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Friday, July 25, 2008
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This book caught my eye at the library with its GORGEOUS cover: the silhouettes stand out starkly against the fairy-tale-ish castle in the background, the 'splashes' of snow and the character's posture and the flow of the clothes do a great...
Read this review. Because it's TRUE.
The only thing I wanted to add was that the book seriously pissed me off because there IS potential for an incredibly good story here - one that is not simply a parallel of the play. Which thi...
The only thing I wanted to add was that the book seriously pissed me off because there IS potential for an incredibly good story here - one that is not simply a parallel of the play. Which thi...
This book is perfect for hams. If you are the slightest bit hammy, this book will make you into William Shatner.
I read it out loud to my students every term. They're high schoolers, and they love it. I use it to introduce our st...
I read it out loud to my students every term. They're high schoolers, and they love it. I use it to introduce our st...
Okay, so I caved and bought a new hardcover. I just couldn't stay away from it - I love this series so much!!
As other reviews state, this book follows the expected pattern - Jacky is once again worked over by her government, separ...
As other reviews state, this book follows the expected pattern - Jacky is once again worked over by her government, separ...
I liked this more than I thought I would. You have a mean girl protagonist, but with a really, REALLY good reason for being mean. The villain was distressingly shallow; just there because you're supposed to have a villain. But I'd definitel...
The short stories were too tightly packed with characters and details... I felt like I was studying for an exam rather than reading for pleasure. It was like it wasn't enough to have stories about pirates. No, you had to have rival pirates ...
3 comments:
Ooooooh, very creepy book! Humbert Humbert's voice is achieved to perfection. Nabokov was a true genius (my favorite, though, is Pale Fire).
FWIW, I didn't find it a slow read at all -- I thought it was incredibly compelling (part of what creeped me out).
Oh, it's very well written. Humbert Humbert is loathsome, but what a gift with language Nabokov had!
It's lyrical. Disturbing, but lyrical. Humbert Humbert is one of the great evil villains in literature. I recall it being a fairly easy read, all things considered.
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