Saturday, July 24, 2010
Sorry
I'm sorry but I can't write anything new for the week I have been busy studying because my exam is quite near sorry.(I don't know why evenI said sorry sice there isn't one person even reading my blog)I do hope you(If there is anyone)will be patiently waiting for my next week review.
Monday, July 19, 2010
Incarceron
Incarceron is a book written by Catherine Fisher.Some of you may know her from her Oracle triologies.The book was publised on the year 2007 in the United King and it finally reached the united States in the year of 2010.It became one of New York children bestseller for some time.It recieve a lot of positive reviews praising on it's imaginative story and detail.
The High and Low
.I thought that the author had definitely smart when she decided to focus on two characters switching their focus from chapter to chapter athing that I thought should have been use in the Hunger Games.
.Incarceron is well explained and full of details that never made me bored like in Dragonhaven
.I loved on how the author put a an exercpt on each chapter.Yes Cornelia Funke did this too on Inkheart but these excerpt are original not taken from a book but created from her story for her story.
The bad
.While some critics praised it's ending I felt that the ending was a little bit predictable.
Quick summary
There are two main characters in the one is Finn and the other one is Claudia.Finn is stuck in Incarceron(a big prison)and he thinks he's from the outside so he tried to escape from the prison with help from Keiro(his oath brother)Atiia and Gildas.While Claudia is from the outside she has no freedom she is the daughter of the warden(the warden is the one who look after the prison)and she has to marry a very spoiled prince so these two people try to find their freedom.As Finn and his companions travel deeper to find a way out the incarceron kept trying to stop them(the prison is somewhat alive) while Claudia and her instructor Jared tried to..............................................End of summary
The conclusion
Incarceron is a great book to read.The story was told by the perspective of two great characters who seemed to have more in common than they thought contented for example it shows that Finn struggles to remember who he was and hope to live an easy live with no worry about money or time while Claudia determination to end the protocol will probably strip all her richness and lifestyle away as she only wants freedom.Yes they both felt trapped and wished that they could be free while perhaps you may think that Claudia's life may be the lesser of two evil yet in the truth she has less freedom than Finn.With the perspective of these characters you may find it a little refreshing because both characters had a somewhat different theme so when we read thechapters where it had Finn as the main characters you may find the story more on the adventurous type of book while Claudia's story had more humour and a bit fairy tale style in it.While the ending did struck a sour note for it's ending which I felt a disappointment.Both stories were very good,the combination was nice and I will definitely say that Incarceron is a very worthwhile book to read.
Rating:8 out of 10.
The High and Low
.I thought that the author had definitely smart when she decided to focus on two characters switching their focus from chapter to chapter athing that I thought should have been use in the Hunger Games.
.Incarceron is well explained and full of details that never made me bored like in Dragonhaven
.I loved on how the author put a an exercpt on each chapter.Yes Cornelia Funke did this too on Inkheart but these excerpt are original not taken from a book but created from her story for her story.
The bad
.While some critics praised it's ending I felt that the ending was a little bit predictable.
Quick summary
There are two main characters in the one is Finn and the other one is Claudia.Finn is stuck in Incarceron(a big prison)and he thinks he's from the outside so he tried to escape from the prison with help from Keiro(his oath brother)Atiia and Gildas.While Claudia is from the outside she has no freedom she is the daughter of the warden(the warden is the one who look after the prison)and she has to marry a very spoiled prince so these two people try to find their freedom.As Finn and his companions travel deeper to find a way out the incarceron kept trying to stop them(the prison is somewhat alive) while Claudia and her instructor Jared tried to..............................................End of summary
The conclusion
Incarceron is a great book to read.The story was told by the perspective of two great characters who seemed to have more in common than they thought contented for example it shows that Finn struggles to remember who he was and hope to live an easy live with no worry about money or time while Claudia determination to end the protocol will probably strip all her richness and lifestyle away as she only wants freedom.Yes they both felt trapped and wished that they could be free while perhaps you may think that Claudia's life may be the lesser of two evil yet in the truth she has less freedom than Finn.With the perspective of these characters you may find it a little refreshing because both characters had a somewhat different theme so when we read thechapters where it had Finn as the main characters you may find the story more on the adventurous type of book while Claudia's story had more humour and a bit fairy tale style in it.While the ending did struck a sour note for it's ending which I felt a disappointment.Both stories were very good,the combination was nice and I will definitely say that Incarceron is a very worthwhile book to read.
Rating:8 out of 10.
