It's so satisfying to be absorbed in a book that you just can't stop and just lose yourself completely. I had no idea what this book was about, I just It's so satisfying to be absorbed in a book that you just can't stop and just lose yourself completely. I had no idea what this book was about, I just saw fantasy and high average rating and I went in head first and I suggest you do the same. Don't even read the synopsis.
This was one of my all-time character developments. Senlin is such a relatable character and one I've been actively searching for, it's been some time since I wanted a fictional best friend. His honesty and sincerity to the point of naivety is something that I just so adore in characters, and for him to notice these things and be able to grow was just everything, EVERYTHING I wanted on a character, never mind the plot or the absolutely phenomenal writing, Senlin is enough for me to recommend this to you right here and right now.
My thoughts are all over the place atm but I shall try and write a review soon....more
In case you're wondering, this book is nonfiction about the real life of a Muslim woman who swore an oath to the prophet, fought in wars, got injured In case you're wondering, this book is nonfiction about the real life of a Muslim woman who swore an oath to the prophet, fought in wars, got injured severely, lost a hand, fought against armored men without armor, fought against men on horses and camels, lost sons in battle and one was chopped to pieces and she told fleeing men "What habit is this? What's it with you and fleeing" All that was in the year 625 and after. They called her Umm 'Umara. Her name was Nusaybah bint Ka'ab....more
Oh My God I'll reread this as soon as I possibly can!
The most underrated book I ever read! This is actually inspiring me to create an understated shelf, Oh My God I'll reread this as soon as I possibly can!
The most underrated book I ever read! This is actually inspiring me to create an understated shelf, even if it has only this book. This book has 690 ratings, 690??!!!! Even I the dorkiest guy ever has 612 friends here.
Okay, so what's all the screaming and exclamation marks are for? They are for the friendship, they are for the perfect sibling relationships, they are for not making your characters annoyingly perfect and they are for the awesomeness and joy of my favorite winter read. I honestly didn't expect this to be the perfect timing to read this, I somehow thought this is going to be a summer read but it wasn't. Honestly, it's like everything came together just so I have the best time reading this.
So, Kat and Meg Conquer the World is about two girls one has anxiety and the other has ADHD. They end up pairing for a science project and unlikely friendship blossoms, nourished by their love for a video game and the youtuber that plays it. I'm doing a terrible job explaining what's so good about this, so here's a list of the things that usually bother me with some contemporaries. 1- A love interest that steals the show from family and friends. 2- You know when the MC goes to a talent show and wins the whole thing, yeah that. 3- O the so annoyingly girl hate for a trash of a guy, why? why?!!! 4- The perfect romance, I mean these are teens there's going to a fair amount of heartbreak and not everyone is matched perfectly.
This book has almost nothing of that! The friendship is wholesome and it's the main point of the book, there are no talent shows but there's a science fair and I loved how it was handled, I'm not spoiling you maybe they won, maybe they haven't but I loved how that helped the story. NO GIRL HATE WHATSOEVER!! And finally, there's a fair amount of heartbreak.
The characters in this book are my absolute favorite. Kat and Meg are the best but seriously everyone was great. The grandad, Kat's brother and Meg's siblings too, I loved them all. Even their friends were amazing. The other thing I loved is how there are no bullies or your typical cheerleader divas, I mean bullying is an important issue that I like seeing discussed but tbh growing up I didn't see that, at least not in school and if anyone was going to be bullied it was me XD
I loved Meg and her hyperactivity, keeping up with her was hard and a whole lot of fun. It helped Kat get out of her comfort zone and be more social and I loved loved loved her character development. Seriously the thing that I loved about her is also what I hoped she changes, I mean this was freakin amazing to do in a small book like this. Kat, on the other hand, was what pull Meg back down to earth and of course I mean that in the best way possible. She was her anchor, and she was always there. She was brave and I love her!
The writing in this book is great. I don't know how to explain it but it's in the small things, my attention would drift off sometimes but the book always pulled me back to focus. I forgot to highlight some of those moments but one of them is Kat being upset and she tried to bake but forgot the yeast so she dumped that dough in the trash, and the scene was so real to me, I visualized it so vividly.
