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Racconti di Diavoli e una favola by Robert Louis Stevenson
dark
inspiring
reflective
tense
fast-paced
4.0
Another Country by Julian Mitchell
challenging
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Gwendy's Button Box by Stephen King, Richard Chizmar
dark
inspiring
mysterious
relaxing
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Hollow City by Ransom Riggs
4.0
When I have purchased the first volume of the Miss Peregrine’s series, honestly, I was a bit skeptical. Then, I have loved the characters, their stories, the settings, and couldn’t stop reading - I wanted more.
Hollow City is great!
Once at the last page, I was so curious I couldn’t wait to go ahead reading!
Hollow City is great!
Once at the last page, I was so curious I couldn’t wait to go ahead reading!
La biblioteca delle anime by Barbara Bonadeo, Ransom Riggs
5.0
Third and last chapter of the first trilogy of the Miss Peregrine’s series.
We are travelling through times and events - from the WWII to the present, and all the knots get untied. We get to know more about Miss P, her story, and - at the end of the book - you find yourself realizing that true friends might move heaven and earth to help you out.
I have also loved the pictures!
I can’t believe how perfectly they match the story line and show up at the perfect time!
Wow!
We are travelling through times and events - from the WWII to the present, and all the knots get untied. We get to know more about Miss P, her story, and - at the end of the book - you find yourself realizing that true friends might move heaven and earth to help you out.
I have also loved the pictures!
I can’t believe how perfectly they match the story line and show up at the perfect time!
Wow!
A Map of Days by Ransom Riggs
4.0
And when you thought it was all over... here we go again!
So, leave behind the WWII and Old England fascinating landscapes, and jump into the ‘60s... across the USA!
And to add a little spice, get ready to step into a completely new world of chaos.
Here there are no Ymbrynes watching over their Peculiars, protecting them and running the time-loops to keep them safe. No way. It’s a new day, Jacob’s and his friends will be on the tracks of the American Peculiars to safe, but will soon realize that not all of them want to be saved.
A new main character pops up: Noor!
She looks fantastic and amazing from any point of view, and... No Spoilers!
Get to read this!
So, leave behind the WWII and Old England fascinating landscapes, and jump into the ‘60s... across the USA!
And to add a little spice, get ready to step into a completely new world of chaos.
Here there are no Ymbrynes watching over their Peculiars, protecting them and running the time-loops to keep them safe. No way. It’s a new day, Jacob’s and his friends will be on the tracks of the American Peculiars to safe, but will soon realize that not all of them want to be saved.
A new main character pops up: Noor!
She looks fantastic and amazing from any point of view, and... No Spoilers!
Get to read this!
La conferenza delle Ymbryne by Ransom Riggs
5.0
Chapter #5 - here we go again!
Jacob and Noor are on the run, the old Peculiar’s World in England is collapsing under the political pressures on the Ymbrynes’ back, and we move from time loop to time loop across USA.
Of course there is romance, of course there is action, of course someone is gonna depart. And you dive into this fantasy world, you imagine it, you live in it - breath with the other characters, share food with them and, above all, feel what they feel - when you get to the last page and... where is the rest of the book? Do I really have to wait for another year?
5 books and I am still so eager to read more!
Love this book, loved the whole books series.
Can’t wait to have book 6 into my hands!
Jacob and Noor are on the run, the old Peculiar’s World in England is collapsing under the political pressures on the Ymbrynes’ back, and we move from time loop to time loop across USA.
Of course there is romance, of course there is action, of course someone is gonna depart. And you dive into this fantasy world, you imagine it, you live in it - breath with the other characters, share food with them and, above all, feel what they feel - when you get to the last page and... where is the rest of the book? Do I really have to wait for another year?
5 books and I am still so eager to read more!
Love this book, loved the whole books series.
Can’t wait to have book 6 into my hands!
Tales of the Peculiar by Ransom Riggs
5.0
“Homo sum, humani nihil alienum a me puto.”
Questo l’incipit del libro. La mia citazione preferita, e direi che va già benissimo così!
I racconti sono bellissimi - alcuni li conosciamo dai libri, altri sono inediti. Qualcuno ha un risvolto un po’ grottesco e raccapricciante - come del resto lo sono anche alcune favole dei Grimm.
Bellissimo!
È un modo stupendo per addentrarci ancor meglio nel mondo degli Speciali, delle loro leggende, delle favole della buonanotte.
Consigliatissimo!
Questo l’incipit del libro. La mia citazione preferita, e direi che va già benissimo così!
I racconti sono bellissimi - alcuni li conosciamo dai libri, altri sono inediti. Qualcuno ha un risvolto un po’ grottesco e raccapricciante - come del resto lo sono anche alcune favole dei Grimm.
Bellissimo!
È un modo stupendo per addentrarci ancor meglio nel mondo degli Speciali, delle loro leggende, delle favole della buonanotte.
Consigliatissimo!
Laurie by Stephen King
4.0
Il lutto è un’onda che travolge, sconvolge tutti i piani di una vita, e spesso lascia la porta spalancata alla depressione, silenziosa amica a cui aggrapparsi in quei momenti in cui ci si rende conto che la casa è vuota, che non si presta più attenzione ai gorgoglii dello stomaco vuoto perché il cibo ha perso sapore. Sono quei momenti in cui ci si alza dal letto al mattino solo per abitudine e le gambe si muovono per inerzia.
E quanto potrebbe cambiare lo scenario se all’improvviso arrivasse un batuffolo di pelo e orecchie?
Ovviamente, non sarebbe Stephen King se non ci fosse un risvolto tragico e grottesco - e lo amo anche per questo!
E quanto potrebbe cambiare lo scenario se all’improvviso arrivasse un batuffolo di pelo e orecchie?
Ovviamente, non sarebbe Stephen King se non ci fosse un risvolto tragico e grottesco - e lo amo anche per questo!