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3.85 AVERAGE
3.85 AVERAGE
کتاب بسیار خوبی بود، و در عین حال آزاردهنده. از اونجایی که سبک کتاب تریلر روانشناسانه ست پس احتمالا باید انتظار همچین چیزی رو داشته باشید. نویسنده بسیار خوب و از دریچه ی چشم هر دو نفر، زندانی و گروگانگیر، همه چیز رو توصیف کرده بود. پس تونستیم دیدی عجیب و به شدت واقعی به ماجرا داشته باشیم و هراز چندگاهی به شدت منقلب بشیم.
با میراندا احساس ارتباط شدیدی داشتم. خیلی عقاید یکسانی داشتیم و نگاه مشابهی به خیلی از مسائل داشتیم، و این موضوع باعث شده بود بیشتر از همیشه خودم رو جای شخصیت بذارم و در نتیجه ی این کار بیشتر منقلب شدم. و خیلی دردناک بودن ببینی کسی که انقدر سرشار از زندگیه، انقدر پر از امید و آرزو و هدفه زندانی کسی بشه که از هیچ کدوم از این ویژگی ها بویی نبرده.
ترجمه خلاف انتظارم خیلی باکیفیت نبود. من قبلا از کارهای آقای خاکسار خونده بودم و خیلی از این بهتر بودند، و این حالتی داشت انگار سرسری ترجمه شده. اما به قدری کتاب خوب بود که می شد نواقص جزئی ترجمه رو نادیده گرفت، و در واقع شاید انتظارم از ترجمه بیشتر از این بوده و اونقدرها هم ترجمه ی بدی نبوده.
تشویقتون می کنم که حتما این کتاب رو مطالعه کنید، تجربه ی جالب، عالی و آزار دهنده ای بود. دوست داشتم.
با میراندا احساس ارتباط شدیدی داشتم. خیلی عقاید یکسانی داشتیم و نگاه مشابهی به خیلی از مسائل داشتیم، و این موضوع باعث شده بود بیشتر از همیشه خودم رو جای شخصیت بذارم و در نتیجه ی این کار بیشتر منقلب شدم. و خیلی دردناک بودن ببینی کسی که انقدر سرشار از زندگیه، انقدر پر از امید و آرزو و هدفه زندانی کسی بشه که از هیچ کدوم از این ویژگی ها بویی نبرده.
ترجمه خلاف انتظارم خیلی باکیفیت نبود. من قبلا از کارهای آقای خاکسار خونده بودم و خیلی از این بهتر بودند، و این حالتی داشت انگار سرسری ترجمه شده. اما به قدری کتاب خوب بود که می شد نواقص جزئی ترجمه رو نادیده گرفت، و در واقع شاید انتظارم از ترجمه بیشتر از این بوده و اونقدرها هم ترجمه ی بدی نبوده.
تشویقتون می کنم که حتما این کتاب رو مطالعه کنید، تجربه ی جالب، عالی و آزار دهنده ای بود. دوست داشتم.
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The Collector is my favourite book of all time. I highly recommend watching the film with Terrence Stamp if you enjoy this!
John Fowles, I was not ready for you. Every review I've seen describes the book for its basic premise: a man abducts a young woman he's obsessed with in hopes of making her fall in love with him over time. But here's another thing: it's a psychological and philosophical work that juxtaposes British lower and upper middle class of the time, as well as examines the way we idealize not only others but also ourselves, the way we justify our actions and decisions. Because of this, the novel kept making me think back to Nabokov's Lolita and the way that novel examines the mind of its narrator.
Speaking of the narrator, I found the decision to tell the story twice, from two different perspectives, very interesting. It not only provided the perspective of the victim, which played into the themes of the book and introduced a much more complex character than a typical "victim" of an abductor, but also showed a completely different side and style of the author's writing. Actually, I still have no idea what his style is like, with the two perspectives being so strikingly different.
The ending is absolutely chilling. Even though it's generally what you expect, reading it made me feel very uneasy and left me in need of a shower. I'll definitely be reading more John Fowles in the future!
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Speaking of the narrator, I found the decision to tell the story twice, from two different perspectives, very interesting. It not only provided the perspective of the victim, which played into the themes of the book and introduced a much more complex character than a typical "victim" of an abductor, but also showed a completely different side and style of the author's writing. Actually, I still have no idea what his style is like, with the two perspectives being so strikingly different.
The ending is absolutely chilling. Even though it's generally what you expect, reading it made me feel very uneasy and left me in need of a shower. I'll definitely be reading more John Fowles in the future!
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dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
*Maybe Spoilers - not really though* This book is incredible. I have read it twice and the second time was better than the first. I learned so much more about Ferdinand/Clegg/Caliban and found him so much more interesting than Miranda. His perspective is so interesting and you can actually empathize with him, however delusional and wrong he was to do what he did. I loved the writing in this novel. It makes the reader feel very intimate with the characters and feel like you are there in that house and cellar. Everything about this book is good. Read it at least once - if not twice. I have to admit, it can be a depressing read. But the second go-around was less depressing because I knew the ending so I was able to delve more into the minds of the characters and care less about whether she ever got out or not. Read this book!
This book is about a rich man who collects butterflies and becomes obsessed with an art student and kidnaps her. The first section of the book is told from the man’s pov, the second part is the woman’s pov as she writes in a journal while captive, then the ending is from the man’s pov again. The middle dragged a bit for me because a lot of it retells what was already told in the first part. There isn’t much violence, it’s mostly psychologically difficult and sad. There’s a feeling of dread throughout the story, I wanted to know what was going to happen in the end, and it was interesting to learn about the two characters. I recommend this book if you like psychological thrillers and getting into the mind of an obsessive and odd person.
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
medium-paced