Queku

I learn a lot of math and it was enjoyable. I also learned a lot of interesting math pieces.

EVEN BETTER THAN THE FILM

I've come to know the story from watching the movie a few years back, but let me say that it was a mistake to watch the movie instead of reading the book.
This novel got me hooked from the start with its amazing characters and story. I've found myself geeking out while reading the book with all its 80s and video game references. An absolute blast for us geeks. I also found myself rooting for the main characters and cheering aloud whenever they accomplished something awesome, something any other book has never accomplished in me.
This book also got me thinking about the consequences of absolute absorption from social media in the future and what it may suppose for us as a society. Something to be aware of with the rise and social media and the imminent era of the metaverse. This book takes place in a not-so-distant future where humans have destroyed the earth and hide from this awful planet by login into virtual reality. Society has completely isolated itself in the virtual world to the point, that people never leave their homes in their entire life, which sounds too plausible and scary in my opinion.

All in all an awesome read for us geeks or the perfect gift for your geeky friends.

Great read, loved the characters and the story got me thrilled to the very end.
As soon as one might start to think that the plot is getting repetitive, BAM! you get a plot twist that makes the story stay fresh.
I got emotionally invested in the characters and their relationships, and i am happy with how things have turned out at the end.
I will certainly continue this series.

The best book in the series so far.

This book has all the positives from the previous ones and more.
The highlight of this book is in my opinion the minimal amount of Rand's POV. Throughout this book we could learn more from the side characters that were shadowed by Rand in the first book. Mainly we get a deep dive into Egwene's, Perrin's and Mat's POV's, which I loved. