Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy #3)
Richelle Mead
It took me four and a half hours, with only few interruptions, to read four and a half hundred pages. So, not to tricky English.
This book series is one of my genuine guilty pleasures. I really like this book even though I’m fed up with vampires and such. Even though there are probably a thousand stories out there with the same formula, (Week vampires, protectors of the week vampires, evil vampires and humans) this is the only one I have read. Only approximately 5% of the books I’ve read are vampire books, so I found this story refreshing.
A friend of mine recommended this book, but I wasn’t sure I liked her taste. She’d been crazy about the House of Night series, which I, personally, think is… Trash. Sorry. I read them though, I don’t know why. I just have a principle: Don’t ever stop reading a series. So I continue.
But that’s not the point. I have an account on a website called Goodreads. I looked up the book and read a few reviews. This is a love or hate book.
Then I read it. And liked it. I will admit it, the main characters are not that complex, but I didn’t really mind. It was nice, really, just to read without thinking to much.
And compared to some other books I’ve read (Twilight, House of Night and so on) this is a really great book. I would recommend this book, naturally, to the people who loved Twilight. This book has a better story and better characters. And then to all you people who read books like Ulysses, Paradise Lost and Atlas Shrugged and would like a break with some more easy literature, just for fun.
In my opinion this book doesn’t teach you something new, it doesn’t take you to another place like more heavy literature would. But it is nice, once in a while, to forget about what is good for you and just give in to a guilty pleasure.
Monday, 10 May 2010
Friday, 7 May 2010
Phantom Of The Opera - Excellent
Phantom Of The Opera
Susan Kay
I’ve just finished Phantom Of The Opera and I don’t know if i should laugh or cry. It’s a beautiful ending and I, for one, think it’s a good ending. Not everyone ends up completely happy, but a good book isn’t always a happy one.
A few months ago I read the “original” book. Almost the same title, The Phantom Of The Opera by Gaston Leroux. It’s a book that, supposedly, is written by a man trying to solve the mystery about the Opera Ghost. Therefore he interviews a lot of people and in the end comes up with a storyline of the time up till and during Christine Daae’s disappearance. It’s quite moving but hard to really feel because of the strange mix of letters, reports and interviews it consists of.
Phantom of the Opera is the story about Erik, the Opera Ghost. A new writer telling his enthralling story from different points of view. First his mother, himself, his “mentor”, the Persian and so on.
When a good friend recommended the book I was, at first, not quite convinced that it was something I should use my time on – I mean, seriously: This is like fan fiction gone wild. Someone using someone else’s success to their own gain. But I trusted this friend to have a good taste in books, so I gave it a chance.
I was surprised, overwhelmed, fascinated. It was a fantastic story. Erik (aka. Opera Ghost) is a wonderful main character. I really worried about him, really hoped he would make the right decision. I was more involved in the book than usual because, mostly, you are completely sure that the main character will make the right decision in the end. You had none of that security with Erik. I laughed (apparently I have the same black humour as Erik), hurt and cried while reading this book. I bit my lip in worry, grind my teeth in frustration and stared into space in the surrender of all hope.
I will venture to guess that most of you know this story because you’ve seen the musical. If you liked it or found the end frustrating you should read the books. The Phantom Of The Opera (Gaston Leroux), I feel, doesn’t give you a lot other than the true and complete story, Persian and all. After that, I would read Phantom Of The Opera (Susan Kay) for it really captures you. The ending in Susan Kay’s version is slightly different because it tells you more at the end than the original. The ending can, in other words, be interpreted in another way. And I love the end. Not heartbreaking and yet not happy.
I recommend the life story of Erik (Susan Kay version) to everyone if you like a fascinating and slightly different read.
Susan Kay
I’ve just finished Phantom Of The Opera and I don’t know if i should laugh or cry. It’s a beautiful ending and I, for one, think it’s a good ending. Not everyone ends up completely happy, but a good book isn’t always a happy one.
A few months ago I read the “original” book. Almost the same title, The Phantom Of The Opera by Gaston Leroux. It’s a book that, supposedly, is written by a man trying to solve the mystery about the Opera Ghost. Therefore he interviews a lot of people and in the end comes up with a storyline of the time up till and during Christine Daae’s disappearance. It’s quite moving but hard to really feel because of the strange mix of letters, reports and interviews it consists of.
Phantom of the Opera is the story about Erik, the Opera Ghost. A new writer telling his enthralling story from different points of view. First his mother, himself, his “mentor”, the Persian and so on.
When a good friend recommended the book I was, at first, not quite convinced that it was something I should use my time on – I mean, seriously: This is like fan fiction gone wild. Someone using someone else’s success to their own gain. But I trusted this friend to have a good taste in books, so I gave it a chance.
I was surprised, overwhelmed, fascinated. It was a fantastic story. Erik (aka. Opera Ghost) is a wonderful main character. I really worried about him, really hoped he would make the right decision. I was more involved in the book than usual because, mostly, you are completely sure that the main character will make the right decision in the end. You had none of that security with Erik. I laughed (apparently I have the same black humour as Erik), hurt and cried while reading this book. I bit my lip in worry, grind my teeth in frustration and stared into space in the surrender of all hope.
I will venture to guess that most of you know this story because you’ve seen the musical. If you liked it or found the end frustrating you should read the books. The Phantom Of The Opera (Gaston Leroux), I feel, doesn’t give you a lot other than the true and complete story, Persian and all. After that, I would read Phantom Of The Opera (Susan Kay) for it really captures you. The ending in Susan Kay’s version is slightly different because it tells you more at the end than the original. The ending can, in other words, be interpreted in another way. And I love the end. Not heartbreaking and yet not happy.
I recommend the life story of Erik (Susan Kay version) to everyone if you like a fascinating and slightly different read.
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