I pull the white garbage bin out from under the sink, invert the silver bowl, and smack the bottom until gravity draws the mass into the garbage bag with a thump.
The thump at the end is what made it for me XD
Meg's siblings were adorable and I loved them, we didn't get much of them but I was happy with every scene we had. Kat's relationship with her brother is phenomenal and it's a lot like mine and my sister. I absolutely adored it and it's one of the parts that made the book for me. I mean look how cute this is.
For the rest of the school day and my entire bus ride home, I sing in my head, to the tune of “O Christmas Tree”: O Luke is home. O Luke is home. It’s Christmas break and Luke is home.
I'm dead!
Here's another thing that made the book for me.
It’s Grayson, which is, hello, amazing! But it’s not Kat.
This is Meg wishing she could talk to her friend instead of the guy she has a crush on, enough said. Or maybe not enough because that's the damn coolest thing in a book ever!
Cons The only thing I can think of is how Meg's relationship moved kind of fast but again that's understandable with her ADHD, and technically it took months but it just feels fast because the story needed to move on. Maybe also that Kat's parents weren't much present. Yeah, they were very absent.
Please you guys read this book I beg of you. Pretty please with cherries on top! I'll leave you with this quote.
That’s all it takes, apparently. But I shouldn’t be surprised. Meg gets me
This is why I love books. This here. This freakishly beautiful book is an actual physical representation of everything I love about reading and books. IThis is why I love books. This here. This freakishly beautiful book is an actual physical representation of everything I love about reading and books. I swear my heart grew wings and flew out of my chest. Dear god, I'm so in love right now! Right now I'm in one of those, what to do with my life now moments. I'm absolutely and utterly at a loss for words. Please, please please for whatever you hold dear in your life, read this book, I beg you. I'll do anything if it gets you to read this.
And Goodreads choice awards 2018, I see you there lurking and I have my pick :)...more
Reread and I don't know how I feel now that I know somethings. The ending was awesome and explosive and as the first time it deserves 5 stars. ---------Reread and I don't know how I feel now that I know somethings. The ending was awesome and explosive and as the first time it deserves 5 stars. ---------------------------------
First of all I want to apologize to all of you who had to endure my updates while I was reading this book. I’m so sorry! You’re suffering has ended.
Now, how do people review books again? Well here goes my attempt, and I say attempt because I don’t think I can ever properly review this.
*I’ll start with the things I didn’t like. You can see that Sanderson’s style changed in this one, which is inevitable. Some things where good, others were not, at least for me. The obvious change that I noticed is the way the romance was in this book, I just didn’t like it at all.
Dalinar and Navani: Though they have no blood relation between them, by the Alethi tradition Navani being Dalinar’s sister in law is now considered his sister after his brother’s death. And every time they referred to her as his sister I wanted to throw up ...more
Everyone knows that 4 is the perfect amount of reads, so don't judge me. Or was it 5? Maybe just to be sure I'll reread for the fifth time sometime :)Everyone knows that 4 is the perfect amount of reads, so don't judge me. Or was it 5? Maybe just to be sure I'll reread for the fifth time sometime :) ------------------------------- Now I want to watch Notting Hill 😂 ------------------------------- I… *Breaths in* don’t… *Breaths out* know… *Breaths in* what’s… *Breaths out* happening… *Breaths in*
Why am I so emotionally drained? Why am I so emotionally invested in these characters? Why do I feel so sad that they do not exist? And why do I want to cry because of that? And why had I cried because of that? And why, just why do they not exist?
I don’t know what’s happening to me ☹ I really don't know and so I’m going to reread just one day after I finished. --- The reread is done and I understand more and less at the same time.
It’s so confusing that I love this book and there are things I don’t want to love, things that honestly I’m kind of scared to be liking, things like the love triangle and the “lowkey” cheating. There’s always some of that in Cassandra’s books and it’s something that always bothered me but not in this book, I don’t think I’d go as far as saying I enjoyed them but I didn’t mind them as much as I did before, I loved the characters too much to hate them for that, Is that a bad thing? That I love these characters so much I’m ready to ignore something I believe to be wrong.
