I liked this book. The character descriptions were good. The scenery depiction was excellent. The toad was cool. Yeah, this is a good book. The ending was sad but it made sense which is becoming more and more important to me *cough cough, Messenger, cough*. It wasn't as predictable as it could have been but I did catch the foreshadow. Maybe I'll add more later.
Bad stuff: I need to stop reading books meant for children. They end too soon. This is the third time in a week I've read a book and thought; 'That probably could have been drawn out for about ten more chapters.' Basically if you can sum up the entire plot on the back cover it's too short. You know, I have a lot more fun writing about books I didn't like.
Rating: Great.
Read again? Maybe.
Should you read? Yes.
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Saturday, September 25, 2010
The Earth, My Butt, And Other Big Round Things by Carolyn Macker
Don't read this book. There are better uses of your time. Yes, it's all 'how teenagers really feel' but honestly I'd suggest listening to the song "I'm Still Here" by either GooGoo Dolls or Knights Bridge instead. Adults writing about teenage 'angst' is rarely going to turn out right.
Messenger by Lois Lowry
Oct 14: I think this entry will only make sense if you've read the book. Sorry.
Oct 3: I continue my quest to make this blog entry easier to follow. It's a bit more difficult than I thought it would be.
I don't understand how this book could possibly be considered a successful conclusion to The Giver and Gathering Blue. Lowry went from having the slight impossibility of passing on memories of past generations to people having special magical talents and inanimate objects telling them if a situation is ok or not.I was fine with this because the two books weren't necessarily set in the same world... Here's the thing: in Messenger she completely lost her mind!!
I'm sorry; I really really don't understand how you go from "I can give you my memory" to "AAAAH!!! THE FOREST IS ALIVE AND IT DOESN'T WANT ME TO WALK THROUGH IT!!!" I'm not making this up!... well I am paraphrasing. I'm a bit upset about this apparently. I thought waiting until the next day to write about the book would let me calm down. Guess not.
So I hated the ending of the book. But I already said I wouldn't be spoiler which is turning out to be more difficult then I originally realized. Well, here's a partial spoiler alert: Hmmm... let me just say that if a character falls in love within the first 1/2 of the book he's dead by the end. If he says after 1/2 way through the book in a distracted way that a girl is pretty then the two are meant to be; yes, Kira(Gathering Blue main character) and Jonah(The Giver main character) end up together as far as I can tell. How contrived can you get? And how did "I can see color and no one else can" turn in to "I can see far away but, wait for it, THE FOREST IS ANGRY AND IT DOESN'T WANT ME TO SEE!!!" And then there was the whole trade/market thing that really wasn't explained at all. I mean, this book had one of the worst endings I've ever encountered; nothing was tied together. Matty just "healed the earth" and made everything magically better. That is not what I consider "the main character solves his own problems!" That's a case of the author wanted to end the book so she gave the main character a vision of everything being better and then killed him and had other people reflect on how he had magically made everything better. I mean, come on! I think I just quoted one of my profs.
Good stuff: um... Shoot. I think I laughed. It wasn't inappropriate. (I hate saying something wasn't something so the fact that I did say it says something.<--here we see the worst sentence in the history of humankind.) Lowry is a good writer; I think she just, I don't know, tried too hard? The story wasn't difficult to read and though I did throw the book when I was done, I didn't throw it that hard.
My friend just sent me a message saying she didn't understand this review. Well, I didn't understand the book. But I'll work on clarifying this if people let me know what exactly doesn't make sense.
Rating: Ok.
Read again: Haha no.
You read: I guess.
Other's comments: J.H. completely agreed with me and didn't see my blog or hear my opinion first. However he said what I said in a much more understandable/professional way: He thought that Lowry was playing off the popularity of the other books. He said that the ending felt rushed and was not a good example for kids. She went way overboard on superstition and had more of a magical influence on the story than her previous plots. This is paraphrase; if JH goes on and sees this he can leave his own comment and I'll delete this.
Oct 3: I continue my quest to make this blog entry easier to follow. It's a bit more difficult than I thought it would be.
I don't understand how this book could possibly be considered a successful conclusion to The Giver and Gathering Blue. Lowry went from having the slight impossibility of passing on memories of past generations to people having special magical talents and inanimate objects telling them if a situation is ok or not.I was fine with this because the two books weren't necessarily set in the same world... Here's the thing: in Messenger she completely lost her mind!!
I'm sorry; I really really don't understand how you go from "I can give you my memory" to "AAAAH!!! THE FOREST IS ALIVE AND IT DOESN'T WANT ME TO WALK THROUGH IT!!!" I'm not making this up!... well I am paraphrasing. I'm a bit upset about this apparently. I thought waiting until the next day to write about the book would let me calm down. Guess not.
So I hated the ending of the book. But I already said I wouldn't be spoiler which is turning out to be more difficult then I originally realized. Well, here's a partial spoiler alert: Hmmm... let me just say that if a character falls in love within the first 1/2 of the book he's dead by the end. If he says after 1/2 way through the book in a distracted way that a girl is pretty then the two are meant to be; yes, Kira(Gathering Blue main character) and Jonah(The Giver main character) end up together as far as I can tell. How contrived can you get? And how did "I can see color and no one else can" turn in to "I can see far away but, wait for it, THE FOREST IS ANGRY AND IT DOESN'T WANT ME TO SEE!!!" And then there was the whole trade/market thing that really wasn't explained at all. I mean, this book had one of the worst endings I've ever encountered; nothing was tied together. Matty just "healed the earth" and made everything magically better. That is not what I consider "the main character solves his own problems!" That's a case of the author wanted to end the book so she gave the main character a vision of everything being better and then killed him and had other people reflect on how he had magically made everything better. I mean, come on! I think I just quoted one of my profs.
Good stuff: um... Shoot. I think I laughed. It wasn't inappropriate. (I hate saying something wasn't something so the fact that I did say it says something.<--here we see the worst sentence in the history of humankind.) Lowry is a good writer; I think she just, I don't know, tried too hard? The story wasn't difficult to read and though I did throw the book when I was done, I didn't throw it that hard.
My friend just sent me a message saying she didn't understand this review. Well, I didn't understand the book. But I'll work on clarifying this if people let me know what exactly doesn't make sense.
Rating: Ok.
Read again: Haha no.
You read: I guess.
Other's comments: J.H. completely agreed with me and didn't see my blog or hear my opinion first. However he said what I said in a much more understandable/professional way: He thought that Lowry was playing off the popularity of the other books. He said that the ending felt rushed and was not a good example for kids. She went way overboard on superstition and had more of a magical influence on the story than her previous plots. This is paraphrase; if JH goes on and sees this he can leave his own comment and I'll delete this.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Note to You
Hello my one follower and other people who randomly find this blog on my fb page!
Just want to say that if you have read one of the books I review please please please comment on whether you loved/liked/disliked/hated the book and any other comments you might have. If you don't have an account just send me your comments and I will add them myself along with your initials. I want to know your opinion most likely more than you want to know mine.
Thank you,
J.M.Paustian : )
Just want to say that if you have read one of the books I review please please please comment on whether you loved/liked/disliked/hated the book and any other comments you might have. If you don't have an account just send me your comments and I will add them myself along with your initials. I want to know your opinion most likely more than you want to know mine.
Thank you,
J.M.Paustian : )
The Giver by Lois Lowry
I liked this book better than Gathering Blue but that's probably because I read The Giver originally in 8th grade and wasn't guessing ahead as to what would happen. This book was actually one that didn't feel long enough for me. I was reading and something happened and my thought was, "I thought this happened at the end of the book... Oh, this is the end of the book. Shoot." I think Lowry could have made the book longer but given the age it is meant for, it is probably best as it is.
