Andrea Strippoli Strippoli itibaren Woolage Green, Canterbury, Kent CT4 6SG, İngiltere
Hmmm. Bu kitapta Farallon Adası tarihi, köpekbalıkları, deniz martıları ve diğer deniz canlıları hakkında çok şey öğrendim. Bununla birlikte, yazarın kişisel yolculuğu ve Büyük Beyazlar'a olan hayranlığı hakkındaki yorumları mide bulandırıcıydı. Köpekbalıkları, Farallonlar veya kendi kendine emilen dergi yazarlarıyla gerçekten ilgilenmiyorsanız muhtemelen bunu okumayı tavsiye etmem.
Bu kitap başlangıçta beni çok kızdırdı. Karakterleri resmetmek istediğim gibi değil, ama çok iyi çıktı. Kesinlikle okumaya değer.
Bu gerçek bir gözyaşı sarsıntısı. Diye bağırdı gözlerim.
İlginç ... renkli karakterler, ama biraz yavaş.
Servant of the Dragon is the third book in the Lord of the Isles series by David Drake and I am currently reading it. So far it is pretty good - with the same kind of elements found in the prior books. Huge problems are discovered and then solved with suprising ease. However, both Sharina and Cashel have both found themselves in interesting lands with difficult problems to solve so I hold out extra hope for this book. One of Drakes best traits in these series is his inventive characters and cultures and this book so far has introduced me to at least two new ones. The Dragon's and a Bird guy, Dalar, whose name I can't remember at the moment. Finally, Drake also has a cool habit of allying suprising characters such as demons with the heros. It tends to set any preconceived notion you might have about the term demon on it's ear when one suddenly starts helping to save the world - even if it is for a selfish reason and not a noble one. Well I finished the book and so far it was my favorite in the series. Each of the characters went on completely different patters in their quests and amazingly all ended up in the center of the same big problem. You don't really have to read the other books in the series to follow what is going on in this book; but I still recommend reading the whole series. However, if you don't have the time for all three books - just skip to this one.
i liked this book a lot. its a mystery but not told in a linear way, with narrative switches between characters, lots of footnotes, literary and library science references, and a sort of whimsical and nonchalant voice. the characters were all really great. the mystery itself didn't really go anywhere but i enjoyed it all the same. it sort of reminded me of those lemony snickets books for kids, but with a bit of murakami thrown in. the cover design deserves a comment too, it was really cute and well put together.
By turns suspenseful and perfectly sweet, filled with fantastically teenagerish teenagers, this was a quick, engaging read. I loved the way Mitchell painted the sticky heat of a southern summer and how she sketched out family dynamics. Totally perfect summer mystery.
This had a lot that I'd read in Guns, Germs and Steel, but it was written first.
This book was very good in a different kind of way. It grew on me with every page. It was proundly simple.
A good one!