Ana

This book.
I have to start by saying I love the way the writer writes, and for being a first novel, it was really good and really worth it. This novels talks about the life of a dying author, Vida Winter, told by a biographer, Margaret Lea, who has her own story as well. Vida Winter lied about her life every time she was asked about it, but as a last decision, she wrote to Margaret to be the author of her biography. Secrets are told and the sad life of Vida Winter and who she really was is discovered. The book centers of that, while also telling the feelings and reactions the story causes on Margaret. We also meet new people, like Aurelius, who will bring more to this story as we slowly get to the end, where the truth is revealed with a wonderful spin off.
This book is charming, one of those you just can't stop reading. Recommended to everyone who likes a nice story, with a little mystery and secrets all over the place.

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Rating: 5/5 stars.

Gone Girl is the story of how Nick's wife, Amy Dunne, disappears, and all the secrets that unravel after it. It shows how it all comes tumbling down and how not everything is what it looks like.

This book. Blew. My. Mind.

The end.

But seriously, this is one of the best books I've read in a while.

Just, wow.

We first see Nick talking about his wife and his wore-down marriage. And then how Amy disappears on their wedding anniversary. And from then on things are never the same. Through the whole book you form this idea of every character, like one normally would. And through every chapter that you read, you realize that none of the things you though about were true. It's amazing the ability Gillian Flynn has to keep surprising us and proving us wrong. I'm completely amazed.

We have Nick, who's the typical husband who's gotten bored and tired of his life. And you think “Nick is a good guy” and you keep reading and you realize he's anything but. And you keep reading and he's not that bad. And it just keeps changing all the time.

And Amazing fucking Amy. What a character. In reality, the best character I've had the pleasure of reading. She's interesting and complex and full of layers and shallow and smart. It's all so much.

And the whole story is based on character development, and so well crafted. All the lines connect and new ones appear every time. It's all so beautiful.

The way she portraits the media and the scary power that we've given it, gave me chills. And how parents can fuck up their children. Not only by being mean or alcoholic or things like that. It goes side ways. Being too perfect and too uninterested. It's two different kinds of fucked up.

Nothing is what it seams. That's all you can deduce from this book that en-globes it all. Appearances matter, and a lot. And a good control of it, makes you very powerful.

I really loved this book with my heart. Even if the mystery is reveled now and the story is burned to my soul, I would still reread this until I die. Amazing book, really.

If you haven't read this, then there's something really wrong with you. Best. Book. Ever.

eye roll

This is the only thing I did through the whole book. It's like a TV Soup, I swear.

sigh One more book to go...

THIS BOOK!

Update.

So, I have gathered my thoughts about this book and I think I'm ready to write the review.
Starting by the fact that I did love the book. I though it was really catching (I read it in a day) and, of course, really sad and tough. Something that I think will surprise you (I wasn't) was that I didn't cry, not even a tear. Don't take this personal, it's just that I have discovered through time that I'm a really “dry” person respecting crying about sad stuff. Very little things make me cry. But it did make me feel sad and kept me up for a while (I finished the book at 1:00am). Actually, one of the reasons I was excited about reading this book is because I though I would finally cry big fat tears of sadness (really not a subject to be excited about but that's just me). That's the only thing that disappointed me, but I'll move on. sniffironically
I love that the plot was just about a love story, no great quest in the world or things to achieve in life before dying (even though that's one of the things Augustus loves talking about). What I mean about this is that John was just telling us a story about how this kids fall in love and it still dragged me in this strongly. In other books I would have found that extremely annoying and I probably would have given it a three stars out of pity. But with this novel it didn't happen because in the inside the novel is so much more than, so much complicated and more beautiful than that.
Another thing I love (It's a long list, believe me) it's that he takes this liberty to just “play” with cancer and it's “perks”. And how he shows us that even with a sad subject, you can still be happy. And that sickness is not your end if you decide it isn't. And that there's different ways to see things, not just what you think is right or even what you know it's right.
Probably one of the biggest things I liked was the concern that Hazel had about her parents, which, apparently, most YA writers forget to include in the correct way. Meaning, as teenagers we are in an stage of rebellion, we want freedom and independence, and we usually forget about the rest of the world and that there's still people around us who gets affected by our decisions. But it's not total obliviousness. We still have some sense of concern. So we just don't do crazy stuff out of the blue, we DO crazy stuff out of the blue and then we REALIZE the mistake and WORRY about the people who got affected. That's real life. It hurts. So Hazel had this constant unacknowledged fear about what would be of her parents once she was gone for good earlier of what it should. And so strong was this fear that she transported her fear into her favorite book and created her biggest questioning in life: what happened to Anna's mother? Once she finally got her answer she would have had the response she needed for stop worrying about her mom. And that right there, killed me.
Anyway, I made this too long and I probably didn't make any sense and I know I was just saying the obvious thing in a book that everyone knows it's obvious but it doesn't get mentioned in the book. But whatever, I had to express it.
The book was really gook. Augustus with his sarcasm and Hazel with her honesty, Isaac with his loud and colorful way of loving and the parents for being awesome.
I still have like a hundred things to talk about but I already made this way too long and I don't want to bore you and make you skip my review(You probably just scrolled down until the bottom halfway there just to see my conclusion). Read this, if you haven't (if you have, read it again). You will love the book and if you're at least 10% softer than me you'll cry like a bitch (if you're 90% softer than me, please make sure to invite me to your funeral so I can give my condolences)