I don't want to have a good/bad stuff section for this one. There was not anything overtly bad, there wasn't anything good that I didn't mention for Gathering Blue. But I really liked the Giver and next I'm going to read Lowry's sequel to the both of them (I think): The Messenger. After that is either 'The Earth, My Butt and other Big Round Things(it's a controversial book for my Kiddie Lit class) or Brat Farrar(which I started two weeks ago and haven't touched since).
Rating: Great.
Read again? I just did.
Should you read? I would hope you already have; if not, then yes.
Other's comments: H.L. says- She hated The Giver because it was too "sterile". We both agreed the part in which his parents talk about how love is too general but they "enjoy his company" drove us crazy. She understood that this was basically teh point of the book but she still hated it. I think her words were basically it "made her skin crawl". Then again, she thought the 7th Harry Potter movie was too dark.
(Nobody I know has a blog account so I'm putting their comments up for them.)
I don't want to have a good/bad stuff section for this one. There was not anything overtly bad, there wasn't anything good that I didn't mention for Gathering Blue. But I really liked the Giver and next I'm going to read Lowry's sequel to the both of them (I think): The Messenger. After that is either 'The Earth, My Butt and other Big Round Things(it's a controversial book for my Kiddie Lit class) or Brat Farrar(which I started two weeks ago and haven't touched since).
Rating: Great.
Read again? I just did.
Should you read? I would hope you already have; if not, then yes.
Other's comments: H.L. says- She hated The Giver because it was too "sterile". We both agreed the part in which his parents talk about how love is too general but they "enjoy his company" drove us crazy. She understood that this was basically teh point of the book but she still hated it. I think her words were basically it "made her skin crawl". Then again, she thought the 7th Harry Potter movie was too dark.
(Nobody I know has a blog account so I'm putting their comments up for them.)
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Background
Quick Note to follower and people who glance at my blog: I will eventually decide on a background. I just can't find one that fits and looks right and doesn't end half way through my blog. Let me know if you like a particular one; I am very good about caving in to peer pressure when I don't know what to do. :)
In addition, here's a list of classic books you should read either because they are good (gd) or because you will sound smarter if you tell people you've read them and aren't lying (sm). Sorry, I'm not adding the authors. I might do it later, but most are easy enough to look up on your own.
Jane Eyre-gd, sm, don't know why it took me so long to get through. This is a really good book.
I, Keturah-gd, this book made me want to cry, want to punch someone, want to cry, and then really happy. Read it. I command thee.
Pride and Prejudice-sm, gd, if you are female you should read this. If you are not you are most likely not reading my blog, but hey, if you really like to read this is a classic so go ahead. This applies for the rest of Austen's books.
The Count of Monte Cristo-gd, sm, although it's too long for me to want to read over, I really enjoyed the plot twists and the generation gap differences that he showed. I read this year ago but I still remember that I liked it.
Anything Agatha Christie. Just read it.
The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins-gd, it's a mystery. I like the movie and the book and that barely ever happens. Just read it.
The Great Gatsby--sm, ok. You should read this. It's one of the basic books everyone should read for some reason.
I'll add more tomorrow or tonight. Meanwhile, I have stuff to do.
In addition, here's a list of classic books you should read either because they are good (gd) or because you will sound smarter if you tell people you've read them and aren't lying (sm). Sorry, I'm not adding the authors. I might do it later, but most are easy enough to look up on your own.
Jane Eyre-gd, sm, don't know why it took me so long to get through. This is a really good book.
I, Keturah-gd, this book made me want to cry, want to punch someone, want to cry, and then really happy. Read it. I command thee.
Pride and Prejudice-sm, gd, if you are female you should read this. If you are not you are most likely not reading my blog, but hey, if you really like to read this is a classic so go ahead. This applies for the rest of Austen's books.
The Count of Monte Cristo-gd, sm, although it's too long for me to want to read over, I really enjoyed the plot twists and the generation gap differences that he showed. I read this year ago but I still remember that I liked it.
Anything Agatha Christie. Just read it.
