A tale of two cities
A tale of two cities written by Charles Dickens. This book evokes thoughts about the
injustice, sacrifice, and spiritual redemption involving historical events creating a very
thrilling story. It shows you so much about the history of the French revolution with
flashbacks from Dover, England to Paris, France. The book expresses the pain that occurred
with the slaves in that time and along with being a very inspiring yet thrilling book, it also
presents real life issues such as imprisonment and discrimination.
This is not the usual genre of book I would read as I am not the biggest fan of history but I
did actually find it quite enlightening. I don’t think I would read another book of this genre
as in my opinion I found it quite boring but if you are a fan of history or thrilling stories then
this is definitely the book for you.
Monday 4 December 2017
How To Stop Time
Book review on How To Stop Time.
How to stop time, written by Matt Haig. This is an amazing book about a man,
called Tom Hazard, who is 439 years old and he is part of a group that goes by
the name as the ‘Albas’. The ‘Albas’ is a small group of people in the world who
are immortal/ live to their 400’s or even longer. To learn more about the
character, we are taken back in time when Tom is living the early years of his
life and how he realises what is happening to him. Throughout the book Tom
compares the present time to the past giving the reader thoughts of what life
was like 400 years ago. There are many secrets within the ‘Albas’ community
and if you reveal anything about the group then the ‘Albas’ leader Hendrich
will turn on you, meaning that Tom is not allowed to fall in love with anyone or
be with anyone and he has to change his identity every 8 years to stay hidden.
Towards the end of the book he experiences this whilst trying to search for a
loved one.
However, I feel that the book drags on for a while and there are points at when
it can finish earlier. On the other hand, I think that this book is really good on
how it gives a different view point on history and I would recommend this
book if you like adventure and a bit of a puzzling twist.
How to stop time, written by Matt Haig. This is an amazing book about a man,
called Tom Hazard, who is 439 years old and he is part of a group that goes by
the name as the ‘Albas’. The ‘Albas’ is a small group of people in the world who
are immortal/ live to their 400’s or even longer. To learn more about the
character, we are taken back in time when Tom is living the early years of his
life and how he realises what is happening to him. Throughout the book Tom
compares the present time to the past giving the reader thoughts of what life
was like 400 years ago. There are many secrets within the ‘Albas’ community
and if you reveal anything about the group then the ‘Albas’ leader Hendrich
will turn on you, meaning that Tom is not allowed to fall in love with anyone or
be with anyone and he has to change his identity every 8 years to stay hidden.
Towards the end of the book he experiences this whilst trying to search for a
loved one.
However, I feel that the book drags on for a while and there are points at when
it can finish earlier. On the other hand, I think that this book is really good on
how it gives a different view point on history and I would recommend this
book if you like adventure and a bit of a puzzling twist.
The Cellar
The cellar
Before reading this book I was already intrigued by the alluring title “The cellar”; it was this
that made me want to read on. Before I knew it I was indulged into the first chapter. The
cellar had the perfect combination of griping, creepy, and simply just messed up. I was
hooked in at every moment.
The book follows the survivor of kidnapping and her surreal experiences and the lives of her
and the other girls she is placed with. This book makes you realise the floors in our society
and the reality of it happening in your town. Whilst reading this book I was not only inspired
by summer’s determination but freaked out by the scenarios the teen goes through.
You hear the book mainly through the character of summer but we also hear from Collin
and Lewis. Throughout the book we get glimpses of the present and past experiences; from
summer’s childhood.
You have to give the story time, and as the book progress the vibrancy and twistedness of
the story only makes you want to read on further.
In my opinion I think that Natasha Preston captures
Before reading this book I was already intrigued by the alluring title “The cellar”; it was this
that made me want to read on. Before I knew it I was indulged into the first chapter. The
cellar had the perfect combination of griping, creepy, and simply just messed up. I was
hooked in at every moment.
The book follows the survivor of kidnapping and her surreal experiences and the lives of her
and the other girls she is placed with. This book makes you realise the floors in our society
and the reality of it happening in your town. Whilst reading this book I was not only inspired
by summer’s determination but freaked out by the scenarios the teen goes through.
You hear the book mainly through the character of summer but we also hear from Collin
and Lewis. Throughout the book we get glimpses of the present and past experiences; from
summer’s childhood.
You have to give the story time, and as the book progress the vibrancy and twistedness of
the story only makes you want to read on further.
In my opinion I think that Natasha Preston captures
The mysterious stranger
The book the mysterious stranger is a book by Mark Twain that’s set
in the Middle Ages, in a small remote village in Austria called
Eseldorf. In the book there are three boys called Theodor, Nickolas
and Seppi who are living normal lives. Until one day they meet a
mysterious boy who’s young, handsome, and beautifully dressed but
unknown to them he is Satan reincarnated. Throughout the book
there is a lot of which craft like when 11 school girls go missing and
where found burned at the stake. Towards the end farther peter is in
his trail when Satan enters with the body of wilhing meidling. The
attorney of defence who proves all the gold pieces but four where
minted in that year so farther peter could go free.
Through the book I enjoyed was how there was lots of twists and
turns with many different characters. I don’t like how the book
doesn’t actually finish so it finishes on a cliff hanger which I like in
most places but it’s annoying at the end of the book as you won’t
find out what happens.