Edit. 04/27/2014

I had such high hopes for this book. In Divergent, she gave us this cliffhanger about what's going to happen in Tris' worlds. And I had so much questions about it. And all I was expecting was to get some of those answers and some more action packed scenes and so much more than Divergent! Divergent gave so much potential to Insurgent. I seriously thought Insurgent was going to blew my mind more than Divergent did. But it didn't. It did the complete opposite.

I'm going to try not to spoil anybody, but give some light examples to explain why I thought Insurgent was terrible.

Starting with the fact that the first two thirds of the book were horrible. I literally had a hard time reading this, and instead of reading it in one sitting like I did with Divergent, it took me a while to get trough this. Every time I tried reading something would happen in the story that would literally persuade me to put it down. It was just so boring and horrible. And I didn't get my answers like I wanted, nor did I get my action packed scenes until the last third of the book. But I was already so annoyed with the plot that the action packed scenes made me roll my eyes. I was sitting there like “If you hadn't done this, you wouldn't have to be running for your life again”.

I also felt like somehow Veronica Roth's style decreased in quality. As in, I felt like the book was written by somebody else, completely different from what my perception of Veronica's style was.

Then there's the characters. Oh. My. God. What the literal fuck. I completely hate Tris in this book. She passed to be this awesome character to this stupid bitch that I completely dislike. She was so useless and did this things that I didn't understand why. I mean, I can understand a character that does something, even thought I don't like that decision, but the reason makes sense. As in the context of who the character is, it makes sense. With Tris I didn't feel that. It was completely unnecessary.

The rest of the characters where ok, I loved Uriah and Lynn, they were good characters. With Christina I still don't like her and she also made some things that didn't make sense as well.

Then we have the plot, which felt kind of surrealistic to me. It didn't make sense to me at times. Why would this thing happen? And how did this happen? It made no sense!

I must admit that that last third of the book was pretty good, even though I was completely annoyed with the reasons of why this things where happening. I did got some of the answers I was expecting, like how does Amity, Candor or Erudite work. But it wasn't enough. I still got so much questions.

In the end, I tried to read this book again, and as you can see it took me forever. I did it with the purpose of liking the book a little bit more by catching some details I may have lost in the blindness of my anger against this book. But it only made me get angrier. And I got so mad for something that happened at the end, not going to tell you, but it just made me loose it. I can understand why she did it, though. This one did make sense in some aspects, but the selfish me really didn't want it to happen.

As it is, after I read Divergent I was expecting more from this book, but Veronica Roth was not able to give it to me. I read this the first time way before Allegiant came out, so I had to just sit there with my anger and dissapointment for this book until Allegiant came out.

If you're the kind of person who can pass trough a book without noticing the small little things that made me angry, then, go ahead and read it. It's pretty entertaining once you pass the first two thirds.

