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Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll
4.0
Not as tight as the first and a bit too loopy.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
5.0
Trippy, wild and faintly gothic, but cheerful. Love it.
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo
emotional
sad
slow-paced
2.0
Most. Depressing. Book. Ever.
EVERYONE dies.
Plus, an entire, long chapter describing the view of Paris from the top of the Notre Dame?
Plus, an entire, long chapter describing the view of Paris from the top of the Notre Dame?
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
5.0
Even though I skipped all the songs, I loved it and want to read it again and again.
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
slow-paced
3.0
There are perhaps less than 5 books that I would say are worse than the screen/dramatic adaptations.
This was the first I encountered. I watched the movie when I was 10. Yes, our parents' idea of child-appropriate entertainment was a bit loose when I was growing up. Anyway, I LOVED the movie. As odd as it was to hear an American accent from an italian novitiate monk, it was a good, if gruesome, movie.
The book, by contrast, was boring. All I remember was a lot of expsition and historical detail and far less story or character development. Definitely no monk-village girl trysts.
I read one other book by Eco and that was even more boring. He seems to like putting all his research into his novels. Some may enjoy reading a history book disguised as a novel. I don't.
This was the first I encountered. I watched the movie when I was 10. Yes, our parents' idea of child-appropriate entertainment was a bit loose when I was growing up. Anyway, I LOVED the movie. As odd as it was to hear an American accent from an italian novitiate monk, it was a good, if gruesome, movie.
The book, by contrast, was boring. All I remember was a lot of expsition and historical detail and far less story or character development. Definitely no monk-village girl trysts.
I read one other book by Eco and that was even more boring. He seems to like putting all his research into his novels. Some may enjoy reading a history book disguised as a novel. I don't.
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
3.0
When I first read it, I was enthralled and gave it 5stars. Then I reread it again years later and was disappointed. The writing was not as good as I remembered. The characters were less likeable than I thought and so I rooted for them less. I was disturbed by the romance between such a young girl and a much older man. I was also disturbed the the relationships that were seen as "normal", that in the end, "getting the man" for a geisha meant being his mistress for the rest of her life.