Frank James từ Pai, Rajasthan , India

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04/29/2024

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2019-12-15 23:31

Trò Chơi Tử Thần - Tập 1 Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Ninh Hàng Nhất

** spoiler alert ** I thought this collection of novellas was disappointing, especially considering it's the last Black Jewels novel - almost makes me wish I hadn't read it. It felt, to me, as though there was something missing from the novellas in this volume - there wasn't the same connection to the characters that I've come to know and love and their relationships and interactions with one another seemed to fall flat in places. I'll admit the events of the last novella, The High Lord's Daughter, have influenced my reaction to this book. While I'm a huge supporter of the Jaenelle and Daemon relationship, it wasn't the fact he moved on that bugged me about the last story - it bothered me that he moved on with a character I'd come to see as a sister/cousin to him thanks to various mentions of them being family in the previous books, so that felt a bit weird, and it bothered me that his daughter was basically Jaenelle mark 2, even in her name. That, in my eyes, wasn't necessary - it would have been enough for him to have a daughter and form a bond with her and interesting to see that relationship dynamic; she didn't need to be a dreams made flesh replica. Jaenelle Angelline was loved and such an interesting character because she was unique and should have, in this reader's eyes, stayed that way. In closing, I've loved the Black Jewels series since I first stumbled on it six years ago. I'm not sure now, having read how it all ends, if I'll still be able to enjoy rereading it as much as I have in the past and would therefore recommend other fans of the series stay away from these stories - the Black Jewels universe can exist and be loved without them.

2019-12-16 05:31

Thư Gửi Quý Nhà Giàu Việt Nam Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Nguyễn Xuân Sanh

This was an excellent book, both well-written and very informative. Although it's a scholarly book, I think it is quite accessible to the lay-person (it helps that the endnotes are at the back, which makes the reading experience smoother -- this would annoy me if I were reading it for scholarly purposes, though); my public library has a copy, which indicates the press is also marketing it widely. I didn't have any trouble, and I'm no expert on the Middle Ages. The book deals with several aspects of spices and the Middle Ages: Why and how were they used in foods and medicines? What did people know about their origins (both real and imagined)? What was it about spices that helped to prompt the great voyages of discovery? I think Freedman gives satisfactory and very interesting answers to all these questions, and I certainly learned a lot. I also learned about a number of spices I had never heard of before, which is always fun. Freeman makes enviably good use of primary texts, including cookbooks, account ledgers, and early maps, and I particularly enjoyed the little sidebars with extended quotations from some of the cookbooks. I don't think I'll be trying too many of the recipes, though. In addition to all this, Out of the East answered my long-time question about spices: why is cardamom used in Swedish baking and Indian cooking, but nowhere in between? The answer has to do with the fact that Medieval European cooking was much closer to today's Indian or Middle Eastern cooking than today's European food, and would have included many dishes with sauces heavy with a wide variety of spices. This type of cooking began to fall out of favor in Europe around the time of the Renaissance, with the rise of traditional French cooking, and spices were mostly relegated to desserts or holiday foods.

Người đọc Frank James từ Pai, Rajasthan , India

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.