This book was definitely not for me.

If you want to read my review of Divergent
If you want to read my review of Allegiant
If you want to read my review of The Transfer
If you want to read my review of Free Four
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That's right bitches! I finished Insurgent! I will be reviewing this once I finish Allegiant (I'm starting now) and then I'll give you the reviews of all three books.

Update: 08/04/2015

If you'd like to read this review on my blog.

Rating: 5/5 stars.

A Game of Thrones is the acclaimed novel of George R.R. Martin, focusing on the land of Ice and Fire, and the interesting characters found in it. Power, love, gold and family will move this characters to do everything they can, and this games of thrones are only beginning.

What else could be said about such a book that hasn't been said before?

I really loved this book. It was such a great realistic piece of fantasy. And not one to put pretty things around and sugar coat life. This is the stuff I like. This is what I love to read.

The book is very well written, and you can tell from the beginning that everything is set up perfectly and that it all adds up for a better and bigger thing, and that this first book was just the introduction to it all. I'm really excited to go on with this series and follow along the game of thrones.

What I specially like about this book is that all of the characters (at least the ones that do matter) are presented in a way that you get to know them, even thought it's not immediately. Like, I know eventually I'll know everything about them. Right now I can tell you so many things about them just guessing around, because I feel like I've known them forever. This means really good character development.

At first I kind of panicked for all the characters that I sometimes forgot who they were and who's side they were on, but later I learned that really, that's kind of the idea. Don't try to learn them all, they probably won't last anyway.

Even now I already have defined which characters I like and which not. Like, I have such deep emotions for some of them that wow, I might kill someone out of frustration.

Anyway, it does strike hard in the heart this book, sometimes it hurts to see what a mess everything is and how much changes have been made to it all. It's hard, I won't lie.

And there's so much things I can quote out of this book, and sometimes they're such beautiful passages. Let me show you. (Tyrion is one quotable motherfucker)

“My mind is my own weapon. My brother has his sword, King Robert has his warhammer, and I have my mind... and a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.
Tyrion Lannister

“The common people pray for rain, healthy children, and a summer that never ends”, Ser Jorah told her. “It is no matter to them if the high lords play their game of thrones, so long as they are left in peace.”
Ser Jorah Mormont

“Oh, but it was, my lord,” Cersei insisted. “When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. There is no middle ground.”
Cersei Lannister

Like, there was only 100 pages or so left, and then Ned got killed and I just stood there like, no way, this is fake. And literally for those 100 pages I stood believing that he was still slive, even thought all of the family new, and they were all mourning. And then the book was over and that's when I finally understood that he really was dead, and it hurt.

Dear lord, why didn't I read this book sooner?

Clearly, one of the best reading experiences there can be is when you find a book that makes you express yourself physically while reading. And this definitively happened while I was reading Jane Eyre. Every time I felt outraged, or filled with warn feelings or completely desperate for things to work out, my body of its own volition had to let out a scream, hit my reading table or just get the goofiest smile on. Reading Jane Eyre feels like that.

What I specially like about this novel is how real it treats life. Jane Eyre is very aware of her position in the world and how it works, and never aspires to more than she thinks she deserves, or that she'll get. And everything that happens to Jane, and the rest of the characters as well, is very real as well. From the happiest moments to the most miserable times. And it's very refreshing to find that. It's a very honest book.

I also loved how, despite everything that happened, she always stayed true to her own, passionate self. I find that a very hard mission in life, and I admire her for that.

In other words, this is my new favorite book. Also, please go read it.

