Mary Elizabeth Connelly Elizabeth Connelly itibaren 5324 Lämmerbach, Avusturya
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2007'de okundu
A wonderful primer on quantum physics approached from the points of view of Hindus, Buddhists, and Tai Chi masters. Puts everything into a perspective that is easy to grasp and understand (well, as easy as quantum physics can be to understand... once you start to understand it you realize how much you don't understand it).
Scary book with which to start my reviews, yes, but here goes. This has been considered an "underground classic" since its publication in 1952 and I can see why. I read that Stanley Kubrick had an adaptation of this written by Thompson in his files. (Thompson wrote early Kubrick films THE KILLING and PATHS OF GLORY as well) This also is no real surprise as the book reads like a film by Kubrick, Hitchcock, or current filmmakers like Fincher. I read this in about two days, but mostly because it's so well paced and tightly plotted. Thompson gives us just enough to know what's going on and make us uncomfortable about it before he takes us into the next beat with no time or energy wasted. Lean mean, with all meat and no fat. It feels almost cliched to compare this to Dostoyevski, but any novel featuring a protagonist so far removed from his own reality that he comments (correctly) on its ridiculousness as he does things in total opposite to its values always takes me to NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND or CRIME AND PUNISHMENT. Lou Ford is a sick man in a sick world yet he (and his readers) aren't quite sure which is sicker.
Without giving away anything from the story I'll just say I would have preferred more closure...but otherwise a great story.
Ulysses truly is a victim of its own success and notoriety. After years of hearing English professors' breathless descriptions of its wonder, how could the book possibly measure up to expectation? Indeed, unless it contained the Secret Meaning Of Life itself, it probably couldn't. None of this is to say that it is not a truly amazing work. It is. Joyce explores language and the patterns of human thought in ways that are still likely ahead of their time 73+ years after publication. I would advise potential readers to set their expectations lower. This may or may not be the finest literary composition in the English language, but if you anticipate new doors to be opened to you for the very act of reading the book, I doubt you'll be satisfied with the results. Still an excellent work of Modernist literature and definitely worthy of great esteem, I was nonetheless disappointed in the experience of reading Ulysses.
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Adorable! Especially if you've a penchant for grammar and reading other people's letters.
its always been one of my favourite series and i am soooo sad that its now ended. I love reading about these characters so reading this was bittersweet. Each time round, we get a cool mystery and this time round its about a family that has been brutally slaughtered. This made me think of loads of horror films that i have seen and i love how great Kimberly Derting is at creating creepy atmospheres. The murders gave me the chills and and i really enjoyed reading about the mystery. Jay is the love of my life. I wish he was my boyfriend. I love him sooo much and was soo happy that he was in it more, as i was disappointed by the lack of him in the last one. Jay and Violet are just perfect and i love seeing them together. Despite loving Jay so much, i have to admit that Rafe is my guilty pleasure. He just has this charisma and this pull and i just swoon when he shows up. I cant help but like him even though i wouldn't want Violet to cheat on Jay EVER! I kinda want a spinoff about Rafe so he can get a shot at being happy and we would get a book full of his awesomeness. Chelsea is one of my fav characters and i was glad that she got a part in the plot this time round. She is soo funny and just makes the book more enjoyable. She is obsessed with Rafe in this one and it was quite funny to read about. There is more stuff about Dr Lee and you found out the background to it but there wasnt actually that much about them. I wanted to find out more about them so that would be my only complaint. I m gonna finish off by begging Kimberly Derting to plz plz plz write another book. I m not done reading about these characters and will miss them thoroughly. plz dont make me suffer this way!!
This book saw Kitty in a situation that pitted her against human monsters and taking charge of an eclectic mix of people thrown together because they were different. Kitty was forced to take charge of the situation she saw herself in and think like Cormac...something she did rather well. Kitty never wanted to be the person in charge, she never wanted to have to look after people...all she wanted was to be left alone. This was a book that I finished in a few hours. Once I started I didn't want to put it down. I liked how it brought together secondary characters from previous Kitty books and how The Game was mentioned but not part of the main story.