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I haven't seen the movie before, but I'm really hoping it's better than the book. I found all of the characters to be flat and poorly developed, the plot wasn't very interesting, the setting was boring, writing style wasn't great. There really wasn't anything worth-while about this to be honest. It started off alright in the first couple of chapters but very quickly went downhill. The only reason I bothered finishing it was because it's so short.
There are so many layers to this book that I don't even know where to start.
I had to read Three Day Road for a class I'm taking, and throughout the entirety of it we've had a love/hate relationship. The biggest thing that bothered me was how detached Xavier was for most of the story, but at the same time I realized the purpose his distance served and knew that the book would be entirely different had he been more of a participant. Despite that, Xavier's distance made it very difficult for me to get into the book. It wasn't until the last half that I actually started enjoying it. When everything started falling apart, and as a result all those loose ends came together. Watching both Xavier and Elijah's rapid descent was quite the experience. There were many moments while reading Three Day Road that I was bored out of my mind, but then the next page would be gripping and have me flipping pages as fast as I possibly could. This book made me feel, mostly horror and disgust with the things happening around them, and quite often with what Elijah had been up to in his spare time. The relationship between Xavier and Elijah, as well as Xavier and Niska were so deep and interesting that I'm actually looking forward to writing this essay on their bonds.
Overall, I can't really decide if I loved or hated Three Day Road. But I'm still giving it 4 stars because, despite my occasional boredom, this novel is actually very compelling once you get into it. The amount of symbolism and word play and references to past events of the novel were endless and fascinating. Boyden is a genius storyteller, with the capability of weaving so many narratives into other narratives within yet another narrative, and doing so in a way that is not difficult to follow and somehow makes sense by the end of it.
I had to read Three Day Road for a class I'm taking, and throughout the entirety of it we've had a love/hate relationship. The biggest thing that bothered me was how detached Xavier was for most of the story, but at the same time I realized the purpose his distance served and knew that the book would be entirely different had he been more of a participant. Despite that, Xavier's distance made it very difficult for me to get into the book. It wasn't until the last half that I actually started enjoying it. When everything started falling apart, and as a result all those loose ends came together. Watching both Xavier and Elijah's rapid descent was quite the experience. There were many moments while reading Three Day Road that I was bored out of my mind, but then the next page would be gripping and have me flipping pages as fast as I possibly could. This book made me feel, mostly horror and disgust with the things happening around them, and quite often with what Elijah had been up to in his spare time. The relationship between Xavier and Elijah, as well as Xavier and Niska were so deep and interesting that I'm actually looking forward to writing this essay on their bonds.
Overall, I can't really decide if I loved or hated Three Day Road. But I'm still giving it 4 stars because, despite my occasional boredom, this novel is actually very compelling once you get into it. The amount of symbolism and word play and references to past events of the novel were endless and fascinating. Boyden is a genius storyteller, with the capability of weaving so many narratives into other narratives within yet another narrative, and doing so in a way that is not difficult to follow and somehow makes sense by the end of it.
I had to read this novel for a class I'm taking on fairy tales, and honestly I didn't think I was going to like it. I'm not big on children's literature so I wasn't looking forward to reading this, but I was pleasantly surprised! At first the writing style, which is very repetitive, annoyed me. But after a little while I got used to it and actually started enjoying it. Haroun and the Sea of Stories is charming, entertaining, and provides a lot of good lessons for both children and adults.
This is definitely better as a spoken word poem, but it's still enjoyable in print.
DNF at 16%
The angst, the drama, the annoying characters, THE CLICHES. No thanks.
The angst, the drama, the annoying characters, THE CLICHES. No thanks.
DNF at 37%
I know this is super short but my god it's so boring that I can't get through it.
I know this is super short but my god it's so boring that I can't get through it.