Again, have I mentioned before that I hate Josh? I can't believe how this book ended!
Let's start by, I'm kind if overwhelmed of how much characters this book is getting into. It's just so cool.
I really liked this book, it's really interesting and it keeps you into it. I love the fact that he god with all this history and introduces it to you. And this for young adults, so they'll learn it and I just think is so awesome of him to do that.
Now, the story, I'm getting into the point where my hate for Josh is starting to make me cry. Ok, no. Not literally. But for real, he's such an idiot. I just want someone to slap him really hard...in the face...with a chair...made of steel. Next thing, Sophie is starting to piss me off too. This two...I'm just tired of they been so distrustful. Then there's Scatty and company. This is so cool. I'd like I see how that turns out. Now, the Flamels. Well, kill me or not, I really think they're good people and that everybody is really treating them horrible. Like, live them alone men. They're dying. And I still live Maquiavelo and Billy the Kid. I love them as a group. They're so funny together. Then there's Dee and Virginia. For some reason I like Virginia but Dee, that I used to like and think he was cool, now I just hate him too. For real, cut it. Just die men. And I hate the fact that Aiofe died. Nooooo! I wanted family reunion between sisters. But whatever.
In resume, the book is good but I'm just so tired of Josh! Hopefully something so horrible will happen to him and then he'll realize how much of an idiot he is. Or maybe that he'll do this really cool thing. But I don't have my hopes up.

Part of the Speed Reviews.

Rating: 4/5 estrellas.

Una colección de pequeñas historias por varios autores latinoamericanos, uno por cada país, centradas sobre el tema de la juventud y los jóvenes.

Solo me leí unas cuantas historias, tres o cuatro, pero buenas de igual manera.

Me leí Corazonada de Mario Benedetti que me pareció muy cómica y bien escrita.

Después, leí La Senorita Cora de Julio Cortázar, que me pareció de lo más linda y cuchi hasta que se llega al final, que me dejó algo impresionada y me dio un giro de 360 grados. Este escritor suele ser así. La manera en que está escrita la historia me pareció muy cómica e interesante, y aun más imaginándolo en el acento argentino.

Luego, me leí Un Dia de Éstos de Gabriel García Márquez, que a mi parecer fue el más corto, pero a la vez, el que más fue al punto. Cómico, duro y sarcástico. Muy al estilo de Garcia Marquez.

Por último, me leí Un Regalo para Julia de Francisco Massiani, de mi país natal Venezuela, razón por la cual la leí. Me pareció genial leer todos los lugares de aquí, referenciados. Y la historia es frustrante y muy conocida. El final me dió algo de grima, pero la historia en general fué buena.

Y si, me pareció adecuado hacer este review en español, dado que son cuentos Latinoamericanos.

English Translation

Rating: 4/5 stars .

This is a collection of short stories by various Latin American authors, one for each country, focusing on the theme of youth and young people.

I just read a few stories, three or four, but equally good.

I read A Hunch by Mario Benedetti. I found it very funny and well written.

Then I read Miss Cora by Julio Cortázar, I found it most beautiful and cute until it reaches the end, that left me impressed and gave me a 360 degree turn. This writer is usually like this. The way the story is written I found very funny and interesting, and even imagining the Argentine accent.

Then I read One of These Days by Gabriel García Márquez, who in my opinion was the shortest, but at the same time, more to the point. Comic, tough and sarcastic. Much like Garcia Marquez.

Finally, I read A Gift for Julia by Francisco Massiani, from my native country Venezuela, which is why I read it. It felt great to read all the places here referenced. And the story is frustrating and well known. The final gave me some creeps, but the story in general was good.

And it seemed appropriate to do this review in Spanish, as this are Latin American stories.

This book. They're we're nine stories. They were adorable. And the things they said in there. They were wrote in a “childish way”, but they hide a true meaning beneath. It's a really nice book, good for expending time.

Update: 07/31/2015

If you'd like to read this review on my blog.

Rating: 5/5 stars.

The Picture of Dorian Grey is the story of the man's own soul, portrayed by his portrait, and that soul's own destruction. It's a story about passions, about madness, about knowledge and, most noticeably, a classic worth reading.

When I was around eleven, our English teacher (literal English class, as in a language), made us read this book for reading. Of course, it was a shorter version and with a much simpler talk at times, but the essence of the novel was there. We read and, at the same time, heard a narrator, who is clearly the best narrator in history. He would do every single voice in this book and voice it completely different each time, and the makers even had some background music running at the best and most intense scenes. And as a kid, I completely loved it.

Now, older me finds herself in front of the book once again, the real version this time, and was not disappointed.

