'm curious what the ending was before it was changed. Thanks Stacia for sharing this one with your readers for free!
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.