Teague Gray từ Kopuz/Gümüşhane, Turkey

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11/06/2024

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2019-11-01 08:30

Defense Devil - Luật Sư Quỷ (Tập 8) Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi:

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:

2019-11-01 13:30

Rèn Luyện Lòng Nhân Ái Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

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 đọc Teague Gray từ Kopuz/Gümüşhane, Turkey

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.