The book moves through this wonderful conversations about morality and life, and different unimportant but jet very when looked upon issues life, with a complete different voice as to what one is used to, and temps you to drive with it. More than once I questioned if the characters were really right about their opinions.

All the same, the story itself was very unique and dark, very rogue and wonderful to read. The characters were all complex people, and an unreliable MC is always a catch when done right. Specially for such a darling as Dorian was.

We were made to read this book for our Language & Literature class, teaching the life and work of Mr. Oscar Wilde himself, along side it. Learning about the life of Wilde and everything he went through while writing and delivering this book made me like the intention of the book even better. Every blunt opinion and harsh remark about a strong topic made complete sense once you know that it had a purpose. I personally think that it most definitely improved my experience while reading, but fear not, the book is just as great on itself.

The only things I did not like was chapter eleven. It was full of historically incorrect and completely jambled up information, and of the most random things. I know I was to understand how Dorian grew in knowledge and tried so many different things. But really, it was extremely long, and incorrect and just felt like he had dumped everything he knew at once. The book would have been ok without. (and just so you know, I only read half that chapter until I realized that it wasn't going to be important and just skimmed the rest.)

Excellent book, great story, dark thoughts, what else is there to be? Go read this wonderful classic if you haven't, it's completely worth it.

(And if you want to know, the version I read was the McMillan one, with a pretty blue-eyed pal on the cover and red for the title.)

I have to admit, this book was better than the other. All the things that happen here. Let's start by Jane of Arc. OMG! When I saw she was alive...I died. I'm also sick of Josh and his stubbornness. It's just so annoying! And Maquiavelo. Oh, God. I saw it and I couldn't believe it. Then Perenelle, my beautiful Perenelle. She's almost free and she met this spider who's name is too weird to write here. I love Perenelle. And Morrigan is going to be locked! And last but not least, I still live Scatty and I must confess that I never felt sad when Dagon took her, I know she's alive. I can feel it. In my bones. This book was really good, definitely. I loved it. I highly recommend this.

If you'd like to read this review on my blog.

Rating 5/5 stars.

Catching Fire is the sequel to The Hunger Games, picking up after the games through Katniss' point of view. She's now back at 12th in her new home. But the games may not be over, and she might not be as safe as she though.

This book is one of the most amazing young-adult books I've read. And you might think it's because I haven't read further into young-adult or that I'm not mature enough or something like that. But it's not any of those things. This books is literally so well crafted and with so much character development that I can't but love it and put it in the top places. Fast paced but not rushed. And all the things that happened were so unique and original and sometimes mind-blowing. It really was amazing.

Starting by Katniss and her very special mind. I have to confess, I don't really like Katniss. I mean, I love her, don't get me wrong, she's one of my favorite characters of all time. But I wouldn't have her as my friend. She's not likable. She's not friendly or funny or interesting. And she's crafted this way, on purpose. All this is mentioned in the book. And yet Suzanne Collins finds the way to make us like her, and to make us understand why she's like this and that we can relate to her actions. And that, my friends, it's what I called an amazing character development.

Then we have Peeta. I really don't agree when people say that Peeta is useless. I think that we're so used to have a knight in a shining armor as the love interest of the main character, and that's just not true. Not every man is as smart, strong, pretty, etc, as their counterpart. They can be weak, they feel, they can be scared. And that's exactly what Peeta represents. He's not useless, he does the best he can with the skills he has and he does a damn good job out of it.

Also, the rest of the characters are amazing as well, not really going deep into them, but they're worth the mention. Gale (idiot), Haymitch, Cinna, etc.

About the plot, I found it to be super interesting and fast-paced and action-packed. There were times where they weren't doing much, but all the talk and thinking that Katniss did, kept me super gripped. Some people say those parts were boring and I don't see it, I though they fit perfectly with the book and read it super fast.

Of course, I found myself highlighting so many parts that I loved and made me scream and shriek and curl on the floor with all my feels. And maybe, just maybe, I shed a few tears for a dear friend.

