Eduardo Castañon từ Nuevo Progreso, CAM, Mexico

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05/07/2024

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Eduardo Castañon Sách lại (10)

2019-10-04 06:30

Nói Thế Nào Để Được Chào Đón, Làm Thế Nào Để Được Ghi Nhận (Tái Bản) Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi:

** spoiler alert ** James Lovegrove’s The Age of Odin is a modern fantasy novel set in England (and, arguably, Asgard). Gideon Coxall is a retired British Army vet, let go after IED shrapnel left him deaf in one ear and with a titanium plate in his skull. After leaving the army, he did time for assault, losing his wife and estranging his son in the process. When his friend, nicknamed “Abortion,” tells him about the Valhalla Project, which promises £2,000 a week and doesn’t discriminate based on injury or history, Gideon decides to sign up. On the way to Asgard Hall, ostensibly in the north of England, Abortion wrecks the car. As the two escape the crash, Abortion is killed and eaten by wolves and Gideon rescued by three women on snowmobiles—the Valkyries. He soon discovers that the Valhalla Project is run by Odin himself, and Odin is gathering an army to fight Loki, who is masquerading as the President of the United States, Lois Keener. Lovegrove’s research definitely shows; he’s clearly read the Eddas several times very carefully. The entirety of the Norse pantheon appears, all with histories and personalities accurate to what is described in the Eddas, but the setting is completely modern, with guns, snowmobiles, and a Chinook named Sleipnir. Gideon helps the gods fight Ragnarok, with each of the prophecies about it coming to pass, though the monsters are replaced with mechanical equivalents (mostly because Loki found it easier to use the US DoD budget to build them rather than freeing the real Fenrir and Midgard serpent). Along the way, Lovegrove inserts a few conversations that explore the nature of godhood, the death and waning of gods, and other mythological/religious/philosophical topics. The book is a headlong rush to Ragnarok, led by a smartmouthed, fearless, berserker of a man who is aware of his own faults and intends to fix them. Although I picked it up to read for a class on Norse mythology, I thoroughly enjoyed it as a work of fiction, as well.

2019-10-04 09:30

Nói Ít Lại, Làm Nhiều Hơn Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi:

My review of Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan is based on a paperback copy of the book that I purchased for myself. The following review is my honest opinion. When I saw the trailer for the movie based on this book I knew that it was going to be something I wanted to read and immediately added it to my wish-list. I was so psyched when I found a pristine copy of this book, despite it being the movie cover and not the original, at my library's bag of books for a dollar sale. This story was startlingly true to young adult life. At least the way that I had always imagined it to be. Everything that happened in this story could realistically happen just likely wouldn't. One of my favorite aspects of the story was that it was like the snowball effect where one thing led to another, that led to dozens of others, all the while rushing down the mountain at crazed speeds. N&N bring new meaning to everything happens for a reason. I loved the voice of Norah; I saw so much of myself in her, both the me I am now and the me I was when I was actually the same age as her. The constant questioning of myself, the sarcasm to hide everything, always being the careful one who took care of those around me. Norah was me, or I was Norah. I loved reading her chapters. On the other hand I didn't like Nick's chapters quite as much...though whenever he included lyrics or the songs that were unfolding in his head as the soundtrack to the night I felt myself swooning just a little bit. All in all I think N&N was a fun, quick read and a great young adult contemporary novel. I'm giving Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist a four out of five stars review. Though I didn't find myself falling in love with the story I really did enjoy it and will probably have it making the rounds soon.

Người đọc Eduardo Castañon từ Nuevo Progreso, CAM, Mexico

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.