The other thing is the romance, this may not be as big of an issue as the love triangle and the cheating, maybe some of you will see it as no issue at all, but for someone like me who always saw it as a secondary thing, the plot first romance second, it’s weird to fall for this book, it is weird to daydream about it and it is weird to feel so much… *sigh*.
I never mind the romance, I enjoy it but I don’t see it as the driving force for a book, or at least I thought so, now I’m not sure. I used to skip such scenes, blushing and mortified that maybe someone noticed what I just read even when I completely alone 😂. And now after reading this and rereading it, I love it? I’m not sure, as I said I’m so confused. I’m not saying it’s not okay to love it, I just don’t understand why this book of all made me feel this way? Why do I… *sigh again*
There’s a knot over my chest and I don’t know how to get rid of it and I think I’m slumping.
I don’t think this is the kind of reviews you guys signed up for, I’m sorry I’m not sure how to go on about it honestly.
I think there are 3 questions that need answering about this book for you to know my experience reading this book and I’ll try and answer them. What did you love about this book? What did you hate about this book? What did you find unique about this book?
What do you love about this book?
Two characters. While I do love all the character in various degrees, these two are love and joy and life, they are heartbreak and tears and death. They are my heart.
Octavian Blackthorn
“Tavvy was standing by a whiteboard with a blue dry-erase marker, making possibly helpful notations, if they could ever be translated out of seven-year-old.”
You can’t hate Tavvy, you just can’t. There are no words in this world to tell you how I feel about him, at least not words that I know of. This is terrible because I want to say so much about him but I don’t know how, so here are almost all of Tavvy’s scenes in the book, there are no spoilers but I tagged them just in case you wanted to know him reading the book.
(view spoiler)[ -The room contained a small bed with a brightly striped coverlet, a playhouse nearly as tall as Emma, and a tent full of books and toys. “Tavvy has nightmares,” Emma said. “Sometimes Julian comes and sleeps in the tent with him.”
-Beside them was Drusilla, holding the hand of the youngest, Tavvy. He looked asleep on his feet, his curly head against Dru’s arm, his eyes closed.
-“Dru told me that faeries steal your teeth while you’re sleeping,” Tavvy said.
- Tavvy had woken up and was wandering around sleepily, tugging on people’s sleeves. Emma ruffled his hair.
-Tavvy had curled up on the floor and was asleep in the angled beam of light from a lamp, exactly like a cat.
-“Tavvy!” Julian said. “Don’t run with lollipops in your mouth. You could choke.” Tavvy removed the lollipop and stared at it the way someone might stare at a loaded gun. “And die?” “Hideously,” Julian said. “Fatally, fatally die.”
-“How many have died, exactly? People and faeries?” “Twelve,” said Emma. “Twelve dead bodies.” Tavvy emerged from under the table. “Were they all running with lollipops?”
-Tavvy was standing by a whiteboard with a blue dry-erase marker, making possibly helpful notations, if they could ever be translated out of seven-year-old.
-“Oso.” Tavvy took the bear and smiled a gap-toothed smile
-Tavvy was a curled-up ball under the covers of his bed. He was asleep, his body curved around one of his pillows, his mouth open on a gasp. Tears ran down his face.
-A massive bag of powdered sugar had been torn open and Tavvy was sitting inside it, completely covered in white powder. He looked like a tiny abominable snowman.
-Julian felt a pang for his smallest brother, so often trapped in rooms full of older people talking about blood and death.
-“Because it’s a children’s book,” said Emma. “It wouldn’t have been in the library.” “That’s dumb,” said Tavvy serenely. “It’s a good book.”
-Livvy gave a little gasp, reaching for the book. Hesitantly, Tavvy let her have it. “Don’t tear the pages,” he warned.
-All she could see was Tavvy, little Tavvy, the smallest Blackthorn. Tavvy having nightmares, Tavvy in her arms as she carried him through the war-torn Institute five years ago. Tavvy covered in paint in Jules’s studio. Tavvy, who alone among them had skin that could not hold a single protection rune. Tavvy, who would not understand what was happening to him or why.
Julian Blackthorn Every time his uncle calls him Andrew my heart shatters.