Overall, Catching Fire is the best sequel you could ask for in a series, specially one that came from such an amazing first books as The Hunger Games. And I can definitely say that this is my favorite book in the whole series and that I'd read it a hundred times (like I already have) over and over again. And, yes, I do recommend it to anyone who wishes to read.

PD: surprisingly, I don't have a review up for The Hunger Games, but maybe soon I'll do one?

Guess who loved this? I mean, I love the way Michael Scott added all this characters into the novel, real history characters. Characters you don't normally talk about. Characters that are latex down into forgiveness. He saved those characters. And all the beautiful things he tells along the book. And all of this in a teen novel! I mean, it's more than perfect. He teaches us all of this! And it's just so interesting. I really recommend this to anyone! Not only teenagers, but also young adults, adults and maybe even some kids with an open mind.

Rating: 1.5/5

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Ghostgirl is the story about Charlotte, a seventeen year old girl who's been invisible for her whole life. The summer before her last school year she decides to change things, and comes back with the new resolution of becoming popular. But everything changes when on the first day, she dies.

I read this book when I was 10 years old or so. I tough they were really good. They brought this new idea of how was life after death, specially life after dead for teenagers. And I'm not going to lie, I fell for it. The whole idea was very attractive to me, the characters where awesome, they listened to good music, the book itself was very beautiful, amazing art job. And I must confess, I did something that it's kind of a sin, but back them I didn't know. I read the second book first. You see, my dad gave me this book as a gift, because I asked, but he didn't know anything about it and back then I didn't know about Goodreads or Booktube or anything like that, so I read the book and only after I finished it did I realized that it was the second book. A year later, I read this book.

The overall idea of this book is really nice, very interesting and kind of unique. It's about Charlotte and her life after dead, and how she has to deal with unfinished business and growing up and letting go. It really is a very good plot. And I would have loved it, if it wasn't for the execution. Wow, really, was I blind back when I started reading.

This book has one of the most annoying, not believable, very frustrating characters I've ever read. They're so immature it's ridiculous, they do this things that don't have a reason to be and think stuff so ludicrous and ridiculous. And Charlotte is just plain annoying. She just makes decisions without thinking about anyone else and then says “Oh, poor me, I'm so lonely, nobody likes me, it's all my fault” and then does it again. And then we have Scarlet. She is actually one of the best characters, i believe. I think she's ok, I don't have much to say about her. The only thing I do hate about them is that they claim so fiercely that they are best friends and that they are forever when I doubt they ever talked for more than 10 minutes about themselves and they have literally nothing in common. Then we have the others like Petula and her friends. Oh, for God's sake WTF. Really. That it just plain ridiculous and stupid. And lastly, Damen (typical high school hottie name), if he's so nice, why is he with Petula? Just going to live it there.

Then we have the plot. Like I said, the idea is interesting, but the execution? The plot is based in one stupid decision behind another and all turns around the high school prom. Apparently, that's the only thing that matters. And the whole book increasingly fills with problems and more problems, and when the end comes, it all just ties together like if nothing ever happened. It all worked out just perfect, even though she kind of screwed a lot of people lives and pissed almost all of them. We all love each other at the end. Yeah, right -.-‘'‘

One thing that really annoyed me is how the narrator tells you everything. Like “She was a quiet girl, the kind that does this and that and she probably didn't know about this, but she likes her anyway, etc” and I'm just sitting there like “NO!”, you're supposed to tell me about all of this through character development, which it has none by the way. And it continues to do this trough out all the book. It's like having a constant interruption for things that are unnecessary, have nothing to do with plot or I already knew. Or all of them.

I like a few things, like the concept of teenagers having to pass a class before going to heaven because of the unfinished business. That's really original. I liked it. Also, all those quotes at the beginning of every chapter. Those were really cool. And also the physical decoration of the book is beautiful. It really is.

At the end, a book that was unique and fun to read when I was younger, is now a very badly written book with annoying characters and unrealistic moments. The most I can recommend is for you to read this when you're younger, not after.

If you'd like to see my review of Homecoming.

If you'd like to see my review of Lovesick.

I received this copy in exchange of an honest review, for so, none of my feelings were affected or biased by the author or publisher.

