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The Stand by Stephen King
4.0
I'm finding it difficult to write a review for such a long and such a beloved book, but I will make an attempt. First, my reading experience this time as opposed to my first time in 2017/2018 are the complete opposite. I DNF'd it the first time because the super long (and honestly boring) chapters at the beginning of book II killed the momentum for me. This time, though, I adored the character and plot development as well as the world-building in the second book.
While I loved my reading experience this time, when I reflect on the book as a whole, I still feel as though I didn't love it to the degree other constant readers do. I felt like the climax of the book in Vegas with the bomb was so anticlimactic and lacked the brilliance the climax of a 1400-page book should pack. Anyways, onward to The Eyes of the Dragon and The Gunslinger!
While I loved my reading experience this time, when I reflect on the book as a whole, I still feel as though I didn't love it to the degree other constant readers do. I felt like the climax of the book in Vegas with the bomb was so anticlimactic and lacked the brilliance the climax of a 1400-page book should pack. Anyways, onward to The Eyes of the Dragon and The Gunslinger!
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
4.0
this book still makes me want to read Gone with the Wind and drink Pepsi
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
3.0
While I can understand the significance and almost clairvoyance of this novel when it was releases and even the eerie predictions it made nowadays, I found many sections in this book slow and a slog to get through.
Great ending though!
Great ending though!
Dracula by Bram Stoker
3.0
The atmosphere in this book is so palpable and has yet to be matched by any horror i’ve read since reading this. It was slow but so enjoyable.
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
3.0
Bradbury enjoys a good rain after an atomic bomb-ravaged city, doesn't he? There Will Come Soft Rains, anyone?
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
3.0
I don’t know, I think the plot of the book is way more interesting than the delivery. I thought the delivery was very slow and a bit boring, but the idea of a country made up of genetically cloned and engineered citizens (down to the last detail) is terrifying. I just wish there was more unrest in this world, but I guess that’s what makes it more horrifying.
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
4.0
Okay... that was stunning. Was it supposed to be funny? I laughed out loud more times than I could count on both hands. I loved how self-absorbed Dorian Gray was, he was so interesting. I need to read Wilde’s plays now.