I’ve got quite a lot of books reviews on my “virtual” shelf! And I try to keep every review as “sincere” as I can. Well I obviously liked it somehow to read the first three books in three days, but as I was reading the fourth one I caught myself yawning quite a lot!One can really see that she’s no w
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I’ve got quite a lot of books reviews on my “virtual” shelf! And I try to keep every review as “sincere” as I can. Well I obviously liked it somehow to read the first three books in three days, but as I was reading the fourth one I caught myself yawning quite a lot!One can really see that she’s no writer. Or at least no “good” writer. Not to compare in any ways to fantasy writers such as Rowling or Pullman just for a start. I mean in Harry Potter as well as in Pullman’s books there are studies behind: mythological as well as psychological. They create suspense and you can’t imagine what’s coming next pages after pages even after six books. Let’s face it… in this saga nothing extremely surprising happens. The love story is beautiful and you can almost live Bella’s feelings but probably only if you are a romantic soul. No “boy” or “man” could read these books without falling asleep. Nevertheless I liked it!The only two things that were unbelievably annoying were: the you-love-me, you-love-me-not struggle in the first three books… ok. It’s about two teenagers, but they’re not “normal” teenagers… just for a start one of them is over 90 years old… so after a while I caught myself thinking “oh what the hell”! The second thing was the “baby-story” in the fourth book. As if Meyer was somehow struggling to find an interesting “story” to somehow end the saga. Not Renesmee herself bothered me, but the whole entire “pregnancy” with broken rips a.s.o. I mean… come on! :-)OK… probably I am being a bit too harsh considering the speed and the time it took me to read these four books. How can I put it: it’s like those fantasy children movies you watch on a rainy afternoon. You like them. They make you daydream away happily. I am a romantic soul and couldn’t possibly not fall in love with Edward even with his most annoying side (see above) and I couldn’t help “rooting for” Bella to have her childish happy end!
Un libro che si legge in un giorno. Brevi racconti inventati come anche autobiografici di Pieraccioni…
Niente di particolare… però sono belli da leggere!!! Divertenti, ma anche malinconici e nostalgici.
A me personalmente, anche forse per il periodo che sto attraversando, sono piaciuti.
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Un libro che si legge in un giorno. Brevi racconti inventati come anche autobiografici di Pieraccioni…
Niente di particolare… però sono belli da leggere!!! Divertenti, ma anche malinconici e nostalgici.
A me personalmente, anche forse per il periodo che sto attraversando, sono piaciuti. Li avessi letti con un altro stato d’animo non sono sicura che mi sarebbero piaciuti come ora.
Insomma… se ve lo regalano, se lo trovate in biblioteca o così allora leggetelo… perché non credo l’avrei comprato se lo avessi trovato sullo scaffale di una libreria…
Well... I left it unfinished, but not because I don't like the story, because I already know the story. It's a classic and an adventure, so I highly recommend to read it!
Some time ago I read "Traumreisende" and I described it in a post. Margit, Aurelio's mum lent me both of them with the promise of a nice reading, but I consider it more a wonderful reading.
The first one more like a novel, where the second is more like a documentation. An American woman is inv
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Some time ago I read "Traumreisende" and I described it in a post. Margit, Aurelio's mum lent me both of them with the promise of a nice reading, but I consider it more a wonderful reading.
The first one more like a novel, where the second is more like a documentation. An American woman is invited by a group of Aborigines (like some would call them: primitive living Aborigines) that take her with them on a journey through Australia. Not only will she live an extraordinary adventure dressing and eating like them all, but she will also learn lot of things, that we forgot through the ages and the so called civilisation.
It's not a book that condems one way of living or the other, but more a picture of us civilised people that lost every connection with the earth, nature but above all with the soul and the others.
This let's call it "tribe" sends us a message by means of comprehension. The message is for us to stop. We should stop destroying and suck the life out of the earth. We should stop trying to find out some unuseful things. With what we have we could ALL live well and be provided for in every little corner on this planet. (Even thought we can't undo what we did till now).
The Aborigines decided not to have children anymore. The resources on this planet wouldn't be enought to guarantee their survival. One of the last sentences I read made me sick. The woman on her way back home on a plane, chats with a man, Australian, about her experience and tells him about this decision. His answer is that who cares if they stop existing. Nobody hears anything about them anyway so nobody would miss them that much.
In the book there are small reminders about what happened in America with the natives. America a "civilised" society where (sorry about that to a person who is American and whom I consider more than a brother) people holds a rosary in one hand and a gun in the other. Where law allows people to keep guns in their cars and where killing 30 students in a campus is like a "normal" news.
Anyway this book teaches a lot and gives a lot. It strikes your heart and then goes straight to your brain. It makes you think, wonder... where are we going.
