Slow silly boring! Shallow and frivolous. The author webs a stupid maze of characters and then let's all the loose ends hanging. the wealth and pettinSlow silly boring! Shallow and frivolous. The author webs a stupid maze of characters and then let's all the loose ends hanging. the wealth and pettiness made me nauseous...more
somewhat annoying! lane crashes and character clashes. Parts of the book read more like a sex education primer ...too bad. Although the story is based somewhat annoying! lane crashes and character clashes. Parts of the book read more like a sex education primer ...too bad. Although the story is based on fact, the writing is more for young adults than for a mature reading audience. There are many characters which can get confusing. This novel was written in such simple vernacular that I had to shake my head and wonder where was the appeal for the more mature or older reader. ...more
It is hard to believe that the author of Water for Elephants, one of my favorite books, and The Ape House, wrote this shallow, VapiA Ruin for Gruen!!!
It is hard to believe that the author of Water for Elephants, one of my favorite books, and The Ape House, wrote this shallow, Vapid, mundane, boring, movie-plot novel effort, sophmoric, waste of time. . . I forced myself to finish it!! wait for it !!!! Loch Ness monster??? really??? Not a great idea. Hmm.... Yes!!! three spoiled, rich and horrifically ignorant Americans hunting down the Loch Ness monster during WWII....more
Discovery of the worst characters. DON'T BE FOOLED! THIS BOOK WILL MAKE YOU WISH HAD NOT LEARNED TO READ!
This has to be the worst book I have ever reaDiscovery of the worst characters. DON'T BE FOOLED! THIS BOOK WILL MAKE YOU WISH HAD NOT LEARNED TO READ!
This has to be the worst book I have ever read. The characters were dull, her job is boring, he seemed to have no personality whatsoever. You keep waiting for something to actually happen in this book, nothing ever happens. It took me two weeks to muddle through this book, I kept putting it down so I could do something else more exciting, like laundry! Do not waste one minute of your time reading this book. It would not be worth the price, even if it were free....more
It felt like climbing a steep mountain only to fall of a cliff!!!!! hope the movie is better I guess I will wait on the movie and hope it is better. AIt felt like climbing a steep mountain only to fall of a cliff!!!!! hope the movie is better I guess I will wait on the movie and hope it is better. At least it will be condensed into 90 minutes. The buzz about the book and movie finally got to me so I downloaded the audio book. It was a boring mess. The subject matter in the first story was not my sort of thing. I expect a book to hook me from the beginning, not drag on and on making me wonder why I am bothering in the first place. The second story was 1 star better then the first and the 3 an 4 th story were ones that I can connect with and I guess my favorite was the 5th, only because I am such a huge fan of dystopia Medea. It reminded me so much of "a brand new world". The 6 th and last story was just a jumbled mess I don't know where to begin. It felt like I was struggling to get to the top of the mountian just to get to the other side of the 5th story. And after that it was all down hill for me. If somni story was I novel by its self I would have given it 4 stars. ...more
where do i begin!!!!? Edward and Bella do a porno in 9 1/2 weeks
first off i have nothing against porn. i have work in the porn industry before DOING Gwhere do i begin!!!!? Edward and Bella do a porno in 9 1/2 weeks
first off i have nothing against porn. i have work in the porn industry before DOING GRAPHIC!!!! so the subject matter does not in anyway offend me. i have read many novels with erotica themes and gave the 5 stars. to name a few... tipping of velvet by Sara waters, The Blood of Flowers by Amirrezvani, Anita, Middlesex by Eugenides, Jeffrey, Push by Sapphire and many more. first off i would like to give the author an E for effort. the story is is promising but very poorly written!
the audio book is so creepy beyond limits!!!! i don't know why in hell they used a voice that sounded like a 14 year old!!! perhaps its because it felt like a 14 year old wrote it!!! beside the poor writing the author should have done some research before introducing her audience to the act of S&M. i have met many dominant mistresses in my time and have been told that 90% of the time sex is not part of experience but the act of humiliation that is the focus!!! also majority of most submissive are usably successful rich CEO trying to get away from their roll as commander and chief and for once want to be on the other side of the spectrum. DO I MAKE SENSE!!! that would mean that it would not be highly likely that Christian would take that roll!!
