Showing posts with label books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label books. Show all posts

Saturday, June 8, 2013

The Frustration of Never Letting Go !!!

Book Review of The Knife of never letting go (Chaos Walking I)



Spoiler : This is not a review this is an all out bashing contest.If you are planning to read this book then please read it first otherwise you will notice the below mentioned things enormously throughout the novel and they will continue to haunt you till the end.


Let's Start :

This has to be the very first book which irritated me to the limits. The main idea of listening to other people thoughts was cool, apart from that this is NOT a cool novel.There are only a million things that i didnt like about this book few of highlights were




- The despicable main character TODD.(Where TODD is a perfect example of how    irritating/coward personality would look like)
- The inability of villains to give up/lose.
- The Superman/Batman/Spider man and any other man alike Aaron who fails to die no matter whats happens to him.
- The hopelessness in this book.(Ironically the main message of the book is Hope/Never give up)
- Villain-Won cliffhanger (wasn't a surprise really given the recurring circumstances)

The most noticeable thing in this book was the series of unfortunate events that occurred to two poor souls wait one poor soul a.k.a Viola (Considering TODD was a douche-bag) ... ONLY bad things happened to them i mean there was not a single event which might have showed some hope.It happened so frequently that after some time i started predicting the right villain to jump out of the blue and try to kill the children.

The only good thing about this whole book was Viola , only she has the audacity to stand up to what's right and what needs to be done.

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Fifty Shades Of Grey by E.L James : A Review.

Fifty Shades Of Grey By E L James
"When literature student Anastasia Steele is drafted to interview the successful young entrepreneur Christian Grey for her campus magazine, she finds him attractive, enigmatic and intimidating. Convinced their meeting went badly, she tries to put Grey out of her mind - until he happens to turn up at the out-of-town hardware store where she works part-time.

The unworldly, innocent Ana is shocked to realize she wants this man, and when he warns her to keep her distance it only makes her more desperate to get close to him. Unable to resist Ana’s quiet beauty, wit, and independent spirit, Grey admits he wants her - but on his own terms. "





Cristian Grey; " I'm fifty shades of messed up , Anastasia" ,
 No Cristian don't be so hard on yourself, this WHOLE BOOK is fifty shades of messed up!!!!


There are many books that fall in various categories, like the ones you read just once even though you loved them, some you read all the time, some you read just once and forget, some you read in secret and never tell others you've read them more then once. This book I'm afraid falls in the category of the ones who make the reader want to die a horrible, bloody, horrendous death when your reading.


Saturday, June 23, 2012

Did Cassie Clare plagiarized? not by the looks of evidence we are given...




One late night I was surfing the Internet because there is only so much studying you can do at 4 in the morning.  So anyway during that time I stumbled across the blog on tumblr that declares that Cassandra Clare plagiarized her way to the top.

"Welcome to NastyClare
Hello!
This blog is run by Gossip Girl, L, Mockingjay, Rita Skeeter, Wonder Woman and Stansfield to expose the plagiarizing, manipulative, lying and shady side of Cassandra Clare, previously Cassandra Claire- the side you might not know about.
Others may have forgotten, but we haven’t.
This is not a hate blog. We don’t go around saying we hate her and hope she gets hit by a bus, etc. We don’t make fun of her appearance or talk about her personal life or any of her personal information, as some anons have accused us of doing.
Stansfield and Mockingjay are TMI fans, so this blog isn’t only for haters. Most of our followers are fans as well. We don’t care if you like her books and we won’t be rude to you if you do. We just want to make sure everyone knows the truth. Most of the stuff we’re posting is public knowledge that’s been on the internet for years. We don’t make any of it up.
We’re open to submissions and our ask box is open. You can submit anonymously by signing out first.
XOXO,
Gossip Girl, L and Stansfield"

First let me just start by saying that signing off as "XOXO gossip girl" might be the most cliche's way of signing off.
Second they claim not to be rude, even if you are a fan. HAHAHA honey all people have got to see the reply you guys write to people to know how that’s not the case.  Case in point:

Anonymous said:
Are you seriously so pathetic that you made a hate blog about Cassandra Clare? I know that she plagiarized, but i love her books, so i read them. I care about the story, about the characters. I start reading a book because it seems interesting, not because of the writer. I respect that you hate Cassie Clare, but please don't make such a pathetic blog about it, and get a life.

