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Oryx and Crake (the first in the MaddAddam Trilogy) is yet another eerie concoction effortlessly thrown together by the brilliant Margaret Atwood. Human beings, just like in The Handmaid's Tale, are confronted with the harsh reality of their own making. Her writing is convincing, because it is based on contemporary issues like (fear of) terrorism, overpopulation and the resulting food shortage. Climate change, be it human-induced or part of a natural cycle, has made many parts of the world inhabitable. The ozone layer has withered away and only the strongest sunblock can protect human skin against burning. Fear of violence (and a good supply of money) led to the creation of Compounds, in which research is conducted to make human life more comfortable. Playing God has never been easier: mankind unscrupulously devises pigoons (pigs that carry cloned human skin and/or organs, even brain tissue), wolvogs (a doglike creature that is as wild as a wolf) and some kind of chicken that consists mostly of drumsticks (or whatever the market demands), among others. Non-brainiacs do not have the pleasure of living in the clean and heavily guarded Compounds, but are condemned to the nature-ravaged Pleeblands, i.e. everywhere else in the world. Jimmy, as Snowman used to be known, spent his youth in different Compounds, depending on the company that was employing his father at that time. His childhood was not a happy one and his only friend, Glenn, much smarter than him. This strange, rational boy guides Jimmy through the internet of the future: a place that does not shy away from any flavor of sexuality (it is here that they first spot Oryx, or a girl that looks like her) or vicious murder. Tomorrow's world suffers from entertainment overload. Nothing is shocking to the eye, everything becomes numbingly mundane. And our future selves are eager to participate, to stand out from the crazy crowds, to the point that even public suicide becomes common. Never would Jimmy have guessed that Glenn, also known as Crake, was in fact weighing humanity's worth, before passing an unfavorable judgement. Indeed, this was a science fiction novel that I enjoyed very much. It was thrilling and depressing at the same time, its compelling story urging me to read on and on. The best science fiction (and dystopia) is the kind that is built on realistic scenarios, and Atwood is quite the master at spine-chilling plots. Ultimately, we have only ourselves to fear, and boy, are we capable of some scary stuff! I only have one gripe: while I can clearly envisage Crake as the genius who lost control over his emotions in the end, Oryx remained vague in my mind's eye, akin to (many of) the women in Haruki Murakami's novels. Oryx is real to the touch, but untouchable at the same time. She's like a ghost passing through, solidifying only at her own whim. But perhaps she was intentionally written this way?
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Bất Kinh Ngữ
this book was amazing. the story of a man who defies society to find his true self is truly one of hope & freedom. this book taught me that you shouldn't conform to what everyone else believes is right. you should be happy to be allowed personal thought & freedom's that people like equality 7-2521 didn't have in his society. his society was cruel & imperfect, unlike what they wanted to put off. thought was not allowed. nothing was allowed. Anthem is one of the best books i've read, this is truly one of Ayn Rand's best works of literature.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Phạm Văn Thuận
If you've read Welcome to the Monkey House and loved it, this is your next logical step. Lesser-known short fiction by Vonnegut that's every bit as good as the rest.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: NGUYỄN VĂN NGỌC
The Hobbit is the first book I consciously remember reading on my own. I was 6 :) Since then, I think I've re-read it about 10 times and it's still one of my absolute favourite books of all time.
lovvved it it was awsome hey is there a 2nd one lol
Only read the story by Laurell K. Hamilton "The Girl Who Was Infatuated with Death". It was free for me as I read it in the bookstore when I worked there. This was years ago, so I can't really remember everything that happened For some reason I really think Jean Claude and Anita deserve each other,so I love it when she has to suck it up and see him (because she can be a whiner and it gets annoying -stars). Especially this early on in the series when she is still trying to avoid him (if I remember correctly, it's been a while). I saw someone else's reviews mention the clothes that Jean Claude wears and had a good laugh, because I never like what Jean Claude wears. He dresses too pretty for my taste. It was short and not a lot to it, but I still like Anita's world (it's my guilty pleasure *snickers*) even if I'm not 100% on the men or Anita's sex life. I do need to go back and find this one to read the the Charlaine Harris story so it may get a re-rating one of these days. ;)
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: The Windy
This one is not quite as weird as some of his other works but bizarre none the less. One of the best metaphysical novelists out there. It has a weird loose ending to it which makes me think I missed something (which is easy to do with an Auster read) but I think it's just how he wanted it. He writes about New York City with exquisite detail.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: ThS. Hoàng Nguyên
I just re-read this book. I love the way that Jane Austen writes. She portrays the complexities of social morays so well.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Vũ Bằng
OMG i cannot wait for House of Night Destined.... I kinda wish they would just kill Neferet already!!!! OMG HEATH is so sweet!
Rating 2.5 The first book in the series was so good, the other installments have been lacking sadly. I hated the hero Jagger in the second book and in His Darkest Salvation, Julian is a bit better but still a big time jerk. The whole back from hell thing, losing part of his soul and from pushing his jaguar legacy for years by going into the family business to embracing it. He was a jerk of the highest kind to Jaden, who belongs to a clan his family is enemies with, three years before and over the course of the book. Jaden had mated with him three years back but he doesn't know that. As usual the book is action-packed but I felt separated from all of it. I didn't really buy their HEA and sudden proclamation of love after one night of sex.
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.