The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins-gd, it's a mystery. I like the movie and the book and that barely ever happens. Just read it.
The Great Gatsby--sm, ok. You should read this. It's one of the basic books everyone should read for some reason.
I'll add more tomorrow or tonight. Meanwhile, I have stuff to do.
Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis
If you liked the Chronicles of Narnia; read this book.
If you like science fiction like A Wrinkle in Time: read this book.
If you enjoy books that are apparently long extended metaphors for the failings of the human race; read this book.
So I really liked this book even though I'm still a bit confused as to its purpose. The human characters were completely believable and I loved the non human characters. I have a ton of random theories about the Oyarsa and eldila that I'm not going to bother to record.
I don't understand why this isn't a classic; it probably has something to do with the lack of spacesuits (in the book--not, annoyingly enough, on the cover). This book was written around one to three years after the first man in space... so I think Lewis just made up whatever he felt like and it sounds good to me but some science people might hate it. I enjoyed the way he based all his made up creatures, plants, and landscape on the idea of what lesser gravity would do. I also laughed out loud in several places. If a book makes me laugh out loud or call people idiots, it automatically goes up one rating.
Bad stuff: not so much. I am still confused about how the book relates to what Lewis actually believed but the relation of different planets was vaguely similar to A Wrinkle in Time so those who know nothing about C.S. Lewis will probably be less interpretive of the book.
Alright, let's see...
Rating: Great. to Great!
Read again? Yes.
You read? Yes.
If you like science fiction like A Wrinkle in Time: read this book.
If you enjoy books that are apparently long extended metaphors for the failings of the human race; read this book.
So I really liked this book even though I'm still a bit confused as to its purpose. The human characters were completely believable and I loved the non human characters. I have a ton of random theories about the Oyarsa and eldila that I'm not going to bother to record.
I don't understand why this isn't a classic; it probably has something to do with the lack of spacesuits (in the book--not, annoyingly enough, on the cover). This book was written around one to three years after the first man in space... so I think Lewis just made up whatever he felt like and it sounds good to me but some science people might hate it. I enjoyed the way he based all his made up creatures, plants, and landscape on the idea of what lesser gravity would do. I also laughed out loud in several places. If a book makes me laugh out loud or call people idiots, it automatically goes up one rating.
Bad stuff: not so much. I am still confused about how the book relates to what Lewis actually believed but the relation of different planets was vaguely similar to A Wrinkle in Time so those who know nothing about C.S. Lewis will probably be less interpretive of the book.
Alright, let's see...
Rating: Great. to Great!
Read again? Yes.
You read? Yes.
Friday, September 10, 2010
Not Long Enough
I think I've finally settled on a title for my blog. This (hopefully) final one is based on a quote from C.S.Lewis. "You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me." Now I really don't like tea but that's not really the point. The two former titles of my blog were really lame and I'm not even going to bother to admit to what they were.
So this quote isn't always true by which I mean there are always going to be those books that are honestly not short enough. But I know we've all read that one book that we couldn't let go of when we reached the last page: or that we cried over or immediately read over or maybe even possibly threw against the wall and then had to ran and grab in order to find out what happened. So no matter who you are or when you are reading this or how much you hate me and this blog I want you to scroll down, click leave a comment or whatever it says, and tell me this book. Now. Or later. Just do it. This means you.
Meanwhile I'm going to try to remember what that one book I threw was...
In incredibly unrelated new, you should watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUq9kJRKki8
So this quote isn't always true by which I mean there are always going to be those books that are honestly not short enough. But I know we've all read that one book that we couldn't let go of when we reached the last page: or that we cried over or immediately read over or maybe even possibly threw against the wall and then had to ran and grab in order to find out what happened. So no matter who you are or when you are reading this or how much you hate me and this blog I want you to scroll down, click leave a comment or whatever it says, and tell me this book. Now. Or later. Just do it. This means you.
Meanwhile I'm going to try to remember what that one book I threw was...
