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As far as misleading blurbs go, the blurb for this book takes the cake. The book is not even remotely like what is hinted at. Also, it is incredibly boring. I am probably in minority here, what with everyone praising and giving the book 5 stars. But honestly, I didn't care for the characters, found the plot vanilla, and the ending a bit too convenient.
Loved revisiting the wonderful wizarding world. Mixed feelings about the story though.
P.S: Scorpius is adorable!
P.S: Scorpius is adorable!
The things this book does to your emotions! Mine feel like Carpaccio right now.
Well done Ms. Hoover, well done indeed.
Well done Ms. Hoover, well done indeed.
American Gods is not an easy book to read in the sense that you need an infinite amount of patience to focus on the dreamy, ever-meandering prose. But it more than makes up for its inconsequential flaws in terms of plot and substance.
The book is such a creepfest that I couldn't believe Gaiman of Anansi Boys and Sandman Chronicles wrote. Then again, only he is capable of writing about Gods of the world withering away in America and turn it into one hell of a dark fantasy. Gaiman, in what I now realise is his classic style, creates a dreary and iniquitous world for the once-powerful Gods and their struggle for survival evokes both sympathy and revulsion in equal doses. My favourite parts were chapters that narrated how ancients Gods of other lands ended up travelling to America. Though I didn't really care for Shadow or Wednesday, it was the intrigue that made me go on.
Move over Coraline, I have a new Gaiman favourite.
The book is such a creepfest that I couldn't believe Gaiman of Anansi Boys and Sandman Chronicles wrote. Then again, only he is capable of writing about Gods of the world withering away in America and turn it into one hell of a dark fantasy. Gaiman, in what I now realise is his classic style, creates a dreary and iniquitous world for the once-powerful Gods and their struggle for survival evokes both sympathy and revulsion in equal doses. My favourite parts were chapters that narrated how ancients Gods of other lands ended up travelling to America. Though I didn't really care for Shadow or Wednesday, it was the intrigue that made me go on.
Move over Coraline, I have a new Gaiman favourite.
What makes me go back to reading In Death series, even though the books are predictable (and perhaps repetitive) is the characters - Snarky Eve, Smart-ass (but smoking hot) Roarke, annoying yet reliable Peabody, and the assortment of others.
Exactly what this installment is missing!! This book easily could've been just another lazy Saturday night read. It didn't HAVE to be an Eve Dallas. Sure there's a semblance of a plot, some high-octane drama, racy action, but all the elements, the characters, the humor that make an Eve Dallas novel are nowhere to be found.
I really hope this series won't go the way the latest NR books are going. That'd be a damn shame.
Exactly what this installment is missing!! This book easily could've been just another lazy Saturday night read. It didn't HAVE to be an Eve Dallas. Sure there's a semblance of a plot, some high-octane drama, racy action, but all the elements, the characters, the humor that make an Eve Dallas novel are nowhere to be found.
I really hope this series won't go the way the latest NR books are going. That'd be a damn shame.