Twilight Saga Collection
***This comment contains spoilers! ***
I’ve got quite a lot of books reviews on my “virtual” shelf! And I try to keep every review as “sincere” as I can. Well I obviously liked it somehow to read the first three books in three days, but as I was reading the fourth one I caught myself yawning quite a lot!One can really see that she’s no w ... (continue)
I’ve got quite a lot of books reviews on my “virtual” shelf! And I try to keep every review as “sincere” as I can. Well I obviously liked it somehow to read the first three books in three days, but as I was reading the fourth one I caught myself yawning quite a lot!One can really see that she’s no writer. Or at least no “good” writer. Not to compare in any ways to fantasy writers such as Rowling or Pullman just for a start. I mean in Harry Potter as well as in Pullman’s books there are studies behind: mythological as well as psychological. They create suspense and you can’t imagine what’s coming next pages after pages even after six books. Let’s face it… in this saga nothing extremely surprising happens. The love story is beautiful and you can almost live Bella’s feelings but probably only if you are a romantic soul. No “boy” or “man” could read these books without falling asleep. Nevertheless I liked it!The only two things that were unbelievably annoying were: the you-love-me, you-love-me-not struggle in the first three books… ok. It’s about two teenagers, but they’re not “normal” teenagers… just for a start one of them is over 90 years old… so after a while I caught myself thinking “oh what the hell”! The second thing was the “baby-story” in the fourth book. As if Meyer was somehow struggling to find an interesting “story” to somehow end the saga. Not Renesmee herself bothered me, but the whole entire “pregnancy” with broken rips a.s.o. I mean… come on! :-)OK… probably I am being a bit too harsh considering the speed and the time it took me to read these four books. How can I put it: it’s like those fantasy children movies you watch on a rainy afternoon. You like them. They make you daydream away happily. I am a romantic soul and couldn’t possibly not fall in love with Edward even with his most annoying side (see above) and I couldn’t help “rooting for” Bella to have her childish happy end!
Trying to Save Piggy Sneed
I didn't like this one very much (I am keeping myself kind enough because I am talking of one of my favourite author's work!).
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Non mi è piaciuto molto... (e sono diplomatica perchè sto parlando di un autore che adoro!)
Trent'anni, alta, mora
Un libro che si legge in un giorno. Brevi racconti inventati come anche autobiografici di Pieraccioni…
Niente di particolare… però sono belli da leggere!!! Divertenti, ma anche malinconici e nostalgici.
A me personalmente, anche forse per il periodo che sto attraversando, sono piaciuti. ... (continue)
Un libro che si legge in un giorno. Brevi racconti inventati come anche autobiografici di Pieraccioni…
Niente di particolare… però sono belli da leggere!!! Divertenti, ma anche malinconici e nostalgici.
A me personalmente, anche forse per il periodo che sto attraversando, sono piaciuti. Li avessi letti con un altro stato d’animo non sono sicura che mi sarebbero piaciuti come ora.
Insomma… se ve lo regalano, se lo trovate in biblioteca o così allora leggetelo… perché non credo l’avrei comprato se lo avessi trovato sullo scaffale di una libreria…
Treasure Island
Well... I left it unfinished, but not because I don't like the story, because I already know the story. It's a classic and an adventure, so I highly recommend to read it!
Traumfaenger
Some time ago I read "Traumreisende" and I described it in a post. Margit, Aurelio's mum lent me both of them with the promise of a nice reading, but I consider it more a wonderful reading.
The first one more like a novel, where the second is more like a documentation. An American woman is inv ... (continue)
Some time ago I read "Traumreisende" and I described it in a post. Margit, Aurelio's mum lent me both of them with the promise of a nice reading, but I consider it more a wonderful reading.
The first one more like a novel, where the second is more like a documentation. An American woman is invited by a group of Aborigines (like some would call them: primitive living Aborigines) that take her with them on a journey through Australia. Not only will she live an extraordinary adventure dressing and eating like them all, but she will also learn lot of things, that we forgot through the ages and the so called civilisation.
It's not a book that condems one way of living or the other, but more a picture of us civilised people that lost every connection with the earth, nature but above all with the soul and the others.
This let's call it "tribe" sends us a message by means of comprehension. The message is for us to stop. We should stop destroying and suck the life out of the earth. We should stop trying to find out some unuseful things. With what we have we could ALL live well and be provided for in every little corner on this planet. (Even thought we can't undo what we did till now).
The Aborigines decided not to have children anymore. The resources on this planet wouldn't be enought to guarantee their survival. One of the last sentences I read made me sick. The woman on her way back home on a plane, chats with a man, Australian, about her experience and tells him about this decision. His answer is that who cares if they stop existing. Nobody hears anything about them anyway so nobody would miss them that much.
In the book there are small reminders about what happened in America with the natives. America a "civilised" society where (sorry about that to a person who is American and whom I consider more than a brother) people holds a rosary in one hand and a gun in the other. Where law allows people to keep guns in their cars and where killing 30 students in a campus is like a "normal" news.
Anyway this book teaches a lot and gives a lot. It strikes your heart and then goes straight to your brain. It makes you think, wonder... where are we going.