Giuseppe Bussolari từ Tingalpa QLD, Australia

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12/22/2024

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2018-04-28 14:30

Yuko-chan and the Daruma Doll: The Adventures of a Blind Japanese Girl Who Saves Her Village [English and Japanese] Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Sunny Seki

I received this book for free through Goodreads First Reads. It's still an honest review, but the FTC wanted you to know... ---------------- This book seemed to me like "Gnosticism for Dummies" wrapped up in a thin candy Scooby-Doo shell (the only thing missing was the crazy old man who dressed up like a ghost/alien/monster). I was excited to receive the book when I saw it on first reads--it sounded like an adventure novel along the same lines as the DaVinci code. My first hint that it was not the case was the classification on the back cover: Spirituality/Fiction. Spirituality? Not mystery, thriller or adventure? Hmmm. Nonetheless, I dove in, hoping for the best. The book felt like it had been written by a high school student, both in style and story. The characters were flat and insipid. The entire book was merely a platform to explain Gnostic ideas, with the "adventure" and "detective work" being merely a secondary concern (if that). I also found it surprising that two of the main characters were so quick to accept ideas shared with them by two professors--in the course of two days, they essentially drop their Catholic upbringings and accept the Gnostic ideas they are told. No heavy internal wrestlings? Not much of a spiritual struggle, it seemed. Now for the good (because there was some). I applaud Mr. Davila for having written a book about something that he obviously believes and wants to share with others. Second, I felt like he provided a (mostly) realistic view of the middle east. I appreciated being able to "see" Jerusalem and Palestine and the description of the Jewish settlements in the West Bank. It's stuff that I hear about on the news, but don't know what it looks like. Tariq ends up being the most interesting and deepest character of the book--maybe it should have focused on him instead of everyone else. There was exactly one moment in the whole book where I felt connected emotionally to the story: page 155 where ***SPOILER*** (view spoiler) ***END SPOILER*** That was the only time that I cared about anyone in the whole book. And the only time that the book actually felt like an adventure. The good news: you can get published if you want to write a book badly enough.

2018-04-28 18:30

15 Bài Học An Toàn Cho Bé - An Toàn Khi Ra Ngoài Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Linh Rab

This book i filled with authentic, beautiful characters. And the exploration of what makes us human, women, and family. Set in the 60s during the early days of the civil rights movement, this compelling novel takes us through the lives of 3 narrators--two black domestic maids and one Southern white woman. With such a large grouop of both main and supporting characters, I found myself relating to almost evey character (well, except Hilly--just hate her!) The characters seem so beautifully crafted, and so "real." I loved the way that the women in the book became progressively more "independent." Thinking for themselves, questioning the status quo, making bolder and riskier choices, and becoming "free." Every character has his/her foil. Skeeter: Hilly Aibleen: Minnie Johnny: Stuart Elizabeth: Celia The tragedy of Constantine, the abuse of Minnie, the unquestioning love of Johnny, even the inability of Hilly and Stuart to change. . .all of the characters remind me that really those things that separate us are so minor compared to those things that bring us together. And that behind every face that I may make a judgement about--the mother down the street who doesn't watch her kids, the clerk at the store who chats on the phone rather than actually serving the customer, the cleaning lady who cancels 3 weeks running and arrives smelling of cigarette smoke and alcohol-- there is a life, a story, and probably more tragedy than I want to know.

Người đọc Giuseppe Bussolari từ Tingalpa QLD, Australia

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.