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Hunger Games
Finally I decided to buy the Hunger Games after a lot of consideration since normally I tried to stay away from books who started growing a large fanbase and by looking at the book recommendation from Yahoo Answers I could definitely see its growing fanbase but I knew that since I'm trying to be a good reviewer I should try reading this book and here we are.Hunger Games is a book that was written by Suzanne Collins. It recieve a lot of positive review some of them were even by Stephen King and Stephenie Meyer.It was published on 2008 and became a besteller.
The High and Low
.The story was superbly told.
.The main characters were amazing.
.The cover was really great.
The bad
.I think that the author should have made some supporting characters like Thresh or Foxface more fleshed out.
Quick Summary
The story is set in the future in a country called Panem.Every year the capitol will randomly choose 1 boy and 1 girl from all 12 district to fight until there are only 1 left to show their punishment for trying to rebel in the past.Katniss Everdeen volunteered herself(because her little sister was chosen)and a boy named Peeta Mellark(they are from district 12) they were quickly taken from crowd and into a house where the capitol allowed one hour for them so that their family and friends could at least see them one more time there she was visited by her sister,her mom,Madge(her friend),Gale(her best friend) and Peeta Mellark's dad who was a baker where she usually sells her squirell to.After their meeting they are taken to the train and that's is where they meet their mentor Haymitch he was the only previous winner from district 12 that is still alive so he will be the one mentoring them on how to survive but the drawback is that he seemed for interested in drinking than to help them to survive.............. I dont want to tell any spoiler so that's the end of the summary.
The conclusion
Hunger Games is a book that is definitely getting it's momentum.I can already imagine this book as a hit and it is probably going to get a movie.While I do try to avoid this kind of book,normally I would only read books like this just before watching the movie since I'm trying to avoid the longness to watch the movie if the book is really good.Truthfully Hunger Games is a great book to read.The story was well told,The story had little bit of dark tone that you could really going to feel the story really well.I was also amazed with the major characters,the author knew what were she going to do with them,she gave me a way to sympathize with them even Cato who showed that his action was based on the Capitol's fault.The cover was really nice I had a choice between a picture of Katniss or Peeta(I bought the one with the picture of Peeta)I was quite dissapointed with on how she didn't explore more on some minor characters but perhaps the point was knowing that they were supposed to kill each other even when they didn't know who was who to survive and maybe she didn't show the other district's contestant so much because the author was showing a custom in their world where nobody from the capitol actually cared for anyone in the games or maybe she just thought it wasn't that important(which actually is0.Hunger Games is definitely a great book that I would gladly recommend it to almost everybody.
Rating:9 out of 10
The High and Low
.The story was superbly told.
.The main characters were amazing.
.The cover was really great.
The bad
.I think that the author should have made some supporting characters like Thresh or Foxface more fleshed out.
Quick Summary
The story is set in the future in a country called Panem.Every year the capitol will randomly choose 1 boy and 1 girl from all 12 district to fight until there are only 1 left to show their punishment for trying to rebel in the past.Katniss Everdeen volunteered herself(because her little sister was chosen)and a boy named Peeta Mellark(they are from district 12) they were quickly taken from crowd and into a house where the capitol allowed one hour for them so that their family and friends could at least see them one more time there she was visited by her sister,her mom,Madge(her friend),Gale(her best friend) and Peeta Mellark's dad who was a baker where she usually sells her squirell to.After their meeting they are taken to the train and that's is where they meet their mentor Haymitch he was the only previous winner from district 12 that is still alive so he will be the one mentoring them on how to survive but the drawback is that he seemed for interested in drinking than to help them to survive.............. I dont want to tell any spoiler so that's the end of the summary.
The conclusion
Hunger Games is a book that is definitely getting it's momentum.I can already imagine this book as a hit and it is probably going to get a movie.While I do try to avoid this kind of book,normally I would only read books like this just before watching the movie since I'm trying to avoid the longness to watch the movie if the book is really good.Truthfully Hunger Games is a great book to read.The story was well told,The story had little bit of dark tone that you could really going to feel the story really well.I was also amazed with the major characters,the author knew what were she going to do with them,she gave me a way to sympathize with them even Cato who showed that his action was based on the Capitol's fault.The cover was really nice I had a choice between a picture of Katniss or Peeta(I bought the one with the picture of Peeta)I was quite dissapointed with on how she didn't explore more on some minor characters but perhaps the point was knowing that they were supposed to kill each other even when they didn't know who was who to survive and maybe she didn't show the other district's contestant so much because the author was showing a custom in their world where nobody from the capitol actually cared for anyone in the games or maybe she just thought it wasn't that important(which actually is0.Hunger Games is definitely a great book that I would gladly recommend it to almost everybody.
Rating:9 out of 10
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