Lucas Pigliacampo Pigliacampo itibaren ایشگه، آذربایجان غربی، İran
According to this book, meat (beef & pork) is less inflammatory than beans & most vegetables, frozen vegetables more anti-inflammatory than fresh, & dried herbs more anti-inflammatory than fresh as well! Astonishing! I wonder if sugar-free Jello, being the only non-inflammatory dessert, is truly non-inflammatory, since it contains aspartame. I agree with other readers who said this book is too complicated to follow & it seems to fly completely in the opposite direction of what we consider conventional nutritional knowledge. Seemingly, all one needs to do to reduce inflammation is eat fish & nuts. This book is not for you if you are a vegetarian & are allergic to nuts. I'm not recommending it to anyone. Try Dean Ornish's methods instead.
Different from the average Bernard Cornwell book. The viewpoint is from a man starting at the bottom of the social ladder. To advance, he has his archery skills and his faith (including the voices of two saints in his head that help him Obi Wan Kenobi style). The battle scenes are graphic and even gruesome. Brains splatter and bones crack. Still, the viewpoint remains a common man watching extraordinary events. He may not totally understand the ramifications because he's just hoping to live to see the next morning. A reader can appreciate the historical research done to bring this world to life and that the story is told by an archer rather than a noble or a king.
Old review from 2011 below. Although still the weakest tome of the Last Chronicles, a re-read grandly improved it. (~2014) ------- Uh...where should I even start with this? As much as I love the First and Second Chronicles, this just felt like trying to chew ten meters of sodden carpet and a barrelful of old tires. Granted, the beginning wasn't bad and during the few, final stretches the story gained some of that panache I've learned to expect from Donaldson's works, but...the middle, by all the seven hells and fiery damnations, the middle... Seriously, I groaned, swore under my breath, tried and tried and tried to plough through the endless gyres of repetition and boring, tumid descriptions, hoping against hope the plot would resurrect itself and go somewhere. Gah. At one point, I almost thought I was reading Chris Paolini or bad fanfiction, especially due to the cardboardy flavor of the characters (Seriously, what happened to the complex, dark anti-hero Linden of the Second Chrons?? Squashed into the body of a dull Mary Sue...). I'm earnestly afraid I'll never encounter such wonderful personalities as Pitchwife or Foamfollower in these later installments. However, I'm going to proceed onward with Fatal Revenant to see whether the story actually finds a tolerable pace and a proper red thread to pursue. This book might've worked if edited hard-handedly; a good hundred and fifty pages could be discarded just by gouging out all those 6785667 depictions of mountains and how wonderful aliantha tastes like. Why are all my favorite authors disappointing me lately.
This book is filled with symbolism and literary devices that you are probably not interested in. It tells the tale of young women in Iran who are curious about American and British literature. This books critiques live in Tehran and criticizes the Islamic government for it's censorship and sexism. I wouldn't recommend reading this book because I think your time can be better spent. The non-fiction books I have read lately have been far more impressive. Author tried too hard. Attempted to do too much and didn't fully develop each character. It was all over the place with too many shallow messages.