Title: Sense and Sensibility
Author: Jane Austen
Genre: Romance, Classic
Brief Synopsis: Elinor and Marianne Dashwood are two young women living in a society ruled by class. They deal with love and loss, and try to cope with the society that encourages marrying for connections rather than love.
Comments: I came into Sense and Sensibility with high expectations, having read Austen's excellent work of Pride and Prejudice. I'm sorry to say that this piece fell short of my expectations. The author's style didn't seem quite as well formed as in Pride and Prejudice and the characters at times seemed merely two dementional. It didn't hold my interest nearly as well either. While still a seemingly charming book, it wasn't Austen's best work.
Classify: Long, slightly boring, love story that seems quite familiar.
Worth Reading?: I would say not. And perhaps try Pride and Prejudice instead.
Would you read this again?: I have no intentions to.
Kendal <3
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Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Twilight
Title: Twilight
Author: Stephenie Meyer
Genre: Fantasy, Drama, Romance
Brief Synopsis: A teenaged girl moves to a rainy town called Forks in Washington state to live with her father after her mother remarries. She finds herself more comfortable in the town than she originally thought, making a few friends, one in particular a beautiful mysterious boy named Edward Cullen. She finds herself attracted to this obvious danger, and can't help it. The story is centered around the strange love story of Bella and Edward...who isn't human. We examine all of the flaws in the unnatural relationship between the two characters--and yet you can't help falling in love with them both--and the entire book.
Comments: Might I start out by saying I was prepared to hate this book. The whole vampire thing completely turned me off. But I'm eating crow--for I LOVED this book (Yes, yes, Lauren, you were right). I felt like it didn't have a boring spot in the whole thing, I could not put this down. It was really refreshing reading a book in which I had absolutely NO idea what was going to happen because it could go so many ways. I was very captivated by the completely different story and I fell in love with all of the characters which were all so relatable.
Classify: A fast paced love story with perks of action! Quick read--despite it's look.
Worth reading?: Yes. Absolutely yes.
Did you find this book particularly easy or difficult?: Easy, it's very easy, and very fun.
Would you read this again?: Yes, I already have :]
How long did it take you to read this?: Er...two days? Quicker than I thought.
Really read this! It was great, so were New Moon and Eclipse!
Kendal <3
Author: Stephenie Meyer
Genre: Fantasy, Drama, Romance
Brief Synopsis: A teenaged girl moves to a rainy town called Forks in Washington state to live with her father after her mother remarries. She finds herself more comfortable in the town than she originally thought, making a few friends, one in particular a beautiful mysterious boy named Edward Cullen. She finds herself attracted to this obvious danger, and can't help it. The story is centered around the strange love story of Bella and Edward...who isn't human. We examine all of the flaws in the unnatural relationship between the two characters--and yet you can't help falling in love with them both--and the entire book.
Comments: Might I start out by saying I was prepared to hate this book. The whole vampire thing completely turned me off. But I'm eating crow--for I LOVED this book (Yes, yes, Lauren, you were right). I felt like it didn't have a boring spot in the whole thing, I could not put this down. It was really refreshing reading a book in which I had absolutely NO idea what was going to happen because it could go so many ways. I was very captivated by the completely different story and I fell in love with all of the characters which were all so relatable.
Classify: A fast paced love story with perks of action! Quick read--despite it's look.
Worth reading?: Yes. Absolutely yes.
Did you find this book particularly easy or difficult?: Easy, it's very easy, and very fun.
Would you read this again?: Yes, I already have :]
How long did it take you to read this?: Er...two days? Quicker than I thought.
Really read this! It was great, so were New Moon and Eclipse!
Kendal <3
Monday, December 17, 2007
The Truth About Forever
Title: The Truth About Forever
Author: Sarah Dessen
Genre: Romance, Drama, Comedy
Brief Synopsis: This is about a teenage girl Macy Queen, who is preparing for a boring summer while her boyfriend is away. Instead she gets a new job with a crazy and dysfunctional, tight knit catering company and finds a whole new group of friends. Macy has to balance the old orderly half of her life and the new crazy one, while still dealing with the loss of her father and the changes in her family.
Comments: I love this book. I think everyone knows that I love this book. Sarah Dessen is similar to Meg Cabot and Emily Franklin type of authors. This book is so much fun. I've read it like ten times and love it every time I do. It's very hard not to fall in love with Dessen's charming characters. If you're looking for a fun light read try this. It's cute with a kind of cheesy ending, as how is popular with Dessen, but it's good all the way through, and completely held my attention. I read this in one day, the first time I read it, and 300 some pages.
Classify: Light, fun read.
Worth Reading?: Absolutely. Though some of you might not be as cheesy as me...lol.
Did I find this book particularly easy or difficult?: This book is very easy and light.
