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Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Enid Blyton
Service began on the London Underground on January 10, 1863 and the subway has been inspiring stories ever since. Horror, especially in the form of demonic ghost stories is a genre of subway stories that fascinates me and the reason why I wanted to read Ghost Train. Despite the blurb on the back of the book, very little of the story takes place on the Underground. Most of the story is told in dreams and flashbacks. The first two thirds of the novel is stuck in a cycle of Mark having a bad dream and then trying to get on the trains in the Underground only to freak out and go home. By about the third time Mark was having a nightmare I wanted to strangle the character myself. These dreams are supposed to build a sense of terror and suspense but they fail to do either. The evil that is stalking Mark (or perhaps living inside of him) apparently has ties to Druidic beliefs (though this connection is presented weakly at best) and manifests itself as a purple cloud of pain. Ooh scary. Near the end of the book, Mark's daughter is attacked by the demon and she blows it off. She can't be bothered by bad dreams. At that point I lost my last thread of interest in the book. Clearly the adults in the book (Mark isn't the only adult affected) are weak and gullible, if a child can blow off the demon's attack.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Nhiều Tác Giả
I give up. I can't finish this book. I struggled for 175 pages, but I just can't do it any more. I expected much more from the author of "White Oleander," especially with reviewers calling it a "page-turner" (Elle Magazine, did we read the same book?) and positive quotes from The Atlantic Monthly, of all things. This reminded me of "Intuition" but much worse, in the sense that the sporadic dialogue and action are interspersed with lengthy descriptive paragraphs about the main character's inner life, as opposed to writing a punchy novel where the reader can intuit all that. With all that description, I felt that Fitch failed to give her main character any personality (no, extensive cursing does not qualify as characterization; nor do annoying speech habits like calling vodka and cigarettes "voddy" and "ciggies"). I understood that she wanted to depict the character's mourning in its full, raw sense, but I think she went too far -- with all the drinking, tearfulness, and inner dialogue, the book was way slow and very depressing with no hint at eventual redemption.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Lý Dung
I had to read this in school and it was DEFINITLY NOT for kids!!!!!! It actually didn't really have a plot AT ALL! It was also a depressing book!!!! Don't read it!
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Wow...what a scary read. This is ecological sf written in 1972, and what's really scary is that it's even more relevant today. This should be mandatory reading for everybody.
Excellent and should be read before Atlas Shrugged if you intend to read both.
This is a cute one too.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Phương Lan
I really like Barbara Kingsolver's writing. This is the first one of her books I read. Really liked it and have read several other of her books.
I loved everything about this book - the Soviet history interlocked with individuals as they lay sick, the desperation of cancer patients in those days, etc. Check it out!
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Dương Thụy
I've read this before, but love it.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Brendon Burchard
First, the good. I enjoyed the overall story of Harrison and Dean's "investigation" into the murder of the dead boy, and I felt that I was able to see Harrison's world through his eyes perfectly. When you're 11 years old, it's impossible not to see the world with fascination and wonder, and this comes through loud and clear from Mr. Kelman's narrator. There were times when I read a passage and immediately was taken back to being a middle school student and knew I felt the exact same way. This is quite a feat, considering my middle school experience can in no way compare to Harrison's, and perhaps speaks to the underlying reality that on some level, children do experience similar revelations when confronted with similar events regardless of the way or place they experience these events. I also felt that underlying themes, such as the randomness of violence and that even in a difficult life certain children will still respond with happiness, were made without hitting you over the head with them. Finally, I appreciated some of the nuances of the character of Harrison. He is a child with a good heart who is nonetheless attracted to the security a gang might provide, but ultimately rejects the gang as he slowly learns how reprehensible its members actually are. But I only liked this novel because Mr. Kelman allows his narrator too much leeway to drift into meaningless observations and because I found it difficult for the first 100 pages or so to get into the mind of Harrison due to the use of an invented childlike vocabulary (donkey hours, hutious, dope-fine, bo-styles). Too much of what Harrison comments on felt like Mr. Kelman trying to drive the point home that Harrison is 11 and that he's trying to channel that voice in a faithful way. I understand the need to do this, especially for a first time author like Mr. Kelman, but it was done too bluntly and with too much repetition. It is Mr. Kelman's responsibility to corral his fictional charge from time to time to keep the focus on the story and not necessarily on the nonsensical thoughts that will of course pop into the perspective of an 11-year old. I can understand falling in love with a character you've created, but a character should primarily be a way of animating the content of a tale, and not every little idle thought of the character is going to do this. I am certain others will disagree with me and say that the vocabulary and the seemingly unfocused musings of Harrison are necessary to really understand the story. But for me personally, I found both of these issues to be distracting and that they ultimately detracted from the novel.
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.