Update: 09/06/2015

If you'd like to read this review on my blog.

Rating: 2.25/5 stars.

Intimate Letters is a collection of short poems, that vary in theme and length, but can be all related by the same drive of finding poetry in everything.

Short and concise. That's how I like my poetry. And that's what this book is. Small little stories, fast to read.

At times, there were some very beautiful passages through this book, very true and honest. Small little ways of expressing a thought or a moment, that just enchanted me. I even marked some of them, because I really loved them. Here, have some.

“Even in the face of trees that will outlive me, the world seems beautiful.”

“Every small-town psychic knows that the greatest urgency is to live inside the moment.”

“Love is obsessive or love is nothing at all.”

“Press yourself against my chest and sigh.”

“Books pile up like laundry, ready to be recycled.”

“We sleep to much or yearn to. Down the line there's only more of the same.”

“The worst part of being alone is thinking to much.”

Initial Reaction

I received this copy in exchange of an honest review, for so, none of my feelings were affected or biased by the author or publisher.

Update: 11/13/2015

If you'd like to read this review on my blog.

Rating: 3/5 stars.

RunLoveKill is the story of our heroin Rain Oshiro, looking for a escape from the city of Prygat, as she's the former assassin of the company The Origami, who now looks to hunt her, at any cost.

This is one of those novels that the more you think about it, the less you like it. Sincerely, what the hell even happened in this novel?

The plot was kind of all over the place. Very little things were actually explained and a lot of wholes were left behind. I never really understood what the city was about, why where they closing it, who was The Origami, how did this all happen...infinite questions and zero answers.

Aside from that, there wasn't anything new to the story or to the characters. It's a thing on today's graphic novels, I have come to realize. Most of them are the same things we've been listening for a while, but graphic. This was no exception.

I do have to admit that it was fun. I really like action, I have to admit. And the scenes were very good. Along the design, that was very good as well, they made a good combination.

I had initially rated it 3.5 stars, but the more you think about it, the less you want to put it.

Recommend if you want something to pass the time with, but don't expect much.

Initial Reaction

That was fun! Really intense and fast paced, very interesting story, and I want more! Al thought, the art style became confusing at times, and the story is not really something I haven't heard before. Proper review to come.

That was a hell of a fun read! I laughed at this and was completely excited over it. I thought the characters were cool and that the story was very intense. Oooooonly thing is, it felt shallow, not on the materialistic side, but on the not really deep story. It all happened really fast. The scenes wouldn't last more than five pages. Most of them, at least. But it was fun.

That was quite the cute, very confusing story! It{s very childish and weird and sometimes I didn't quite understand what was happening. It felt like a very talented kid had written all this! But I loved it, it really was adorable.

Mini review soon.

I had to read this for my Biology class. I just had to read chapters 2 and 3, but I actually liked it and wanted to read more of it. It's actually very interesting, and I learned a lot. Not really something you want to read over and over again, but you definitely need the information that's in here, as general culture. And it was laid down in a very easy, clear way, which I'm very thankful for.

I received this copy in exchange of an honest review, for so, none of my feelings were affected or biased by the author or publisher.

Update: 12/14/2015

Soon to be on my blog.

Rating: 4/5 stars.

One of the most beautiful illustrations I have seen for sure. I was mesmerized by them in every way. The story that went along with them were full of knowledge, short and elusive. The descriptions of each sephiroth was quite poetic and beautiful. Very open and wide. In other words, it was great.

Even thought it wasn't the best writing or, really, a well integrated story or something else, it was ok. Because that wasn't what it was trying to be. It has a more free idea to it.

Short review, because it's a short book, and not much is to be said. Unless I put myself to ponder about each story, which I will, but not here.

I received this copy in exchange of an honest review, for so, none of my feelings were affected or biased by the author or publisher.

Update: 09/10/2015

If you'd like to read this review on my blog.

Rating: 1.25/5 stars.

The Witches Protection Program is a secret agency that's been running for years, that seeks to protect those good witches, Davinas, from the harm done by those bad witches, Villas. In here, we find our protagonist, Wes, who was sent after his first assignment at work went wrong, turning his world upside down.

