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matt_and_cheez's Reviews (493)
This book gave me great insight into the practices of Buddhism.
This book was beautifully written. Even with its translation into english, it retained its wonder. It had me reading into the night and for hours during the day. The characters cannot be forgotten and the plot will stay in my mind for the rest of my life. I am sure the other two books in the series will be just as good... or better.
To me, a circus is just a big show of cruelty under a tent. But my dislike of them did nothing to ruin this book for me. Water for Elephants has to be one of the greatest books I've ever read. The characters are vivid and unforgetable, human and animal. Yes, the animals are treated very badly at times, and I don't normally read or watch anything with animal abuse, but the story was so enthralling that I pushed through the stuff that was hard to read just so I could see what happened next. A circus during the Great Depression, that's pretty unique. I'm definitely going to give Gruen's other books a try!
This isn't your average fantasy epic. Here, "magic" is done by sucking the color out of objects and taking "breath" away from people. Gods are real and not as godly as one might imagine. The story contains three storylines, never letting a dull moment slip in. Worthy of 5 stars.
Collins surely did not slow down her fast paced writing in the sequel to Hunger Games. The reader gets more clues about the history of Panem and continues with Katniss and her friends on the journey to rebellion. Many moments are surprising in this novel, leaving no room for boredom. What the Capitol has up its sleeves in this installation of the Hunger Games series is shocking and forces the reader to keep turning pages. I'm sure that Mockingjay will not disappoint.
This is my first taste of Manga. I am a very versatile reader and I like to try different genres once in a while. The fact that one must read from right to left in these Japanese comics was not too difficult to master. The thing that got me was the overload of illustrations. I know that comics are essentially pictures, but after having read pictureless books for years, the adjustment was difficult. I can only read these in short bursts.
As for this piece itself, I found the story to be average, but a little cheesy. It was strangely religious in nature and the idea behind it all was odd. Mythical creatures coming to life and putting Manhattan under siege was not a very enticing storyline for me. While not the best representation from the world of manga, this rather large novel was readable.
As for this piece itself, I found the story to be average, but a little cheesy. It was strangely religious in nature and the idea behind it all was odd. Mythical creatures coming to life and putting Manhattan under siege was not a very enticing storyline for me. While not the best representation from the world of manga, this rather large novel was readable.
I absolutely don't know what to say about this one. I had really no idea where the story was headed, I had a very hard time figuring out what exactly was going on, and I really don't get why everyone was fighting in giant robots. I think it is partly due to my being a new manga reader, and should probably have read it more slowly to take in all of the illustrations. But the story was still strange. But Perhaps all manga stories are strange.
This volume of manga had a story that reminded me somewhat of the video game series "Kingdom Hearts." It was good enough to force me to buy the next one in the series.
This is the true story version of Memoirs of a Geisha. I can see the uncanny parallels between the two, and recently found out that Arthur Golden actually was partly inspired by Mineko Iwasaki. Her life is chronicled beautifully in this autobiography, as is the stunning culture of a nation that is not widely understood here in the west. I found it surprising that Geisha still were relatively mainstream even thirty years ago.
Again Steibeck amazes me with his original style and unique ideas in his writing. Cannery Row, while short, delves into the simple, yet complex lives of poor Americans during the Depression. His setting of the uncharted and untamed west is unique to anything else I have read. This novel is a must for any Steinbeck fan.