I have a place I go to, a special place, it’s not a secret or a hidden place but I think of it as my place, I go to it when I need to think, when I need to make sense of things, I go to it almost every day, not because I need to make sense of things every day but because it’s a common place, it only becomes special when I need it to be. I guess it’s not a special place exactly but a place for special things, it’s a place only made special by me and the thoughts I have while I’m in there.
I shared my place with only two book characters, only two characters made me want to spend an afternoon, just me alone with my thoughts, just me alone with them, thinking. Only two book characters made me love them so much I hated them for being fictional. Julian Blackthorn is one of them.
Julian is whom I wish to be, I relate to him in some ways and that was more than enough for me. I want him to be happy, I want him to be hugged and be told that he’s loved, I want him to see himself as I see him. He makes me want to be better, he cares for his family, he’ll do anything for them and expects nothing in return. Julian is the guardian angel for the people he loves, and his love for them makes him go out of his way, he’ll do wrong things to keep this family together and you can tell he hates it because he’s just the purest soul.
I don’t know if I’m lucky or not, if you ever felt what I’m feeling you know what I’m talking about. Have you ever loved a character so much, in one hand you’re happy that you know them and in the other hand what does your life mean if you can’t protect them? if you can only wait to see what happens to them and you can’t do anything about it, what's the point if you're going to be absolutely helpless?
Maybe I’m just being overdramatic and I won’t feel the same tomorrow but I don’t want to read anything now, not that I can anyway.
What did you hate about this book?
Mark
Okay so this is what I wrote about Mark while I was reading, it’s unedited and I should say that Mark made me feel more confusion than hate, I think this shows as you read these unedited notes.
Mark is what I hate about this book he’s generally what I hate about most of Casandra Clare’s books. He is all over the place with his feelings and I hate it when a character’s feelings for another comes before his family and unfortunately that is Mark.
I feel sorry for what he has been through but he blames Julian for not trying to find him (view spoiler)[while he himself is having thoughts of leaving them (hide spoiler)], Julian was 12. And no one, NO ONE has the right to say anything to Julian.
“He seemed like someone who had woken up after a hundred years of sleep, shaking the dust of a century’s dreams from his feet. He had been terrified...”
Mark has suffered, he’s hurt body and soul and I hate what happened to him, he makes me so confused, I don’t want to hate him but. Granted this is not a perfect situation but everyone seems to be trying except him.
“I am Julian’s parabatai,” she said. “And Julian needs you to stay.” “Julian is strong,” he said. “Julian is strong,” she agreed. “But you are his brother. And if you go—I don’t know if I can pick up those pieces.” His eyes flicked back to her closet. “We survive losses,” he whispered.
We do survive but that doesn’t mean we should inflict them voluntarily on the ones we love, and Julian already lost way too much, why is he the only one that needs to survive the losses while everyone else finds their escape.
Where the plot is going.
This is more of a guess but the way I’m seeing the story is going is not something I like then again what do I know, I thought I won’t like this and look at me now. The way I see the story is Julian having to make hard choices between Emma and his family, I don’t like that, it’s what I hate about most characters, that they sacrifice their family for the one they love, not only do I hate it but also I don’t see Julian doing that and if he does I’d be so disappointed, it’ll make all the feels he had for his siblings seem fake and that will break my heart.
And the love shapes, I always hate those and it seems there are going to be more of those.
I have to say though that both of those problems didn’t bother me much as I fell head over heels for the characters. Also I think I hated perfect Diego but I haven’t seen much of him to be sure.
Also why is there no female characters like Julian or Jem from TID? I always like the male characters in these books more, if there was a female Julian, my life would be perfect.
What did you find unique about this book?
Unique doesn’t necessarily mean good.
This book took me by surprise, I didn’t expect at all to fall in love with it this much probably because of the previous experiences with Shadowhunters, so my expectations weren’t high but to feel this much for a book you thought so little of, it’s overwhelming.
How I didn’t mind the plot
Let me be honest for a second here, Cassandra Clare’s book are less about the fantasy element and more about YA and that’s not a bad thing except that I always go into them with a fantasy mindset, that makes me focus on the plot and less about the other things and when the plot becomes predictable I lose interest but that didn’t happen with this one, this book actually restored my faith in contemporaries, recently I wasn’t in the mood for them but now I want them more and I love it more for that.
