dzejncrvena's Reviews (512)

The theme is too heavy for me to read.
I read about My Sister's Keeper, about conceiving another kid just so she can donate her organs to her dying sister.
Here, there's no consent involved from the Unwinds.
(will finish later, celebrating new year)

I appreciate that the romantic parts do not cover the whole story here.

Plus point because it's a classic.
I fail to care about every characters.
It's just like every horror stories I watched in my childhood; why should this be any different?

The almost last part is like a daydream...and actually awkward.

I've been wanting to read it as part of my NPR's Top 100 sci-fi (and fantasy) list.
It's supposed to be my pick for Banned Books week, but I couldn't get through it.
Politics and Economics are my least favorite subjects in school. I thought that reading 1984 will help me understand the concept of most dystopian societies.
I kept on falling asleep while listening to the Text-to-speech feature on my phone. If I use my eyes to read a sentence, it may take me 5-10 repeats for the words to sink into my coconut shell.
The spewed words seem to be empty to me.

The name of Camus is one of the most widely-mentioned in some meme groups I'm in.
Honestly, I was intimated by his name alone.
I was thinking that books by people like him are full of words that I find too pompous or... pretentious (or whatever you call it).
He was able to make me see the world in the perspective of the protagonist (or shall I say "antihero"?).
Special thanks to the translator for making my reading journey as smooth as can be.
Will read more of his works.
(may edit later)

I refused to eat and talk to my roommate just so I can finish this in a day.
I rarely feel excited about reading a book.
Such a page-turner!