Seria "Harry Potter", "Zmierzch" i "Igrzyska Śmierci" - to tytuły, które przychodzą mi na myśl, gdy myślę o książkach, które stały się popularne wśród młodzieży i stanowiły dobry materiał do ekranizacji, osiągając tym samym światowy sukces jako marka. Cykl HP to dla mnie absolutna legenda i ponadczasowa seria (książki, choć filmy też niezłe). "Zmierzchu" czytać i oglądać nie zamierzam. Natomiast chciałem sprawdzić "Hunger Games" i... no tak średnio bym powiedział. Ekranizacji nie widziałem, ale wierzę, że może być dobra. Książka - nie bardzo. To esencja młodzieżówki, ale w tej raczej złej formie. Choć widzę po ocenach na LC, że jestem w tym odosobniony.
Urocza książka, typowa młodzieżówka "guilty pleasure", którą czyta się z bananem na twarzy i wierzy, że wszystko skończy się dobrze. W tym ta lektura jest znakomita - nie oczekujcie po niej ambicji, niespodziewanych zwrotów akcji itd. Raczej dajcie się ponieść urokliwości historii i efektowi "aaaaaaaw". Mnie się podobało, ale jestem dużym dzieckiem.
Stanowski już zrobił swoją orkę, wiec przyszła pora na mnie, choć tak naprawdę ta ksią... to opowiadanie nie zasługuje na orkę. Jest po prostu rozczarowaniem ze względu na kierunek fabularny oraz wydanie. Stylistycznie i klimatycznie trzyma poziom pierwszej części i mam nadzieję, że pełnoprawny drugi tom (jeśli powstanie) będzie bliższy pierwszemu niż... tego.
#book 15: PROMISE BOYS by Nick Brooks -- a YA #mystery that addresses deeper contemporary issues facing young men of color. Thanks to the publishers for the review #audiobook copy.
Today's review! Two Infinite Things" by R.M. Zubairi:
"Orville Hatch wants to be a regular high school kid, but instead he finds himself in screaming matches with a mouse in his physics class, and in the middle of a number of strange events... A fascinating YA superhero origin story with an unexpected protagonist, for whom literally nothing comes easy. Recommended."
Dużo osób chwaliło tę książkę, ma wysokie oceny, a ja jestem nią rozczarowany. Akcja tutaj pędzi jak szalona, ale po drodze brakuje szczegółów, które trochę porządkowałyby tę opowieść - jest dużo chaosu, dezorientacji, rzucania bohaterami w różne miejsca, choć nie zaprzeczam, że ma to swój urok. Ale ja byłem jednocześnie znudzony i rozkojarzony tą powieścią.
Może po prostu nie była dla mnie. Bo tak - to świetny prezent dla nastolatki lubiącej czytać fantastykę.
I’m #currentlyreading Fallout, the third book in the Crank series by Ellen Hopkins. This book is from the perspectives of three of Kristina Snow’s five children, Hunter, Autumn, and Summer. They all have different fathers and live with different guardians.
I’m also reading A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson. Pippa (Pip) Fitza-Amobi is working on her senior capstone project. Her topic of choice? To research the roles of print, televised, and social media in police investigations using the case of Andie Bell as a case study.
Five years ago, Andie Bell went missing and then was presumed to be dead when her body was not located. Her boyfriend, Sal Singh, is believed to be the murderer but this could not be confirmed because he was found dead in the woods, presumably from suicide. The police and practically the whole town believe he murdered Andie. Pip does not.
“You don’t even care about her!” he shouted. “All that matters is you and your precious fucking fantasy that you and Alaska had this goddamned secret love affair and she was going to leave Jake for you and you'd live happily ever after. But she kissed a lot of guys, Pudge. And if she were here, we both know that she would still be Jake's girlfriend and that there'd be nothing but drama between the two of you—not love, not sex, just you pining after her and her like, ‘You're cute, Pudge, but I love Jake.' If she loved you so much, why did she leave you that night? And if you loved her so much, why'd you help her go? I was drunk. What's your excuse?"
The Colonel let go of my sweater, and I reached down and picked up the cigarettes. Not screaming, not through clenched teeth, not with the veins pulsing in my forehead, but calmly. Calmly. I looked down at the Colonel and said, "Fuck you."
𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞: Heir of Fire
𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬: Throne of Glass (Book 3/8)
𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫: Sarah J. Maas
𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐞: Young Adult, Fantasy
𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝: October 3, 2023 @ 8:00 PM
𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: ★★☆☆☆
Let's start of by saying that this book didn't have to be 500 pages long. The amount of pages added to this compared to the first two book is absolutely wild and one of the main reasons as to why, in my opinion, is the constant repetition. It was present in the former books but it went nuts in this one, almost in every scene there'd be one. I understand that it's supposed to be an author's way to add emphasis but it only made the story such a slog. It even sounded weird at times, there was one part where the book is trying to describe the temperature of the water that Celeana was in and it goes “It was warm. Not boiling, but warm.” I could say it might have been funny if it weren't for the fact that it made the book unnecessarily lengthy. “The darkness was this and that, and that and this with like those and these.” “The hurt was this and that, and that and this with like those and these.” 😭
This would most likely come off as a personal thing but first part of this book did not need to exist. Celeana meeting Rowan, a fae with ice magic and training with him while they try to make the most out of their toxicity that they throw to each other back and forth could have easily saved this book a good 300 pages or so. Also there are a bunch of new characters which, I never really cared about because I never saw their appeal besides Manon Blackbeak, the last remaining witch. They even added in Sorscha a healer and Dorian's lover only to have her killed in the very end of the book because we got to give the men character development. Fridging of all time.
Chaol was thrown to the side by Celeana because even after their last scene from the second book, even after she told him that she would still choose him no matter what happens, the story keeps on giving these weird implications between her and Rowan. Like, I understand that the feelings we have for people change overtime but the way that Celeana suddenly thought about what she might actually feel about Chaol sounded more like the story will force her to be with Rowan; a man who did everything to break her. We can all have our asshole characters, that I agree with, but he never apologized for his actions. Never once did he try to talk to Celeana about their past b̶l̶o̶o̶d̶y̶ indifferences. Him taking care of her as she was healing doesn't immediately sweep his wrongdoings under a rug. I hope that the series never continues down the path where I fear it's taking, because Heaven forbid another white man releasing all his anger on a woman and then have those atrocities immediately redeemed because he has a sad backstory.
Meanwhile Chaol had one of the best developments so far b̶e̶h̶i̶n̶d̶ C̶e̶l̶e̶a̶n̶a̶ o̶f̶ c̶o̶u̶r̶s̶e̶ he started to question all of what surrounds him, the throne and the kingdom when everything that he had ever done was for it. He pretty much gives off golden retriever vibes, I will absolutely lose it if Celeana ends up with Rowan than Chaol. I also like the way that Celeana is written to have hardships regarding her emotional and mental baggage, it doesn't just go away or gets resolved in an instant where most of the time in Y/A fiction books, the trauma inflicted to a character never seems to have this effort to understand and confront it. At worst, they're just forgotten. So I appreciate Celeana having to deal with the struggles of hurt that she kept locked inside her and having to deal with them in a more natural way, in a way that shows process.
Hopefully, the fourth book won't hurt that much. 🙏🏼 See you then.
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Nie spodziewałem się za wiele rozpoczynając lekturę i może dlatego ta książka kopnęła mnie między oczy - to topka powieści, które czytałem w tym roku (a przeczytałem więcej niż jedną).
Co prawda, im dalej w las, tym bardziej czuć, że to jednak "młodzieżówka", ale tutaj nie należy tym się kierować - to futurystyczna fantastyka, lekko cyberpunkowa, która nie tylko dostarcza fajną historię, ale też pokazuje, do czego ludzkość może doprowadzić eliminując choroby, wprowadzając wszechwładne AI (które jest tutaj pokazane nawet w pozytywny sposób) i mając pełnię władzy. Polecam gorąco, bo zaskoczeń też jest tutaj sporo.
Can't wait for the release of SUNBOLT by Intisar Khanani? Fill the void with an all-new prequel novella! SHADOW THIEF (The Sunbolt Chronicles, Book 0.5) is releasing on August 29. It will also be included in the print edition of SUNBOLT, releasing on September 19!
Queer Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Filipino folklore in this horror comedy about a high school stage manager who accidentally sells her soul to a demon.
The young adult, apocalyptic K-drama “Duty After School” (방과 후 전쟁활동 파트) recently concluded, and it only received a lot of negative feedback because of the way the live-action adaptation ended the story.