Truth blog, not a hate blog.
I honestly don’t give a flying fuck if you like her books and like her stories and her characters or whatever. That’s great for you. Nobody is saying that you can’t. Go ahead for all we care.
I respect that you like Judith Rumelt/CC, but please don’t make such a pathetic ask on anonymous thinking that it’s going to change our opinion on things or delete.. Pretty sure we can voice our opinion all we want.
Now please gtfo.


Now I might be brought up in a more civilized environment, but when someone tells me to GTFO I actually consider that rude. Also "I don’t give a flying fuck"?  yup my dearest blogger you guys are really not rude at all…

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

THE IRON FEY SERIES.

The Iron Fey Series by Julie Kagawa
Iron Fey Series
The iron fey series by Julie kagawa is the latest seires we have finished reading, its debut novel, the Iron King was published first in 2010.it's one of those series that leave you wanting more but it's fourth and last book just came out and the series concluded.the series has four novels, and two novellas.
it's basically about a girl, Megan chase, who finds her little step brother to be kidnapped by someone and things start to unfold and a whole new world she never believed in comes into view. she finds that her brother is in the fey world and she might have no other choice but to go after him into the unknown world of fey or faerie. I'm not gonna give any spoilers here because those who have read it don't need explanation to why its awesome and those who haven't wont want spoilers. but let me tell you this though that the world described in this books is very much amazing and imaginative. the new creatures and the world made by the author is epic. there are two courts that is summer court and winter court are described to be present in the fey world of nevernever, yes that's the name,YES and i know its a weird name.

Friday, January 6, 2012

UTOPIAN VS DYSTOPIAN



A few days ago, my friend and I were discussing if it makes us sadist if we like dystopian books more than the utopian ones? Well this is what I think.
Utopian books are the books about the magical world where everything is perfect. Perfect government, perfect policies, perfect rule and perfect everything. This is the place where we dream of living one day. We wished we lived in a world where there were no wars and no hatred. The dystopian books on the other hand are the total opposite (As if you didn’t know that already).

CLOCKWORK PRINCE



6th December 2011, a date that I had marked in all of my date books (yes I do have more than one, and yes I know it doesn’t make sense but it does to me). It was Clockwork Prince release date and I couldn’t wait to get my hands on this book. But as the cruel fate would have it, my finals unfortunately started on the same date! So I started reading this book after my finals (yes, as much as I love reading novels my grades matter a lot to me).
All I can say is that it was well worth the wait! Clockwork Prince turned out to be everything and more! Though I still can’t make up mind about Jem or Will, they are both so amazing!! How can you decide between the two of them is just out of my comprehension. And the fact that now, probably, one of them will be left with a broken heart is such an unbearable thought. Oh why can’t they both be happy! Its like watching Damon Salvatore die again! Choosing between Will and Jem is as hard as choosing between the Weasley twins.

Sunday, September 11, 2011

PARIAH ISSUE 2 and 3



Title: Pariah Issue #2 and 3
Author: Aron Warner and Philip Gellat
Illustrations by: Brett Weldele
Genre: Fantasy (graphic novel)
Format: paperback
Publisher: Sea Lion Books

REVIEW:

THIS WAS EPIC!!!
Just like the previous issue, this issue was just as fast and exciting, one min they're totally calm and the next everything that can go wrong goes wrong.

GRAPHIC NOVEL REVIEW: DARK SWAN:STORM BORN ISSUE 3



CREDITS:
WRITTEN BY: RICHELLE MEAD AND GRANT ALTER
ART BY: DAVE HAMMAN

PLOT SUMMARY:
Eugenie Markham never asked for any of this. Until now, shes been content with her job as a freelance shaman, battling and banishing otherworldly creatures. When a prophecy suddenly makes her the other world's most popular bachelor-ette, Eugenie finds herself fighting off unwanted supernatural suitors, as well as the evils that Begin emerging from her past...

ISSUE# 3


Finally its out!! the much awaited storm born issue number 3(well I don't know about you guys but I was pretty excited about this issue, I guess I kinda like graphic novels now)!!!! and yes it is as much packed with butt kicking as its previous issues well actually a lot more butt kicking but you get my point! 

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

GRAPHIC NOVEL REVIEW DARK SWAN: STORM BORN

CREDITS:
WRITTEN BY: RICHELLE MEAD AND GRANT ALTER
ART BY: DAVE HAMMAN

PLOT SUMMARY:
Eugenie Markham never asked for any of this. Until now, shes been content with her job as a freelance shaman, battling and banishing otherworldly creatures. When a prophecy suddenly makes her the other world's most popular bachelor-ette, Eugenie finds herself fighting off unwanted supernatural suitors, as well as the evils that Begin emerging from her past...

