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Review Date: 11/27/2023
This was a painful read. I had hope after the first 2 book but was worried that there was no way to conclude the trilogy without a Deus Ex Machina move and I was right. VanderMeer does not do a Deus Ex Machina move to conclude the book to his credit but he failed to conclude the book. There are more open thread at the beginning of the book that at the end. I was very disappointed because we spent so much time on the obvious (Saul becoming the crawler) and had so many unanswered question (Who is Henry? What is Severance doing with S&SB? What happened to Control? Why do the biologist look the way she does? etc.) that it left a bad taste in my mouth as I finished the book. I guess we must accept that VenderMeek has no idea how to finish and complete the trilogy so he does. He does not even define what is Area X. As I said earlier, a painful read.
Review Date: 3/26/2023
Very disappointing! What happens in the book can be summarized in a paragraph. The rest is just slow and at times a little uninteresting. But the one thing that annoyed me the most was that at the end of the book you know much less that you started with. There are so many unanswered questions, I felt cheated.
It felt that I was 200 pages in a 600 pages book except the book is only 200 pages. The only character we go deep into in the narrator. The action of the other actors in the book makes little sense. When I finished the book, I was thinking "Wait, where is the rest?". Read at your own risk.
It felt that I was 200 pages in a 600 pages book except the book is only 200 pages. The only character we go deep into in the narrator. The action of the other actors in the book makes little sense. When I finished the book, I was thinking "Wait, where is the rest?". Read at your own risk.
Review Date: 8/14/2023
This is the follow-up to Annihilation and before Acceptance in the Southern Reach Trilogy. We follow Control who is taking over as the director of the Southern Reach as he is trying to figure out what has been happening in Area X. The relationship with the first book is minimal and it does not answer many of the questions from Book 1 and asks a few more of its own. I guess that all we be answered in Book 3 (I sincerely hope).
I wish that all 3 books would have been issued as a single book because on their own the books make little sense.
I wish that all 3 books would have been issued as a single book because on their own the books make little sense.
Review Date: 4/23/2006
Cover has slight damage
Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself
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Review Date: 3/31/2023
A fantastic book for codependents like me. This book opened my eyes and my situation, my behavior and years of misery. I realized that the one thing I could change and control was just myself. I had spent all my life trying to control and change other only to fail miserably. The book is based on alcoholism but applies to every kind of addiction. It is strongly inspired by the Al Anon principles.
Dinosaurs: A Nonfiction Companion to Dinosaurs Before Dark (Magic Tree House Fact Finder, Bk 1)
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Review Date: 5/13/2006
2 in 1 book. Contains the MAgic Tree House #1: Dinosaurs Before Dark
Review Date: 5/13/2006
This also contains the Magic Tree House #1 "Dinosaurs before dark"
Review Date: 7/31/2006
the saga starts ,, the seeds of evil are planted and our heroes are starting to make choice that will cost them latter ... The incredible great beginning of this series ... enjoy all characters as they will not all last the series ... a must for any fantasy fan ....
Review Date: 7/31/2006
Helpful Score: 1
The end of the War of the Lance .... Weis and Hickman delivers a beautfiul ending, with the usual twist and turn and plant the seed for the Dragonlance legends series ....
Review Date: 7/31/2006
Helpful Score: 1
PArt 2 of the series ... THe shadow of evil grows bigger ... Heroes will face test and lose friends ... War will shape will and tougher up them all ... all will face choice with incredible consequences for Krynn ,, Tas as usual will be the most unsung and yet the most critical ... Tanis will continue his uncertainty and cost a friend to lose his life ... Wonderful work by Weis and Hickman ...
Review Date: 3/16/2025
I read the book because I LOVED angel heart when it came out in the 1980s.
The movie is quite different than the book as one would expect but it is not my issue with the book. My main issue with the book is that it is not as suspenseful and scary as the film.
The story is similar but the book fails in my opinion to create than sense of scare and dread.
There are some nasty scenes that were more disgusting than scary which took from the book (but the movie smartly ignored) overall pleasure.
I would have probably had different expectations had I not seen the movie before.
The movie is quite different than the book as one would expect but it is not my issue with the book. My main issue with the book is that it is not as suspenseful and scary as the film.
The story is similar but the book fails in my opinion to create than sense of scare and dread.
There are some nasty scenes that were more disgusting than scary which took from the book (but the movie smartly ignored) overall pleasure.
I would have probably had different expectations had I not seen the movie before.
Review Date: 5/9/2006
A great insight on mental illness i nthe 70's .. very different from the movie.
Review Date: 3/16/2025
I decided to read this book because of the buzz it got. And I am so sorry I did.
Once the gimmick of the story telling (the Navidson House and the Narrator) wears off, you are stuck dealing with the fake academic citations and the strange organization of the words on the pages, which culminates with a single word on a single page.