~Kendal
Ps. I know I've done three of these tonight, but I thought since I had two negative reviews I should probably do at least one positive one haha.
Author: Sarah Dessen
Genre: Romance, Drama, Comedy
Brief Synopsis: This is about a teenage girl Macy Queen, who is preparing for a boring summer while her boyfriend is away. Instead she gets a new job with a crazy and dysfunctional, tight knit catering company and finds a whole new group of friends. Macy has to balance the old orderly half of her life and the new crazy one, while still dealing with the loss of her father and the changes in her family.
Comments: I love this book. I think everyone knows that I love this book. Sarah Dessen is similar to Meg Cabot and Emily Franklin type of authors. This book is so much fun. I've read it like ten times and love it every time I do. It's very hard not to fall in love with Dessen's charming characters. If you're looking for a fun light read try this. It's cute with a kind of cheesy ending, as how is popular with Dessen, but it's good all the way through, and completely held my attention. I read this in one day, the first time I read it, and 300 some pages.
Classify: Light, fun read.
Worth Reading?: Absolutely. Though some of you might not be as cheesy as me...lol.
Did I find this book particularly easy or difficult?: This book is very easy and light.
~Kendal
Ps. I know I've done three of these tonight, but I thought since I had two negative reviews I should probably do at least one positive one haha.
Jane Eyre
Title: Jane Eyre
Author: Charlotte Bronte
Genre: Coming-of-age, Drama, Romance
Brief Synopsis: This is a story of an orphaned girl, we start the story with her at her terrible Aunt's house and then we move to her days at a terrible school. We follow young Jane all the way until she finds a house in which she is a tutor for an eight year old girl. We get insight into Jane's over-working mind and explore her feelings for the infamous Mr. Rochester.
Comments: May I start by saying... Woah this girl could write!!! This story was sooo eloquently written, just absolutely beautiful! While I didn't actually care for the book (very...very...very...long), I could totally appreciate how well written is was. It is one of the ultimate romantic books, even now...so if you're "Romance Intolerant" put down Bronte. She is not for you. I just felt like this moved really slowly. There wasn't a lot of action and you had to follow what they're were saying very carefully, because every person had a speech, no one just said one line, and they talked in old english, and a lot of metaphors. Not like Shakespeare, just a little more effort then picking up and reading Frog and Toad. . . . Oh and just in case you're wondering (I doubt you are) but Eyre is pronounced like Air.
Classify: Long. Slow. Takes a little effort.
Worth Reading?: Er...if you're willing to take you're time with it...if you're patient, it's worth it. It's excellently written.
Would I read this again?: I think at some point I might try.
How long did it take me?: A long time. I typically read a book in 1-2 days...almost no matter the length. If it's interesting it doesn't take me a long time. However if it doesn't grab my attention I start dread reading it...it took me a long time... I didn't like have to have it with me or read it whenever I could. It took me weeks. With a large uh..."absence of reading" in the middle.
Did I find this book particularly easy or difficult?: It wasn't difficult, but wasn't like again...Frog and Toad.
~Kendal
Author: Charlotte Bronte
Genre: Coming-of-age, Drama, Romance
Brief Synopsis: This is a story of an orphaned girl, we start the story with her at her terrible Aunt's house and then we move to her days at a terrible school. We follow young Jane all the way until she finds a house in which she is a tutor for an eight year old girl. We get insight into Jane's over-working mind and explore her feelings for the infamous Mr. Rochester.
Comments: May I start by saying... Woah this girl could write!!! This story was sooo eloquently written, just absolutely beautiful! While I didn't actually care for the book (very...very...very...long), I could totally appreciate how well written is was. It is one of the ultimate romantic books, even now...so if you're "Romance Intolerant" put down Bronte. She is not for you. I just felt like this moved really slowly. There wasn't a lot of action and you had to follow what they're were saying very carefully, because every person had a speech, no one just said one line, and they talked in old english, and a lot of metaphors. Not like Shakespeare, just a little more effort then picking up and reading Frog and Toad. . . . Oh and just in case you're wondering (I doubt you are) but Eyre is pronounced like Air.
Classify: Long. Slow. Takes a little effort.
Worth Reading?: Er...if you're willing to take you're time with it...if you're patient, it's worth it. It's excellently written.
Would I read this again?: I think at some point I might try.
How long did it take me?: A long time. I typically read a book in 1-2 days...almost no matter the length. If it's interesting it doesn't take me a long time. However if it doesn't grab my attention I start dread reading it...it took me a long time... I didn't like have to have it with me or read it whenever I could. It took me weeks. With a large uh..."absence of reading" in the middle.
Did I find this book particularly easy or difficult?: It wasn't difficult, but wasn't like again...Frog and Toad.
~Kendal
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