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Sách được viết bởi Bởi:
This is a current favorite. Very simple pictures, fun to read. Children can even read with you. Ages 3+
I love his writing style, not just the story itself. He writes just as he is thinking and doesn't follow any rules of grammar.
Kind of interesting with the character moving from body to body. Alexie seems to be stuck on the same character we saw in his previous novel, Diary of a part-time Indian. Made this seem like a retracing of the same old same old.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Pittacus Lore
** spoiler alert ** Growing up is never easy as author Jo Knowles reveals in characters Laine and Leah in Lessons from a Dead Girl. Laine cannot believe that a popular, pretty, and wealthy girl like Leah would want to be friends with her. Laine soon finds out that the price of friendship with Leah is too costly. Even after a lot of bad experienes with Leah, and statements about how much she hates Leah, Laine still loves her. This book has been chosen for the 2009-2010 Georgia Peach Teen Nominee list. The high school reading team that I coach will read this book and compete on factual knowledge of the book. I was very concerned about the abusive relationships as well as the use of alcohol and drugs. Maybe the books that bother us also teach us a lot about relationships - even bad relationships can help us define the good relationships we hope to develop.
For me, reading this book hurt like hell. I don't think I've ever cried so much in my life. Not at funerals, not when I nearly broke my leg last winter on black ice, not when I saw the statistics of how much our music industry sucks right now---never. It was like Maggie S. stabbed a knife into my heart, and every time something bad happened, she twisted it a little more. Melodramatic, yes, but it's the best comparison I can think of for now. Sad thing is, I'm not even crying because of the plot or story---sure, that was a major impact on the depression, too, the fact that life loves to torture Grace, Sam, Isabel, and Cole, but that still wasn't why I'm so upset. I swear, Stiefvater has a flawless talent for making readers feel the narrators' emotions. Every time Sam and Grace hugged, I felt a grin split across my face, every time Cole contemplated suicide I clenched my fist. Reading one of those Mercy Falls books is like stepping into a mine field of feelings. I'm going to focus on Isabel for the moment. Isabel. I've read quite a few books where a character reminded me of myself: Claire from The Body Finder, Alice from Twilight, Emily from Emily the Strange: The Lost Days... But none of them slapped me in the face like Isabel did. See, being a pessimist/realist, I generally have a rather gloomy outlook on things. I curse the past and laugh at the future. Isabel was like some of my most depressing opinions written down. Sure, I hear them all the time in my own mind, but seeing them on paper and thinking, "Wow, the only other person I've ever met that thinks the same way as me is a fictional character." Ouch. I also loved how she was never sure of her relationships. She wasn't sure if she liked Sam or if she wanted to kick him in the face, if she wanted to console Grace or tell her to suck it up, if she wanted to kiss Cole or slap him and tell him to get a hold of himself. Again, ouch. Cole was at his peak in every way in this book. He was funniest, with his little black Mustang. He was saddest, with talking about his only purpose being to find Grace's cure. He was reckless, trying out potentially deadly concoctions on himself. Another thing about Cole I admired was how he constantly underestimated himself. Sam and Isabel thought he was stupid, when the entire time, he was the smartest of all of them. He did stupid stuff, but it never really his the genius that he actually was. It was nice seeing a faint glimmer of hope throughout this depressing story. The plot was intricate, but somehow never boring. I kept putting it down and going for random snack breaks, which actually means I liked it. I don't know why, but I always like to prolong the suspense at some parts so that when I read the actual thing it's just that much greater. The story was neither too fast or too slow, but a happy medium. It never got to dull and it never got so fired up that I was like "Wait... Huh?" Perfect balance. Oh, and Sam. Sam, Sam, Sam. Sam. Thanks to him, I can't pick my favorite male character of all time. I'm stuck between Cole, Sam, Logan Keeley, and Zachary Moore (Sorry, Sam, but no boy protagonist gets past one of my reviews without being compared to Zach.) Now whenever someone asks me to choice one, this, like, mini war breaks out inside me: One side going "YAY! SAM AND COLE ARE THE BEST! THEY ARE SO REALISTIC AND DESERVE HAPPINESS!" While the other is like "ZACHARY AND LOGAN PWN!" I CAN'T CHOOSE, PEOPLE, I CAN'T CHOOSE! Anyway, this book is also very useful for verbal comeback training, or whatever you want to call it. I swear, the next time anyone throws something at me I'm just gonna say "Do that again, and I will sell you're first born child to the devil" and then laugh at the inside joke. Aah Isabel. The picture doesn't have too much to do with the statement, but I friggin love that video :) I'm mad at Goodreads. They should have a 6 star rating, just for this book. 5 just isn't enough. I love GIFs. I really do. That's why I always have to add them onto these reviews. I tried searching on Google for a good crying one, but they all sucked. So instead I looked up GIFs from the video "I Don't Love You." Coolest crying picture ever:
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Nhiều Tác Giả
If you like Historical Fiction and British Royal history this is the book for you. It's got everything. A strong historical background, a ton of made up information regarding the personal life of a really interesting political figure who challenged the existing royals (Tudors) and is fairly obscure in European history. A good thing to read up before you get this is 'The Six Wives of Henry VIII.' It introduces more of the familial historical background and the general politics of the royals.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Quốc Khanh
I thought it was well written, the three stars are because I couldn't stand Holden. I suppose if I had read this when I was in high school and full of teen angst I would have really enjoyed it. However, since I read it now, as an adult Holden comes across as a immature, whiny, self absorbed asshole. I definitely recommend reading this if you haven't read it before.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Phan Long Lân
this book had a great ending but a very, veryyyy slow start
More like 4.5 stars - this was a free Kindle download, and it was definitely good enough to convince me to buy the following books. I think it could have done with a little more character development, particularly for Lawrence - we almost never see him by himself, only interacting with other people. Anyway, I'm excited to read the following two books to see how they match up.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Ngọc Mai
I just *had* to read this book while working on a APA Heritage Month project celebrating Asian American unity, didn't I? Eric Liu, a speechwriter for the Clinton administration, writer for Slate magazine, and professor at University of Washington, writes candidly about growing up as the son of solidly middle-class Chinese American parents from Taiwan. Though billed an overachiever (Liu questions who sets those standards, anyway), he repeatedly pushes the envelope by doing "non-Asian" things: joining the wrestling team, majoring in politics, working in DC. These experiences are cast against his hesitation to identify as Asian American, a group that others easily lay claim to him with. Liu problematizes the Asian American identity, pointing out that it is a group artificially created for political organizing and that Asian Americans come from incredibly disparate cultures and socioeconomic experiences. What is there to unify us? When does someone "become" Asian American? I found his questions very thought-provoking, particularly as a multigenerational (that's a term of mine) Chinese American. In college, I often prefered to be identified more broadly as Asian American than Chinese American, as to distance myself from being Chinese, really... I was part of the Asian American student groups, but didn't want anything to do with the more ethnic Chinese Student Association. I didn't want to have to continually explain away the shame of not speaking Cantonese/Mandarin. I find now that being identified as Asian American is useful insofar as it doesn't stop you from building coalitions more broadly with other ethnic groups -- ie, why should I identify more closely with people of Samoan descent than Irish descent? Great, quick read.
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.