That description sounds promising. shade Better than the book, for sure. shade

I'm so mad I didn't like this book. But I'm not really mad at myself, I'm mad at the author for making it such a bad book. When I was cruising around to find NetGalleys, I found this, saw the description, saw the glowing reviews, and thought “well, this is surely to be a fun ride”. Wrong.

I really hate being mean about books. Authors put so much time and effort in this little pieces of papers, and so do editors and publishing houses. Whenever I don't like a book, I feel bad about not liking it, and having to later review it.

But this book, no. It was all so cliche. Every single paragraph in this book, I've read at least twelve times. Every. Single. Paragraph. And the writing style, well, it was non existent. It really felt like a million authors trying to write a book at the same time. It was so bad.

There's even this one line I highlighted...

“If I was a man, everybody would marvel at my aggression. I'd be called a go-getter, ambitious. People would respect me.”

ZERO

I CAN'T READ WITHOUT CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT. EVEN IF IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT.

instalove.

And they didn't even do that awkward “sorry...” dance that some instalovers do, they just flat out went at it.

he murdered somebody.

fun.

THIS BOOK WAS EXCELLENT! I ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT!
There will be a review coming soon, but right now I don't have time to write it.

Update: 10/22/2015

If you'd like to read this review on my blog.

Rating: 5/5 stars.

English version soon.

En Crónica de una Muerte Anunciada, conocemos la historia de Santiago Nassar, que fue asesinado aquel día de la llegada del obispo, después de todos, menos él, supieran de que iba a suceder. Poco a poco, nos cuentan la historia de como llego a suceder, por qué y como se enteró todo el mundo menos él.

Amé este libro con cuerpo y alma. Lo leí con tanta pasión y desesperación, y estaba tan sumergida en la historia que por mucho tiempo no pude dejar de pensat en ella. Todo estaba tan bien construido y tan bien planeado, que no había otra que amar la historia.

Empezando por que amo las historias que no empiezan en el principio, ni en la mitad, sino que te dicen de una vez lo sucedido, y luego van saltando estratégicamente en el tiempo para contarte la historia. De ésta manera, no sufres pensando porque crees saber que va a pasar, sino que ya lo sabes, pero no sabes como, o cuando, o por qué. Esta historia fué exactamente eso, y fue extremadamente bien hecha. Primero te cuentan que murió, y que hizo Santiago Nassar esa mañana, mientras te hablan de su vida. De allí en adelante saltamos de adelante para atras entre lo sucedido ese día, las razones que habían para matarlo, y en puntos de vista de la gente del pueblo. Lo amé.

Poco a poco me iba enterando de cosas nuevas, y con eso, la historia iba cambianda de tono. Primero era algo terrorifico, pero intrigante. Luego se torna algo cómico, al ver a la gente del pueblo y como iban enterandose. Luego, se torna triste, al saber la historia que viene detras de todo ésto. Y por última, deprimente, con un sentimiento de impotencia total, y de desesperación. Pero a la vez, obtienes algo de alivio también.

La historia en si es absolutamente intrincada, pero, sorprendentemente, no es díficil de entender. Por supuesto, me pides que te la cuente, y me pierdo, pero si estoy segura de lo que pasó, en general. Y realmente, su complicariedad se debe a que se está viendo el punto de vista de muchas personas, y todos tienen un versión diferente, del mismo cuento. Y realmente, García Marquez hizo un gran trabajo creando la historia, viendo como hacerle los nudos.

Realmente amé ésta historia, para siempre en mi. El final es uno de los mejores finales que he visto, y me encantó.

Initial Reaction

That was a very gruesome ending. But in general I thought the novel was amazing. So many things happened, and all of it seems incredible and fantastic, but it's so great that no matter how fantasical it seams, it feels like one of those news that are completely crazy and insane, but you know they did happen. Amazing.

Long review to come.

A fast, easy read, with enough mystery to keep you engaged. A bit of a rocky start in the first few pages, due to the amount of new and slightly confusing information dumped on the reader, but it goes swift and smooth afterwards. Definitely worth the read.