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- The Fifth Child (81)
- By Doris May Lessing
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- The Mermaid's Child (2)
- By Jo Baker
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- Jane Eyre (4376)
- By Charlotte Brontë
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- The Five People You Meet in Heaven (2298)
- By Mitch Albom
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- Fight Club (1977)
- By Chuck Palahniuk
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- Tess Of The Durbervilles (884)
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- By Thomas Hardy
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Tess Of The Durbervilles

Haunting

I knew from the start of the contents this book contained, as an English student it's hard for my teachers to not comment as we're currently studying Victorian Literature. Nevertheless, despite knowing how it might end, I was still addicted and wanted to know what happened next. Of course, some may ... (continue)

I knew from the start of the contents this book contained, as an English student it's hard for my teachers to not comment as we're currently studying Victorian Literature. Nevertheless, despite knowing how it might end, I was still addicted and wanted to know what happened next. Of course, some may be put off by the fact that this is Victorian Literature, therefore, there won't be any explicit descriptions of anything that was deemed controversial at the time, yet, in contrast to many authors of that era, Hardy hints at these facts clearly which leaves me, as a reader, satisfied and aware that that was the topic discussed. Despite there being some chapters which, in my opinion, could have easily been absent, such as a whole chapter on cows, the story flows along nicely. Even though some may sympathize with Tess, you're left feeling as if she were an annoying child, but this may only be because of my own point of view, as I preferred Alec rather than Angel. The latter seemed such a fake character, realizing too late in the novel what the right thing to do was.
A book that can leave you frustrated with characters at times, but the final scene is absolutely haunting and leaves you with a strange feeling in your mind.

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- The Girl Who Played with Fire (1239)
- By Stieg Larsson
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The Girl Who Played with Fire

*** This comment contains spoilers! ***
Personally, a disappointing sequel.

As an avid fan of the first book in the Millennium Series, I expected the second installment to be just as good as it's predecessor. Unfortunately, I was very much disappointed. Starting more or less where we left off in 'The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo', the opening chapters had much more potential ... (continue)

As an avid fan of the first book in the Millennium Series, I expected the second installment to be just as good as it's predecessor. Unfortunately, I was very much disappointed. Starting more or less where we left off in 'The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo', the opening chapters had much more potential, as I recalled the initial chapter of the first book to be absolutely sleep inducing. Nevertheless, we are faced with the character of Lisbeth being hurt over Blomkvist's behaviour, as if suddenly, she was the only woman meant for him. As for Blomkvist, he seems to have added yet another woman in his collection of women he sleeps with, rendering his character from charming to plainly ridiculous as his newest bed partner is none other than Harriet, the girl who was in the center of the previous book's mystery. Despite this, the story is rather fast paced between Salander hiding from an accusation of murder and Blomkvist trying to put together the pieces of a complex puzzle, which regards all kinds of government conspiracies. However, this second book lacks the charm and the suspense of the first, and the ending is borderline unbelievable as Salander adds 'rising from the dead' to her list of talents. The initial mystery itself had potential to be quite something, but the unraveling of the strong links between Salander and the murders and the revelation of her parentage just did not leave me satisfied. If you just can't be satisfied by the ending of the first book, and are dying to know more, and if you think you can handle beast-like men with congenital analgesia thrown into the mix, then maybe you'll enjoy it much more than I did. Even though, truth be told, it was hard not to put the book down once I started. In all, addictive, but just not the same.

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- Wuthering Heights (3151)
- by Emily Bronte
- By Emily Brontë
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- Coraline (1220)
- By Neil Gaiman
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- Frankenstein: 1000 Headwords (3011)
- By Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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