In incredibly unrelated new, you should watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUq9kJRKki8
Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
Let me just start out by saying that I am now distracted by wanting to know what happens next just like I was when I read The Giver in 8th grade. Apparently Lowry likes to end her books with an idea of what's coming and let the reader think about it for themselves before they can get a hold of the next one. In my case I both want to read the next one and to also get through the other 7 that J.H. gave me. Not to mention the James Harriot and Charles Dickens books my mother made me pack.
I really liked this book. Just like (I can't believe I'm saying this but just ignore it) the Hunger Games trilogy, this book depicts a future world where most civilization has been destroyed and mankind has gone way way downhill. Most of this book I found sadly realistic and what I didn't find realistic wasn't supposed to be... I think. For all I know, tomorrow I'll pick up one of my drawings and it will tell me to drive more carefully. That wouldn't make much sense not the least of which because I don't have a car. Can you say AD--so yeah I liked this book.
Bad Stuff: I don't really have anything to put here because every problem I had with this books was circumstantial. I am 20 and it's meant for 11 year olds. I have a tendency to guess ahead in books and I figured out several things way before I felt I was supposed to. Then there was some other stuff but you get the point. And by you I mean my one follower. :( Hey my first emoticon! How did it take this long?
Rating: Good to great. (I will probably never get above great now that I think about it.)
Read again? Yep.
Should you read? Yes. Read the rest of Lowry's books too.
I really liked this book. Just like (I can't believe I'm saying this but just ignore it) the Hunger Games trilogy, this book depicts a future world where most civilization has been destroyed and mankind has gone way way downhill. Most of this book I found sadly realistic and what I didn't find realistic wasn't supposed to be... I think. For all I know, tomorrow I'll pick up one of my drawings and it will tell me to drive more carefully. That wouldn't make much sense not the least of which because I don't have a car. Can you say AD--so yeah I liked this book.
Bad Stuff: I don't really have anything to put here because every problem I had with this books was circumstantial. I am 20 and it's meant for 11 year olds. I have a tendency to guess ahead in books and I figured out several things way before I felt I was supposed to. Then there was some other stuff but you get the point. And by you I mean my one follower. :( Hey my first emoticon! How did it take this long?
Rating: Good to great. (I will probably never get above great now that I think about it.)
Read again? Yep.
Should you read? Yes. Read the rest of Lowry's books too.
Thursday, September 09, 2010
Favorite Authors
So I said I would list my favorite authors and then I wrote a review instead; I'm actually doing it now.
Agatha Christie, Wilkie Collins, James Herriot, Josephine Tey, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Gerald Morris, Sherwood Smith, Jane Austen, Shannon Hale, Charlotte Bronte, Edith Pattou, Suzanne Collins, Ruth Wolff.
I think that's all of them; it's all that's on my Facebook page, anyway. And everybody knows if it's not on Facebook it's not true ("sarcasm."- as my mom would say).This post is very short. But that's ok because I should be reading Economics.
Agatha Christie, Wilkie Collins, James Herriot, Josephine Tey, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Gerald Morris, Sherwood Smith, Jane Austen, Shannon Hale, Charlotte Bronte, Edith Pattou, Suzanne Collins, Ruth Wolff.
I think that's all of them; it's all that's on my Facebook page, anyway. And everybody knows if it's not on Facebook it's not true ("sarcasm."- as my mom would say).This post is very short. But that's ok because I should be reading Economics.
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
It's probably dangerous to judge a book so widely considered a classic but I've always been of the opinion that if you don't like something, you don't like it and popular opinion should only be used as a guideline. Not that I didn't like it; it's just not going onto my favorites list and I'm not going to go into as much detail as I normally do.
Ok, so it's hard to appreciate a book named after a character the narrator himself "never approved of". Every character other then the narrator was selfish or an idiot or a liar and basically everyone had an affair. On the other hand, this book did a great job showing the carefree, idyllic attitude everyone claims is indicative of the roaring twenties. The ending is just slightly depressing, that's all.
