So, I know this book was long. I was one of the people who voted for it, so I was going to read the whole thing, darn it! And I’m glad I did. It was ridiculously long, but also really good. And I feel like I accomplished something when I finished. As I read, I realized that things were going to get complicated, and I didn’t want to lose track of what was going on. So I started writing my review chapter by chapter. I […]
Is it just me, or it the title never mentioned in the book?
Some rolling thoughts as I went through the book: I have no idea what’s going on. Jessica is a bitch. Was Richard cheating on her? I think he mentions underwear belonging to someone else… but he doesn’t seem the type…or was this a figment of my imagination… Richard does not deserve that phone. It makes him appear way cooler than he is. “Richard was not an enthusiastic holder of pigeons, even at the best of times.” I like how they used the special effect for […]
My twelve-year-old self might have loved this book, but we’ll never know
The problem with reading beloved children’s classics as an adult, especially having not read them as a child, is that you tend to find the outdated bits. Not outdated in the form of technology, which is also apparent, but in character development. The children seem to do what they are told without questioning here. Today’s literative children are a lot more inquisitive, and also less trusting. And the female characters are stronger and more developed. Fantasy and children’s literature have both evolved since this was […]
“The most annoying thing about it is that once a person gives a shit about one thing, he finds he has to start giving a shit about everything.”
I did not really like the beginning of this book, so I’m glad I stuck with it. Our main character, A.J. Fikry, is not in a very good place at first. You find out why he’s so nasty and bitter, although he’s never really all rainbows and sunshine. But the story gets better. Much better. Shortly after we begin, A.J. is robbed of a valuable book, Tamerlane, which is a very rare edition of a poem by Edgar Allen Poe. (It really exists. Thanks, […]