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claudcloud's Reviews (310)
3,5/5
Although this was a required English Literature read, and I enjoyed it more than I thought I would, it still didn't blow me away.
This was an increeeedibly slow read for me. It's quite a short book, but the phrases were so long and the plot got so uninteresting at certain points that I would literally have to force myself to finish the chapter.
The premise of the story is certainly unique, and, most of all, believable. What didn't work for me was the execution and the way in which it was presented.
Although this was a required English Literature read, and I enjoyed it more than I thought I would, it still didn't blow me away.
This was an increeeedibly slow read for me. It's quite a short book, but the phrases were so long and the plot got so uninteresting at certain points that I would literally have to force myself to finish the chapter.
The premise of the story is certainly unique, and, most of all, believable. What didn't work for me was the execution and the way in which it was presented.
THIS BOOK IS AMAZING!
It tore my heart out, then pieced it back together, then shattered it again (in the best way possible). I did not know it was possible to aspire to be exactly like someone, but call me Clary Fray (plus, she's a fellow short girl, and she is one of the most badass characters in existence!). Mad, mad props to Cassandra Clare. Already itching to read City of Ashes!
It tore my heart out, then pieced it back together, then shattered it again (in the best way possible). I did not know it was possible to aspire to be exactly like someone, but call me Clary Fray (plus, she's a fellow short girl, and she is one of the most badass characters in existence!). Mad, mad props to Cassandra Clare. Already itching to read City of Ashes!
Do I even have to type this out?
I LOVED THIS BOOK SO. MUCH!!!!! My absolute favorite of the series so far, and not just because something I've been hoping to happen ACTUALLY HAPPENS but because I've been unable to put it down ever since I actually got it in the mail. I. AM. IN. LOVE. Onwards we go!
I LOVED THIS BOOK SO. MUCH!!!!! My absolute favorite of the series so far, and not just because something I've been hoping to happen ACTUALLY HAPPENS but because I've been unable to put it down ever since I actually got it in the mail. I. AM. IN. LOVE. Onwards we go!
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*3,5/5*
I've always been a sucker for Shakespeare, and after seeing (and loving!) 'She's the Man' I was really excited to read this play, even though it was course-mandated. Overall, I was quite pleasantly surprised. A light, fun comedy that plays with language as much as with its characters. Viola was amazing (and I was so happy for her at the end of the play!) and I ended up sympathizing with Malvolio a whole lot more than I would've liked to. Kudos to Shakespeare's complex characters, though. This edition (which had notes on every second page instead of the play itself) helped my understanding of the plot too.
I've always been a sucker for Shakespeare, and after seeing (and loving!) 'She's the Man' I was really excited to read this play, even though it was course-mandated. Overall, I was quite pleasantly surprised. A light, fun comedy that plays with language as much as with its characters. Viola was amazing (and I was so happy for her at the end of the play!) and I ended up sympathizing with Malvolio a whole lot more than I would've liked to. Kudos to Shakespeare's complex characters, though. This edition (which had notes on every second page instead of the play itself) helped my understanding of the plot too.
After reading the first out of three volumes I have only three words left to say (mainly because it's 12:45 am and I'm typing this having just finished the book and I am so incredibly exhausted):
I am in love.
Les Mis has always been something very close to my heart, and I have fallen harder and harder ever since seeing the musical movie (that, I now know, does NOT do it justice). So this is so incredibly cathartic for me. Reading the book in its 'mother tongue' has allowed me to see more facets of it than I ever thought possible.
ON TO MORE. I AM SO EXCITED FOR LES AMIS DE L'ABC.
I am in love.
Les Mis has always been something very close to my heart, and I have fallen harder and harder ever since seeing the musical movie (that, I now know, does NOT do it justice). So this is so incredibly cathartic for me. Reading the book in its 'mother tongue' has allowed me to see more facets of it than I ever thought possible.
ON TO MORE. I AM SO EXCITED FOR LES AMIS DE L'ABC.