now on the other hand i did continue to read on knowing this for humor sake and mite even read the sequel if im in one of those i don't want to think just be entertained. i do in fact think it would be better as a movie and my even see it on netflixs. anyway its been i wile since the production of 9 & 1/2 weeks. why not make a 2012 version for our newer gen X....more
im just stunned!!! life of pi is just one of those books that is an instant classic nothing out there like it, when this book came out i was so excitedim just stunned!!! life of pi is just one of those books that is an instant classic nothing out there like it, when this book came out i was so excited to read it. ohh Yann Martel what have done done with your self for the past 6 years. this is what you have to show for it? are you going to be a one book wonder?...more
Did this story really need to be told? Not as good as ADORATION
What isn't as successful is the story, partly because of the characters. FOX INHERITAN Did this story really need to be told? Not as good as ADORATION
What isn't as successful is the story, partly because of the characters. FOX INHERITANCE is narrated by Locke, which doesn't work as well as Jenna's narration did in the first novel. I couldn't quite hear his voice as male - teenage guys just don't seem as introspective as Locke is. Most of the story revolves around Locke and Kara, neither of whom ever seem like real people. In the first novel, we weren't sure what was going on with Jenna until midway through the book, so we had a chance to get to know her as a real flesh-and-blood teenage girl before we knew she was a biologically engineered creation. Locke and Kara are creations from the start, being used as "floor models" for a company trying to sell eternal life bodies to rich customers. The plot is really about their separate journeys to find Jenna, as both are pursued by the scientist desperate to recover his property. I never felt as connected to either Locke or Kara as I was to Jenna ...more
the house i didn't like. i very very very long suicide letter predictable. After reading Sarah's Key, this new book was disappointing. The main charactethe house i didn't like. i very very very long suicide letter predictable. After reading Sarah's Key, this new book was disappointing. The main character seemed to be a weak person. but I didn't know Napoleon remodeled Paris in this way. This should be interesting!" And I had a very hard time buying her depth of feeling for her son, because she obviously didn't care a lick about her daughter....more
I read and loved The Memory Keeper's Daughter several years ago. this had little to offer. Lucy is basically an immature,unsettled,Just doesn't float
I read and loved The Memory Keeper's Daughter several years ago. this had little to offer. Lucy is basically an immature,unsettled, rather passive person looking to the past for clues to her present. I could not connect with her or with any of the other characters. I very much wanted to enjoy this book but came away disappointed. Will wait for authors next book and hope it appeals to me more....more
I feel embarrassed to have been sucked into this hype machine and wish I had read something else. Oh clichepocalypse!!!! Maybe a robot wrote this book
I feel embarrassed to have been sucked into this hype machine and wish I had read something else. Oh well. Consider yourselves warned. There were a couple of chapters in this book that will probably make for good intense movie scenes, but, otherwise this reads like something a 12 year-old whose seen all the Terminator movies would write. I felt like the author was describing the movie he wanted this turn into, rather than writing a fully fleshed out novel. The writing, dialogue, and characters were all flat.
A Most Overrated Book that i read, This one was a struggle to get through. I do not understand the glowing reviews for this book. The first half readsA Most Overrated Book that i read, This one was a struggle to get through. I do not understand the glowing reviews for this book. The first half reads like a gynecology course for the ancients. (I must admit the second half improves, but not enough to carry the book.) im sorry but im just not into this Biblical crap whether it true or not....more
charlie angles at its worst I was really looking forward to this book but "ugh". A team of Charlies Angels special ops amazons, lead by an alpha male icharlie angles at its worst I was really looking forward to this book but "ugh". A team of Charlies Angels special ops amazons, lead by an alpha male in search of 70 year old Nazi teleportation devices? Thor's books used to have some factual basis....more
Not my type of book, I'm not really fond of the voice of the narrator. I didn't realize that there was a series of these books called the Thursday nexNot my type of book, I'm not really fond of the voice of the narrator. I didn't realize that there was a series of these books called the Thursday next. That would be the name of the protagonist. It was a little to over the rainbow for me. Another demention in space type of novel like the twilight zone without the creeps. But it just may be your likening, not for me. ...more
have mercy on me for tring to read this book, I'm kind of cheating by even saying I read this book. had a really hard time getting into it. This book have mercy on me for tring to read this book, I'm kind of cheating by even saying I read this book. had a really hard time getting into it. This book jumped around too much for me. hoping it would get better....more
Lindsy lohame and the popporatzy meet despertly seeking Susan and the Miami vice. Mostly hummeress and lots of one liners. A fun reads if hour lookingLindsy lohame and the popporatzy meet despertly seeking Susan and the Miami vice. Mostly hummeress and lots of one liners. A fun reads if hour looking to space out and. Hang with Paris Hilton ...more
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