I just love some characters beyond what I thought possible, that made me ignore a lot of things just the happiness of my beloved characters, that’s all I wanted.
How I loved the romance.
As I said in the beginning, I love the romance in this book, I don’t know how to approach this and I'm blushing just thinking about it so umm I'll leave it at that.
How much I cried
It’s not that much but it happened more than I expected and this isn’t the most heartbreaking book ever. I don’t know why exactly this happened and I asked myself that so many times, at one point I believed something is wrong with me.
Other things
Here are things that added to the entire experience.
Emma
Emma is ruthless, she doesn’t go in roundabout ways, she’s a straightforward rip off the band-aid kind of girl.
“Half the scars Emma had on her body she’d put there herself, teaching herself to fall from the highest rafters, training herself to fight through pain by practicing barefoot—on broken glass.”
“This is about me, not you,” she said into the phone. Cristina gave her an encouraging thumbs-up. “I am sick of you.” She smiled brightly as Cristina dropped her face into her hands. “So maybe we could go back to being friends?” There was a click as he hung up.
That was funny, I laughed at that until Christina pointed out that in two months Emma forgot three dates with him, skipped his birthday and dumped him because it was a slow patrol night. This what makes me conflicted about her, she’s strong and can do what others can’t but she can be cruel and harsh too.
She loves her best friend Cristina.
She’s rebellious and hates some of the laws the Clave made and when those laws stand on her way to discover what happened to her parents she doesn’t hesitate to break them. That makes me excited to see what she’ll do when the laws stand between her and love.
Cristina
She has a past and she’s trying to forget it.
As Emma said about her “… she’d always had the air of someone running from something.”
She loves Emma, I think they even could’ve been parabatai if Emma wasn’t with Julian.
She brushed her hands through Emma’s hair, looking at her worriedly. “You sure you’re not hurt?” “Julian’s blood,” Emma whispered, and Cristina made a murmuring noise and pulled Emma into a hug. She patted Emma’s back and Emma hung on to her for dear life and decided there and then that if anyone ever tried to hurt Cristina she would grind them to a pulp and make amusing sand castles out of the remains.
Dru
“Dru loves horror movies,” said Emma. “Anything with the word ‘blood’ or ‘terror’ or ‘prom’ in it.
Dru of all the Blackthorns I want to befriend, they all have someone that can be considered their other half except for her and that’s unacceptable because she’s the best, THE BEST.
Livvy
“Books about computers and programming languages were stacked in careful rows by her bed.”
I thought of Kady from Illuminae right after I read that. Livvy is my girl I just wish we had more of her, I think she would’ve been my favorite.
Ty
“On the bedside table were his most beloved books: Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories.”
I think Ty is a combination of me and my sister, and I can’t not love him. He and Livvy both have a half of my heart, they are both so precious.
“Livvy, who knew better than anyone the anxiety that imprecise language could cause her brother, scrambled to her feet and went over to him. She put her arms around him, her chin against his shoulder. Ty leaned against her, his eyes half-lidded...”
The writing
The writing was beautiful, there are moments when I stopped reading and just closed my eyes and started dreaming. That’s not always the case though, I found that some parts of the book are better written than others. That is not to say that it was bad, just some part like the prologue and such were more beautiful than others. Maybe this is just me and how I swoon over descriptive writing (if it doesn’t drag for long which it didn’t) I think what I’m trying to say is the writing was okay with some beautiful moments
This is all I have, I'm actually tired 😂 and this was embarrassing.
Gosh this was good. I didn't expect to love it this much, I read it before and I don't remember anything, I don't know if it was the translation or whGosh this was good. I didn't expect to love it this much, I read it before and I don't remember anything, I don't know if it was the translation or what happened when I read it before but this was soooooo good.
Watson, I love Watson!!! Maybe this is because I'm reading the Hobbit and I've watched Martin Freeman in both Sherlock and the Hobbit but I keep picturing Bilbo as Watson, it's just his mannerisms, and this line, reading it made me think of the first Bilbo and Gandalf interaction. "Again I had an opportunity of asking him a point blank question, and again my delicacy prevented me from forcing another man to confide in me." I love both of them, Bilbo and Watson!!!