Overall I think it’s a good read and interesting for people who like
witchcraft and like books set in the middle age but I would
recommend it because I prefer comical or funny books and it wasn’t
very entertaining.
in the Middle Ages, in a small remote village in Austria called
Eseldorf. In the book there are three boys called Theodor, Nickolas
and Seppi who are living normal lives. Until one day they meet a
mysterious boy who’s young, handsome, and beautifully dressed but
unknown to them he is Satan reincarnated. Throughout the book
there is a lot of which craft like when 11 school girls go missing and
where found burned at the stake. Towards the end farther peter is in
his trail when Satan enters with the body of wilhing meidling. The
attorney of defence who proves all the gold pieces but four where
minted in that year so farther peter could go free.
Through the book I enjoyed was how there was lots of twists and
turns with many different characters. I don’t like how the book
doesn’t actually finish so it finishes on a cliff hanger which I like in
most places but it’s annoying at the end of the book as you won’t
find out what happens.
Overall I think it’s a good read and interesting for people who like
witchcraft and like books set in the middle age but I would
recommend it because I prefer comical or funny books and it wasn’t
very entertaining.
Sapiens a brief history of mankind
Sapiens a brief history of mankind written by Yuval Noah Harari is a
non-fiction history book about human evolution first published in
Hebrew in 2011 and English in 2014. This book is all to do with our
lifetime on the planet earth and our other ancestors such as
Neanderthals and Homo Florensis (the hobbit people). The novel was
very enlightening about our history whilst also having a philosophical
edge about modern humans and how we can change our world and
our lives for the better by detaching from material objects and
focusing on things that really matter. I did really connect with this
book because of its hard-hitting quotes and facts about life which it
seems we are too naive to understand until Harari brings it to light.
However this book is a very difficult read and takes a lot of willpower
and thinking to fully understand what Harari means. Despite this
once you get into the heart of this book its truly engrossing and
impossible to put down and as easy to pick up as my mums Sunday
roast.
In my opinion this book is a great read for anyone who is interested
in human history or modern affairs this is a 4/5 for me!
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The adventures of huckleberry Finn was wrote by Mark Twain and is written all in first
person. Huck Finn is the main Narrator. This book is the sequel to the adventures of Tom
Sawyer and was published in 1885 in America. It is about three boys Jim, Huck and Tom who
run away and create a strong friendship between them, exploring places in the mid 1800’s
and creating trouble along the way. Huck is running away from his father and meets a
runaway slave, Jim. They explore and adventure finding out that people aren’t set out to be
who they say they are. My favourite character is one of the main characters, Jim. He is an
intelligent character that is made out to be the adult like figure in my eyes. I would
recommend this book because it was a very enjoyable read that contained a lot of cliff
hangers that made me want to read on. I would say it’s more for older people but if you love
adventures it would be the perfect book for you.
Friday 17 November 2017
Annihilation
In Annihilation, the first part of an imaginatively marketed and beautifully produced trilogy,
the novelist and publishing entrepreneur Jeff VanderMeer sets out to create a lasting
monument to the uncanny by revisiting a pitiless focus on physical and psychological detail.
An alien invasion site. Assimilative spores. An unfurling of promiscuous alien biology.
On the first page we are told that the women's enterprise is doomed. Their equipment is
either nonsensical, or inadequate, or antiquated. Their training and instructions are
sometimes vague, sometimes misleading. They cannot recall the moment they crossed into
Area X, and they have no clear idea how they will leave. They cannot agree about what they
are seeing and three of them are all the while half-aware of being hypnotically manipulated
by their team leader.
You enter Area X with them, thinking the uncanny must lurk in some particular spot. The
lighthouse? The reed beds? The ‘tower’? Very quickly you spot your mistake, as a subtle,
well-engineered wrongness turns up in every character, every deed, every observation until,
at last, you find yourself afraid to turn the page.
Personally I really likes this book and its abstract story line where you don’t know what is
going to happen to the Women’s Enterprise. I rate this book a 9/10 as I don’t think the
language is that easy but it is bearable. So I would say only read this if you are a good reader
or are at least confident. Overall I would read this book again and I recommend it too
anyone who likes mystery, thrillers and/or abstract story lines causing confusion and
excitement from paper instead of a screen. This book is defiantly good for anyone who
doesn’t like books as I don’t like reading myself, and I find this a very good book that kept
me up WANTING to read it.
the novelist and publishing entrepreneur Jeff VanderMeer sets out to create a lasting
monument to the uncanny by revisiting a pitiless focus on physical and psychological detail.
An alien invasion site. Assimilative spores. An unfurling of promiscuous alien biology.
On the first page we are told that the women's enterprise is doomed. Their equipment is
either nonsensical, or inadequate, or antiquated. Their training and instructions are
sometimes vague, sometimes misleading. They cannot recall the moment they crossed into
Area X, and they have no clear idea how they will leave. They cannot agree about what they
are seeing and three of them are all the while half-aware of being hypnotically manipulated
by their team leader.
You enter Area X with them, thinking the uncanny must lurk in some particular spot. The
lighthouse? The reed beds? The ‘tower’? Very quickly you spot your mistake, as a subtle,
well-engineered wrongness turns up in every character, every deed, every observation until,
at last, you find yourself afraid to turn the page.
Personally I really likes this book and its abstract story line where you don’t know what is
going to happen to the Women’s Enterprise. I rate this book a 9/10 as I don’t think the
language is that easy but it is bearable. So I would say only read this if you are a good reader
or are at least confident. Overall I would read this book again and I recommend it too
anyone who likes mystery, thrillers and/or abstract story lines causing confusion and
excitement from paper instead of a screen. This book is defiantly good for anyone who
doesn’t like books as I don’t like reading myself, and I find this a very good book that kept
me up WANTING to read it.
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