I did not connect at all with the characters nor the story. I was hoping that I will have some scares but instead I got boredom. The idea of the closet opening to another dimension or whatever (never explained, not that it matters) got old very fast.
The only reason I finished the book is because I kept expecting that it would become good, given how so many people worship that book.
To me it is a book of gimmick and I wish I could be the time I wasted reading it back. It felt like a carnival game where you know you are wasting your time and your money but you hope that you will get lucky.
The author is a master swindler.
Once the gimmick of the story telling (the Navidson House and the Narrator) wears off, you are stuck dealing with the fake academic citations and the strange organization of the words on the pages, which culminates with a single word on a single page.
I did not connect at all with the characters nor the story. I was hoping that I will have some scares but instead I got boredom. The idea of the closet opening to another dimension or whatever (never explained, not that it matters) got old very fast.
The only reason I finished the book is because I kept expecting that it would become good, given how so many people worship that book.
To me it is a book of gimmick and I wish I could be the time I wasted reading it back. It felt like a carnival game where you know you are wasting your time and your money but you hope that you will get lucky.
The author is a master swindler.
Review Date: 3/16/2025
An incredible book! I did not know anything about what happened on Mount Everest that day. It was recommended to me and although I am not into mountaineering, I trusted the recommendation.
And I am so glad I did. The book is beautifully written and extremely engaging. This feels like fiction and you need to remind yourself that this is a tragic story of a real people.
The author taught me a lot about the world of high peak climbing and the various forces at work which sometimes lead to the disaster covered in that book.
Jon Krakauer is 100% honest about what he saw and his role in the tragedy.
The pictures in the book heightened the sense of the tragedy.
I found it telling that after dreaming all of his life to reach to top of Mount Everest, he spends 5 minutes or less when he is there.
And I learned that the danger is not on the climb up, but the climb down.
Recommended read regardless of the style of book you enhoy.
And I am so glad I did. The book is beautifully written and extremely engaging. This feels like fiction and you need to remind yourself that this is a tragic story of a real people.
The author taught me a lot about the world of high peak climbing and the various forces at work which sometimes lead to the disaster covered in that book.
Jon Krakauer is 100% honest about what he saw and his role in the tragedy.
The pictures in the book heightened the sense of the tragedy.
I found it telling that after dreaming all of his life to reach to top of Mount Everest, he spends 5 minutes or less when he is there.
And I learned that the danger is not on the climb up, but the climb down.
Recommended read regardless of the style of book you enhoy.
Review Date: 3/26/2023
It is a great idea for a satire where people are literally married to their employers (they take their last name e.g. Hark Nike) and the government as well as the police is privatized. It is set in a world where American ideals have won the world (Except for these European Socialists). It is brilliant set up and the book starts very well but in the middle of the book, it loses its mojo and becomes a large melting pot of non-sense. This disappointed me as was very intrigued by the set up and really liked the book at the beginning only to lose interest in the middle and finish the plot just to see how `bad the ending will be. This could have been a great book.
Review Date: 5/9/2006
Heart breaking and heart warming at the same time. Pelzer is a hell of a great man.
Review Date: 3/16/2025
The book starts very well as we discover with the main character the occult part of that world. The British humor works well and if you know London, the street and site references are fun.
However, 2/3 into the novel, the magic stops working (pun intended).
As we get closer to solving the mystery, the jokes fall flat and the character development disappears.
I finished the book hoping for a comeback but it did not happen for me.
The series is very successful so this book must works for a lot of people. It did not work for me unfortunately.
However, 2/3 into the novel, the magic stops working (pun intended).
As we get closer to solving the mystery, the jokes fall flat and the character development disappears.
I finished the book hoping for a comeback but it did not happen for me.
The series is very successful so this book must works for a lot of people. It did not work for me unfortunately.
Review Date: 4/23/2006
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Review Date: 7/31/2006
Helpful Score: 1
Sachar deliversa again with the kids at Wayside school ... hilarious ... simply hilarious ...
Review Date: 3/16/2025
I loved that book. It tells a story of what happens to earth if a zombie "virus" would take over.
It is written interview style which each chapter with a unique character.
It is similar to WWII, where the menace is ignored at the beginning, then we have enormous losses, then the resistance organizes and finally victory.
It respects zombie cannon without falling into the stupidity of recent zombie movies (e.g. every shot is a head shot).
If you accept the principle of the story, it makes a lot of sense.
The movie with Brad Pitt was a total disaster and did not give the honor that such a fun book deserves.
It is written interview style which each chapter with a unique character.
It is similar to WWII, where the menace is ignored at the beginning, then we have enormous losses, then the resistance organizes and finally victory.
It respects zombie cannon without falling into the stupidity of recent zombie movies (e.g. every shot is a head shot).
If you accept the principle of the story, it makes a lot of sense.
The movie with Brad Pitt was a total disaster and did not give the honor that such a fun book deserves.
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