Sherlock was great too, I read this is after reading A Study in Charlotte in which Charlotte was annoying more than smart and now I'm glad that idea of Sherlock is out of my head. The friendship between Watson and Sherlock is something to look forward to.
I've been interrupted many times while reading this and I didn't get to enjoy the case and the investigation as much as I wanted to, that was the only downside to this.
And Part two. The entire backstory, it was so sad I probably would've cried but again the interruptions :(
I'm glad I picked this one up and the timing couldn't have been more perfect bc I wasn't enjoying books lately, hopefully this is the end to that....more
Do you ever read a book and go I wonder how would I feel if I read this in a different time or in a different format? I do that with a lot of my books,Do you ever read a book and go I wonder how would I feel if I read this in a different time or in a different format? I do that with a lot of my books, especially the ones I love. But for this one, I have no doubt I would've loved it no matter what, I was just hooked from the first chapter till the last one. AND I FRICKEN LOVE ELIAS...more
Sanderson in the postscript: And I also know what (view spoiler)[Kelsier (hide spoiler)] was doing during the era of the Wax and Wayne books. (There arSanderson in the postscript: And I also know what (view spoiler)[Kelsier (hide spoiler)] was doing during the era of the Wax and Wayne books. (There are some hints in those, as the original books have hints at this story.)
Me: Damn! Now I want to reread Wax and Wayne era! Also all those Cosmere videos on youtube esist! Me: Damn! I want to reread all the Cosmere books!...more
Please say something nice at my funeral guys. It was fun you all. When you remember me, please remember that. And remember to smile. Always remember to Please say something nice at my funeral guys. It was fun you all. When you remember me, please remember that. And remember to smile. Always remember to smile.
------------------------------------------------------ Buddy read with Lara Jean
ℨαrα this better be worth the bazillion times I had to listen to you talk about Elend Whateverhisname....more
Gosh, that last chapter. Sigh. And you can start celebrating the updates are over. Now let's start LotR :)
Buddy read with Jen the unexpected party Get iGosh, that last chapter. Sigh. And you can start celebrating the updates are over. Now let's start LotR :)
Buddy read with Jen the unexpected party Get it? the unexpected party, as in chapter one's title. Oh I'm hilarious.
---------------------------------------------------- OK let’s do this. But first let’s talk about something totally unrelated but totally is.
So I don’t know about you guys but when I watch a sporting event, no matter what it is, and I see these world class athletes doing their thing, all I think about is I couldn’t possibly do this. That’s why they are the ones doing it and I’m the one watching it, but once in a while comes these, well there’s only one word for it, Legends.
These legends when predictable, still unstoppable, they do the hardest things the easiest way, they don’t do things to show you they can, they do it so you know you can. Mr. Tolkien is a legend, The Hobbit is a legend and Bilbo Baggins is a legend.
There’s so much I want to say but above and beyond all, If somehow you haven’t read this book and you stumbled upon this review please do yourself a favor and go read it instead of this, because it’ll be devastating to know that I cost you precious time you could and should spend reading The Hobbit.
It’s rare to read a fantasy novel and relate to its protagonist us much us I did. Hero, or as I said legend are words associated in our minds with pictures of smart strong characters, with someone who spent a life in training or maybe a chosen one destined to change the world. Although technically Bilbo is chosen, the way the story address it and develops around it you don’t think of him as a hero, at least I didn’t, not more than I would think of myself if I were in his position, and here where the story gets me, because I do feel I’m in his position from the very beginning. I think Bilbo managed to be this unusual yet relatable hero, because of how human he was in this inhumanly world, how nice he was or at least tried to be to Gandalf and the Dwarves even when they made him uncomfortable and how he saved them even when they needed saving from themselves.
I can see myself reading this for my kids one day, and it won’t be boring, it’s still going to be an enjoyable and fun journey, because it’s gold and gold does not rust with time. This story is associated with only beautiful things in my mind, in fact the whole time writing this review I can’t help but think of sunny spring fields and cold breezes.
I loved the world in this book and I mean this book, because I haven’t read the other Middle Earth books but I still love it, it was so vast and beautiful, it wouldn’t be the same journey if it was set in a different world.