Good Stuff (I will alternate between a section called good stuff or bad stuff depending on what I talk about early in the post): It wasn't too difficult of a reading. The characters were all believable. Also, the movie didn't ruin it for me and I did enjoy reading it.
Overall Rating: Ok to Pretty Good
Read this again? Probably not, but it's possible
Should you read this book? Yes. People will apparently be disappointed in you if you don't. Yes, I am referring to you, R.U.
Ok, so it's hard to appreciate a book named after a character the narrator himself "never approved of". Every character other then the narrator was selfish or an idiot or a liar and basically everyone had an affair. On the other hand, this book did a great job showing the carefree, idyllic attitude everyone claims is indicative of the roaring twenties. The ending is just slightly depressing, that's all.
Good Stuff (I will alternate between a section called good stuff or bad stuff depending on what I talk about early in the post): It wasn't too difficult of a reading. The characters were all believable. Also, the movie didn't ruin it for me and I did enjoy reading it.
Overall Rating: Ok to Pretty Good
Read this again? Probably not, but it's possible
Should you read this book? Yes. People will apparently be disappointed in you if you don't. Yes, I am referring to you, R.U.
My Plans
Looking at my first post, I said I wanted to complain about bad books but I didn't mention good books. I'll talk about those, too. The only thing is, well... I like about 90% of books I've read and other people don't always feel the same. As long as I'm not bored and it's not inappropriate and graphic I'll probably like it.
I'm going to try very very hard not to spoil books so I'll avoid plot summaries. I might start throwing in what genre they are but that's never mattered much to me and no one is even following me so then again I might not.
I'm going to try to intersperse my favorite books throughout the next few months so it doesn't turn into a LOVE THIS, LOVE THIS, LOVE THIS, just read this, hate this, LOVE THIS, LOVE THIS parade of meaningless junk. This is meant more for me to think about things more and to help me deal with the severe inconvenience of never remembering the names of books I've read. To make up for the scarcity of books on this blog (I have 1 right now) I will make my next post about all my favorite authors as this will not take nearly as much time as my favorite books.
The other thing about this blog is that I want people to give me books to read. Right now I have my mom, R.U., J.H., R.R., C.R. and other friends telling me good stuff but it'd be nice to have it written down as, once again, i don't have the best memory for book titles or authors.
Thank you and have a great day.
I'm going to try very very hard not to spoil books so I'll avoid plot summaries. I might start throwing in what genre they are but that's never mattered much to me and no one is even following me so then again I might not.
I'm going to try to intersperse my favorite books throughout the next few months so it doesn't turn into a LOVE THIS, LOVE THIS, LOVE THIS, just read this, hate this, LOVE THIS, LOVE THIS parade of meaningless junk. This is meant more for me to think about things more and to help me deal with the severe inconvenience of never remembering the names of books I've read. To make up for the scarcity of books on this blog (I have 1 right now) I will make my next post about all my favorite authors as this will not take nearly as much time as my favorite books.
The other thing about this blog is that I want people to give me books to read. Right now I have my mom, R.U., J.H., R.R., C.R. and other friends telling me good stuff but it'd be nice to have it written down as, once again, i don't have the best memory for book titles or authors.
Thank you and have a great day.
Wednesday, September 08, 2010
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
I really don't know what to say about this one. If she hadn't gone for the "I'm going to give my readers a heart attack approach" I probably would have ended up a little less depressed. I don't mind books that are gruesome and kill off tons of characters; I just like to be prepared and the Hunger Games did not prepare me for this.
Yes, the mutant wolves and killing off 22 characters was bad. And yes she did it in Catching Fire too. Well, Mockingjay is worse. Well, no, she doesn't kill off as many characters, (only about half of what she had left). She just makes you like them more. My complaints about who dies would spoil the book so I won't get into it. Oh, but their deaths are much worse, sometimes seemed pointless to me, and so close together you have no time to absorb it or mourn them. Half the time Katniss doesn't have a chance to mourn them. And then there is a lot more talk about torture. And getting horribly injured. And about killing children. And being insane. I seriously thought Katniss was going to go insane a couple times there; she basically is by the end. Last bad thing; I hate the name Peeta.