ISSUE: 1 and 2
 
Like my friend, I also never had a habit of reading graphic novels (since I like to use my own imagination while reading the book), so I guess its safe to assume that I am in no way considered an expert in this field.

GRAPHIC NOVEL REVIEW: ARON WARNER’S THE PARIAH.



Credits: Creator: Aron Warner Writer: Philip Gellat Artist: Brett Weldele
Plot Summary:
In the future, a race of people known as Vitros, people who have been altered in the womb with gene manipulation and who are incredibly smart, almost scarily so, are given a fair amount of discrimination and are feared and hated in equal measure. One day, after a mishap with a toxic substance, the Vitros are blamed and named terrorists, and a world-wide persecution begins as people fear the Vitros are planning genocide. For one Vitro, Brent Marks, the world will never be the same again.
ISSUE # 1
This review was actually kind of hard to write as it was requested by a person representing a publishing company! But I’ve tried my very best not to come in any influence and give my honest opinion.
The truth is : the story line is interesting however its lacking certain something. Now I’m not a big fan of graphic novels I tried to read them when I was little , I took whole of my brothers collection from his room and tried reading them but as I was little the only one I found interesting was unfortunately some graphic novel called penguin warrior or something it was about..well that’s beside the point.

Friday, July 1, 2011

BOOK REVIEW: GOOD BYE MR CHIPS.


SUMMERY:

''The novel tells the story of a much-beloved schoolteacher and his long tenure at Brookfield, a fictional boys' public boarding school. Mr. Chipping conquers his inability to connect with his students, as well as his initial shyness, when he marries Katherine, a young woman whom he meets on holiday and who quickly picks up on calling him by his nickname, "Chips". Despite his own mediocre academic record, he goes on to have an illustrious career as an inspiring educator at Brookfield "

THE worst book ever!!! its in our English syllabus and we had no choice but to read it...i mean from the world full of books they had to make us read this one !! but this book is not just unbearable but it has no point whatsoever.

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

BOOK REVIEW: LEAP OF FAITH BY DANIEL STEEL.


PLOT SUMMERY:


"Marie-Ange Hawkins has the rich kid's childhood that other kids dream about. She has freedom, love, security in a beautiful old French chateau. But when Marie-Ange is only 11, a tragic accident marks the end of her idyllic life. Orphaned now, and alone, she is sent to America, to live with her great-aunt on a farm in Iowa. Her aunt really resnts her deeply, and cuts her off from all she has ever loved.
In Marie-Ange's lonely existence, only the friendship of a local boy, Billy Parker, offers comfort and hope to her. But her only wish is to gain comfort and escape. Then just after her twenty-first birthday, an unexpected visitor brings startling news and an extraordinary gift; the freedom to return to France, to Chateau de Marmouton.
When she arrives in France, Marie-Ange learns that the chateau's new owner is Comte Bernard de Beauchamp, a dashing young widower who invites her into his home, then into his heart. Their life together, soon includes marriage, children, and lavish homes. It takes an ominous turn though when a strange woman calls to tell Marie-Ange a very strange, shocking story. One so chilling, she doesn't want to believe it.
Not even her old friend Billy can help her now as he is thousands of miles away. So Marie-Ange somehow has to find courage and faith to survive."


Looking at the summery plot, the story actually does sound interesting. What the readers don’t know is how many flaws and weird happenings does this book contains.
This girl marie-ange makes some very insane decisions in whole of the book, the concept that parentless kids don’t know what’s good for them , well our heroin marie-ange takes this concept to a whole new level. I mean true that she had no parents but for the love of everything good use your common sense.
Lets look at each of the things tht marie ange did seperatley:

Sunday, June 26, 2011

BOOK REVIEW: TH1RTEEN R3ASONS WHY


While I get that Jay Asher's "Th1rteen r3asons why" has a really deep meaning and a really good point, I still couldn't stop laughing at some of the reason Hannah went into her so called depression!
Here are the reasons and why i found them stupid!
"#1. Justin Foley, the first boy Hannah had ever kissed, who lies and exaggerates the event by saying that they had gone further. This gives Hannah a negative reputation at her new school."
Usually when a rumour starts about you, you don't know who's the person who started it, but when you are 100% sure that that person started the rumour well lets just say you take matter in your own hands, but that's not what Hannah does! oh no, she just let Justin Foley spread rumour about her!