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theinquisitxor's Reviews (804)
This was definitely not the book that I was expecting to read based off of its description, however, I pushed through it and was overall disappointed. For some reason, it is supposed to be a big surprise that this book is about vampires. It is not mentioned in the description, and since I am not a big fan of vampire books, I questioned whether to even continue. But I did. It took about the first 200 pages for the main story to start, and I only skimmed about the last 150 pages. I think the story has potential, but everything just fell flat.
Well...this was perfectly creepy and unsettling. A good shorter sci-fi with heavy Lovecraftian themes. Definitely one that leaves you feeling a little strange and unsettled after finishing it. The word “disquiet” keeps popping into my head as well.
I did not read nearly all of the stories in the Canterbury Tales. I was assigned a few for my Brit Lit class and I read and discussed those that were picked. Unlike this edition, I read these stories in their Middle English, which I enjoyed more than I thought I would.
The tales that I read are:
1. The General Prologue
2. The Miller's Prologue and Tale
3. The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale
4. The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale
I plan on reading all the tales at some point in my life, but I think reading these were a good introduction and a good way for me to start understanding Middle English. I really enjoyed reading the Canterbury Tales, probably because I am a huge medieval history nerd, but the wit and humor was way beyond what I was expecting. I'm a fan of you, Geoffrey Chaucer!
The tales that I read are:
1. The General Prologue
2. The Miller's Prologue and Tale
3. The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale
4. The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale
I plan on reading all the tales at some point in my life, but I think reading these were a good introduction and a good way for me to start understanding Middle English. I really enjoyed reading the Canterbury Tales, probably because I am a huge medieval history nerd, but the wit and humor was way beyond what I was expecting. I'm a fan of you, Geoffrey Chaucer!
This book had my attention from the fist line, "They took me in my nightgown." I knew that this story was going to be heartbreaking and I was not wrong. It also doesn't help that I read this during a snowstorm in mid-February. I only vaguely knew the history behind this novel, but learning more about it was very eye-opening. This was also a good break from your typical WW2 book, as it focused on the family of Lina Vilkas, and other Lithuanians, Latvians, Estonians, who were deported from their homeland into labor camps in Siberia. In fact, WW2 is only in the background of this book, and the main focus is on survival and the atrocities of Stalin. Once Lina and her family got to Trofimovsk on the Arctic ocean the story became even more impossibly bleak. I didn't care too much for the ending, because it seemed very abrupt, and I wanted to know more about the characters and what happened to them, and there are some questions left unanswered. But overall this book was very good and held my attention from the first page to the last page. This is an important book, and about a topic that is unknown to many people.
I bought this book when I was abroad over the summer because I like medieval history and I did not know much about Charlemagne. I started reading it now because this week in my Medieval European History class we are learning about the Carolinians. Luckily, I had taken this book to uni with me so I have been able to supplement what I have been learning in class with this book. I also wanted to read the Legends of Charlemagne as collected by Thomas Bullfinch. I needed a basis of factual understanding of who Charlemagne was before reading the Legends.
I though this book was a good comprehensive history of the Emperor. I covered just about everything that could be covered. I did not read ever chapter of this book, but enough to get a good understanding of Charlemagne's life. I do not need to know details about the economy and about all the wars that were fought. From the sections I did read I feel like I have better understanding of this history. However, the authors small anecdotes about specific 20th century events seemed a little out of place when talking about the 8th and 9th century.
I though this book was a good comprehensive history of the Emperor. I covered just about everything that could be covered. I did not read ever chapter of this book, but enough to get a good understanding of Charlemagne's life. I do not need to know details about the economy and about all the wars that were fought. From the sections I did read I feel like I have better understanding of this history. However, the authors small anecdotes about specific 20th century events seemed a little out of place when talking about the 8th and 9th century.
This was...eh. Too much purple prose, actually so much purple prose it made parts difficult to read. Characters fell flat and I have some issues with some stuff. But I thought the world building and Indian mythology was great! So nice to read books that sit outside the Western tradition.
Some other thing I didn’t like
1. The slut shaming/ women shaming.
2. Instant love obsession. Kind was creepy tbh
3. The stupidity of the main character, Maya.
The only good things:
1. Demon horse. She was cool
2. World building
3. Indian mythology
I read this because it was on my TBR for a while and I usually like books with similar tropes. Maybe if I had read it when it was released my 16 year old self would’ve liked it much better, but I have higher standards now. The sequel book actually does look interesting despite how I feel about this one, but I don’t think I’m going to read it. However, I do plan on reading her newest book, the Gilded Wolves because I hear it is much better.
Some other thing I didn’t like
1. The slut shaming/ women shaming.
2. Instant love obsession. Kind was creepy tbh
3. The stupidity of the main character, Maya.
The only good things:
1. Demon horse. She was cool
2. World building
3. Indian mythology
I read this because it was on my TBR for a while and I usually like books with similar tropes. Maybe if I had read it when it was released my 16 year old self would’ve liked it much better, but I have higher standards now. The sequel book actually does look interesting despite how I feel about this one, but I don’t think I’m going to read it. However, I do plan on reading her newest book, the Gilded Wolves because I hear it is much better.
DNF- as much as the way Legends appeared around Charlemagne is fascinating, these are really boring for me to read. Not keen on forcing myself through the stories.
Read this for my Brit Lit Class. I enjoyed discussing Book One more than I enjoyed reading it, but I did overall like the story. I doubt I will ever read the rest of the Faerie Queene on my own unless I read if for a future class.