Good Stuff; it kept me captivated right to the end. I felt everything Katniss felt, I wanted to know what would happen, I understood why she picked who she picked at the end even though I had previously rooted for the other guy. I did enjoy it, I just think I'll enjoy it a lot more the second time when I know what's coming.
I'd say, if you liked the first two, read the third and be prepared for nightmares. I think the worst part about her books is that I found none of it unrealistic. Half of it is based on the past... I'm on the brink of going too deep but this is my first review and I'm going to save that for now; next up, Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry. Or maybe Brat Farrar by Josephine Tey.
Rating? Good, probably great the second time
Read again? Definitely.
You read? If you enjoy the first two then yes, of course. Otherwise, I would encourage you to try the first two (skip the stuff about clothes if you have to); just be ready for the realistic consequences of war and human nature.
Yes, the mutant wolves and killing off 22 characters was bad. And yes she did it in Catching Fire too. Well, Mockingjay is worse. Well, no, she doesn't kill off as many characters, (only about half of what she had left). She just makes you like them more. My complaints about who dies would spoil the book so I won't get into it. Oh, but their deaths are much worse, sometimes seemed pointless to me, and so close together you have no time to absorb it or mourn them. Half the time Katniss doesn't have a chance to mourn them. And then there is a lot more talk about torture. And getting horribly injured. And about killing children. And being insane. I seriously thought Katniss was going to go insane a couple times there; she basically is by the end. Last bad thing; I hate the name Peeta.
Good Stuff; it kept me captivated right to the end. I felt everything Katniss felt, I wanted to know what would happen, I understood why she picked who she picked at the end even though I had previously rooted for the other guy. I did enjoy it, I just think I'll enjoy it a lot more the second time when I know what's coming.
I'd say, if you liked the first two, read the third and be prepared for nightmares. I think the worst part about her books is that I found none of it unrealistic. Half of it is based on the past... I'm on the brink of going too deep but this is my first review and I'm going to save that for now; next up, Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry. Or maybe Brat Farrar by Josephine Tey.
Rating? Good, probably great the second time
Read again? Definitely.
You read? If you enjoy the first two then yes, of course. Otherwise, I would encourage you to try the first two (skip the stuff about clothes if you have to); just be ready for the realistic consequences of war and human nature.
I like to explain myself
Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?
~ Henry Ward Beecher ~
I laughed when I read this quote because I know several people who can't go into a bookstore without buying something. I am also one of them, but that doesn't matter right now.
This blog is for me to complain about all the bad books I read and tell my and others' opinions about them. If anyone starts reading this I might go into books I've read before that I've hated... but that isn't likely which makes me sad because I like to vent about those... Mostly this will be a record of what I've read and a place for others to tell me what to read. I should have done this years ago...
I will include an overall rating, whether I plan to read it again, and whether you should read it at the end of each review. My ratings will be: Burn it, Bad, Pretty Bad, Boring, Ok, Pretty Good, Good, Great, Holy Cow.
I think I'm already getting addicted to blogging.
~ Henry Ward Beecher ~
I laughed when I read this quote because I know several people who can't go into a bookstore without buying something. I am also one of them, but that doesn't matter right now.
This blog is for me to complain about all the bad books I read and tell my and others' opinions about them. If anyone starts reading this I might go into books I've read before that I've hated... but that isn't likely which makes me sad because I like to vent about those... Mostly this will be a record of what I've read and a place for others to tell me what to read. I should have done this years ago...
I will include an overall rating, whether I plan to read it again, and whether you should read it at the end of each review. My ratings will be: Burn it, Bad, Pretty Bad, Boring, Ok, Pretty Good, Good, Great, Holy Cow.
I think I'm already getting addicted to blogging.
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