I feel I’m not doing the other characters justice because so far I only talked about Bilbo but the truth is I love them all. Gandalf is probably my favorite besides Bilbo but I also love Dwalin, Balin, Kili, Fili, Dori, Nori, Ori, Oin, Gloin, Bifur, Bofur, Bombur, and Thorin. The other character I loved is Beorn, I don’t know why but I just did and the whole thing with him and Gandalf and how the Dwarves didn’t come all at once, I really loved that part.
I watched the movies and I enjoyed them but they didn’t reflect the joy I had reading this book. The movies were darker, they were more about war but the book was more about the journey. This is probably the only time a movie has been bigger than the book but to be fair the movies built the story to be a prequel to The Lord of the Rings and they had a lot more than what was in this book to build upon. The movies hold the main story of the book and I’ll be happy if every movie adaptation was like this, they all should. I have to say that the cinematography and all the landscapes were exceptional and it reflects the beautiful world in the book.
The other thing I loved about the movies is the soundtracks, I cannot express how much I loved that, it was one of the best things about the movies, because I loved the poems in the book and the movies didn’t disappoint on that account, the best one has got to be The Misty Mountains Cold, it was one of my favorite parts in the book, and the music in the movie made it perfect, I only wish they made a bit longer. Every time I hear it, I want to grow a beard and go on an adventure....more
Let's go for read number seven Jellicoe is my heaven
And by heaven, I mean tears and heartbreak and emotional damage that will stay with me for years.
--Let's go for read number seven Jellicoe is my heaven
And by heaven, I mean tears and heartbreak and emotional damage that will stay with me for years.
----------------------------------------------- You see, I know pain This book has taught it to me You see, I'm back again Jellicoe is where I long to be
Buddy read with Me? and Chairman Meow ----------------------------------------------- It's the most wonderful time of the year. People happy and celebrating. People at home cozy and warm. And Fares reads Jellicoe Road. Let the pain begins! ----------------------------------------------- Another end of year and another Jellicoe read. Get it? Cuz Jellico Road and now it's Jellicoe read? I'll just leave now.
-------------------------------------- What a way to end 2018, crying alone in my room :) -------------------------------------- Half this book I was: ???? The other half I was: on the verge of tears...more
I've just finished this reading this in Spanish. It's the first book I ever read in Spanish and just as good in all the languages I bet. 5 stars full ofI've just finished this reading this in Spanish. It's the first book I ever read in Spanish and just as good in all the languages I bet. 5 stars full of love and tears, 5 stars for the power of stories. -------------------------------- A Monster Calls Did I like it? NO, I absolutely LOVED it. Will you read it again? Yes, again and again and again… What is the book ranking in my all-time Favs? One of my all-time top 5. Will you recommend it? YES, to everyone everywhere every time. [image] The plot. Conor a thirteen year old boy has been having the same nightmare over and over. It started when his mom told him she had cancer. One night at 12:07 he wakes up and looks from his window to find the old yew tree but it's not a yew tree, it's a Monster and Conor is not afraid because he has seen worst. The Monster will be back, he will tell Conor three stories and then he will be expecting the truth, Conor's truth. The characters. The main characters are Conor and the Monster, there also Conor's mother, grandmother, father and friends. I will not say much about them except that I did not love any of them not because I hated them but because I didn't want to be in their position. I sympathized with them; I want to help them, but never to be in their position. [image] Opinion I do not cry over books, but how can't I when in some parts I pictured my own mother on that bed, bald, tiered with the tubes in her arms and everything. I think I needed this book, maybe not right now but definitely some time in my life, I think everyone does. I believe there is nothing more to say except, I RECOMMEND IT....more
-------------------------------------------- 5 stars and a medal of honor, this book is one of my all time Favs
This book is a true journey of highs and lows and I do not know what to say about it except I absolutely adore it, because it was a rainbow of emotions, I felt joy, hate and sadness and some other things I do not know what, but I felt them. And those last pages, it felt like someone shot me then nursed me back to life and then shot me again, only to discover it was a dream. I don't even know how I survived this book, reading it felt like having heart attacks, you survive one only to be scared of the next and then all of them come at once. I loved every single character on this book but my favorite has to be Ella, and the things that happened to her...(I need a moment)... Just God this book was great....more
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