Nam Le Le itibaren Essra, Punjab 148022, Hindistan
Hmm...I think I may like historical mysteries. Reminds me of The Owl Killers. Unfortunately, like The Owl Killers, there are far too many points of view, and the only way to keep the mystery going is to obscure things that the characters see. Bad technique.
I've wanted to read this book in forever, but kept putting other things ahead of it for one reason or another. It was alright, differed quite a bit from the movie--there was more personal backstory for Andy which led to some rather dull subplot. The novel was a bit annoying with all the brand name-dropping, as obvious as Wayne's World, but not as funny. Another thing that really bugged me, and I wish the editor had caught, was that Weisberger writes the newsstand guy as a Kuwaiti named Ahmed. No Kuwaiti I know in NYC would be sitting behind a newsstand. He or she would own Runway's parent company. If you are going to pick a random Arab nationality to own a newsstand, a GCC national is not the way to go. It's called fact-checking.
When you're looking for a novel that has no plot, no common sense, jibber-jabber about pointless love, how hot someone is, and the climax thrown together three-thirds of the book, Twilight takes the cake! I don't even know what made me "unconditionally and irrevocably in love" with it in the first place! But then again, I was a hopeless romantic trying to find love, and I thought Twilight would cheer me up for my lovesick... ness... Unfortunately, I was WRONG. When I first read the book, I was addicted to it. I finished reading it for one day because it was "so good." Time passed by, and I was hoping that my tasteless friend would give me the second volume of the series because I wanted more... MORE TELL I YA! As the time passed by, I realized the book was just stupid-fluff and very sexually frustrating. First off, we meet with the main character, the female "heroine," Isabella Marie Swan. Or Bella for short. I realized now, she's nothing more than a Mary Sue. Her name is even like one as well! Bella is Italian for beautiful. Throw it with Swan. Beautiful Swan. What's even worse is that EVERY guy falls in love with her when she moves in with her lazy ass daddy who needs Bella to cook and clean for him. Typical anti-feminist, no? Her appearance is somewhat similar to the author, and her story when moving into a new place (see twilight FAQ's in her website). Oh yeah, and she gets the guy to top it all off. Typical Mary Sue. Edward Cullen... is just too HAWT for this world! He's perfect, he's got perfect hair, perfect body, perfect face... hell, I wouldn't be surprised if he even has a perfect penis! D; Anyways, as the typical teenage fangirl I am, I fell in love with him too... I still am... but not as much. What made me head-over-heels for this guy is that he's charming and witty... but being about 100 years old is such a turn off. Not to mention, stalking Bella almost every night... and she doesn't care when she finds this out! That's just a weird/sick/creepy relationship. What I don't get is the reason for those two loving each other. Stephanie Meyer makes it destined for them to be together... but exaclty what is the reason again...? Oh yeah! Cause Bella has sweet-smelling blood and Edward's HAWT. Duh. That's why they were made for each other! Except for the whole "no sex" thing... well from what I heard, they're gonna do it later on in some other volume of Twilight. It'll be just like another erotic Anita Blake failure. Who I really hated second to Bella was Jacob Black. He was too annoying and pestered too much. Maybe he'll get better later on... I heard he and Bella hooked up. I had a feeling Bella was gonna do that anyways. The almost 500 pages Bella narrates about in Twilight is how HAWT Edward is. She's obsessing way too much and then she declares that she would even risk her life to be with him! Dude, you knew him for like, a week. Now you decide to be emo for him? Two words: Get. Help. All of a sudden, a group of villianous vampires come out of nowhere and terrorize the Cullens and Bella. The whole five chapters of that was a big blur. Was it even five chapters? I don't know anymore! x.x Do not read this!!!! This is a warning to all bookworms out there! Don't say I never told you so!!!!