0 stars
I just lost interest in this. I was listening to an audio version of it while I completed a project. It was entertaining enough but I just wasn't compelled to stay with it after I found I had to renew it three times and still hadn't finished it. It seemed to be okay if a little cliched.
Saturday, September 26, 2015
The Perfect Comeback of Caroline Jacobs by Matthew Dicks
**** 4 stars
A deceptively slight book with quite a lot of emotional depth and impact. Very quick read, entertaining but quite moving. The character of the teenage daughter was particularly well-done.
A deceptively slight book with quite a lot of emotional depth and impact. Very quick read, entertaining but quite moving. The character of the teenage daughter was particularly well-done.
The Hand That Feeds You by A.J. Rich
**** 4 stars
Good mystery with an interesting protagonist and premise. Tapering off a little bit near the end, might make the case it got a little too tricky but it was an engaging read for sure. Enjoyed it!
Good mystery with an interesting protagonist and premise. Tapering off a little bit near the end, might make the case it got a little too tricky but it was an engaging read for sure. Enjoyed it!
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
0 stars
I'm amazed by the incredible love there seems to be for this book. I found it to be really talky and not much in the way of plot development.
I'm amazed by the incredible love there seems to be for this book. I found it to be really talky and not much in the way of plot development.
Alphabetical: How Every Letter Tells a Story by Michael Rosen
0 stars
Surprisingly dry and dull. Did not finish.
Surprisingly dry and dull. Did not finish.
Juniors by Kaui Hart Hemmings
* 1 star
I really struggled with this one and only finished it because I felt I owed the First to Read program the effort. Considering how much I loved The Descendants and how lukewarm I've been on this author's other works, it seems The Descendants may have been an outlier.
I think this is a YA novel and to be fair, I generally don't care for that genre too much. It's nothing I've examined too closely but it's a rare YA book that I can fully appreciate.
Of course, I loved the setting in Hawaii and getting a feel for everyday life there, but I never really connected with the characters.
I really struggled with this one and only finished it because I felt I owed the First to Read program the effort. Considering how much I loved The Descendants and how lukewarm I've been on this author's other works, it seems The Descendants may have been an outlier.
I think this is a YA novel and to be fair, I generally don't care for that genre too much. It's nothing I've examined too closely but it's a rare YA book that I can fully appreciate.
Of course, I loved the setting in Hawaii and getting a feel for everyday life there, but I never really connected with the characters.
The Mountain Story by Lori Lansens
***** 5 stars
I loved this book. Will be one of my top books of the year, I'm sure. Amazing book that combined an adventure element with emotional impact. I loved how the story unfolded and the relationships were revealed and developed. Raced through it; couldn't put it down!
I loved this book. Will be one of my top books of the year, I'm sure. Amazing book that combined an adventure element with emotional impact. I loved how the story unfolded and the relationships were revealed and developed. Raced through it; couldn't put it down!
Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll
0 stars
Another did-not-finish. Another Gone Girl wanna-be. This book was just so dismal and the main character was so unlikable, I didn't care to finish it. I looked for spoilers and I found I'm fine with not having bothered with this one.
Another did-not-finish. Another Gone Girl wanna-be. This book was just so dismal and the main character was so unlikable, I didn't care to finish it. I looked for spoilers and I found I'm fine with not having bothered with this one.
Armada by Ernst Cline
0 stars
I really tried with this one because I loved Ready Player One so much. My teenaged son read this one before I did (and before he read RPO), so I was eager to share it with him. But I just could not keep the interest level up. I generally don't like a lot of action sequences in a book, so that coupled with my lack of intimate appreciation for the type of video games in the story, let me without much to hold on to. I did not finish it, although I got quite a ways into it.
I really tried with this one because I loved Ready Player One so much. My teenaged son read this one before I did (and before he read RPO), so I was eager to share it with him. But I just could not keep the interest level up. I generally don't like a lot of action sequences in a book, so that coupled with my lack of intimate appreciation for the type of video games in the story, let me without much to hold on to. I did not finish it, although I got quite a ways into it.
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
*** 3 stars
Honestly, I was surprised to have to rate this book so low. I read this years and years ago before the movie was a twinkle in anyone's eye and I remembered it so fondly. Over the years, various anniversary editions of the book have added a bunch of extra stuff. It's this stuff I found to be rather a slog.....
The conceit of the book, of course, is that it's a book within a book and that Goldman is not the ultimate author. As a result, he's added a whole bunch of stuff about the "real" (not real) Goldman and how the "real" (not real) Princess Bride book came into his life. The story covered by the movie is really the entertaining part. I guess this is my way of admitting this is the rare case where the movie is better than the book.
Honestly, I was surprised to have to rate this book so low. I read this years and years ago before the movie was a twinkle in anyone's eye and I remembered it so fondly. Over the years, various anniversary editions of the book have added a bunch of extra stuff. It's this stuff I found to be rather a slog.....
The conceit of the book, of course, is that it's a book within a book and that Goldman is not the ultimate author. As a result, he's added a whole bunch of stuff about the "real" (not real) Goldman and how the "real" (not real) Princess Bride book came into his life. The story covered by the movie is really the entertaining part. I guess this is my way of admitting this is the rare case where the movie is better than the book.
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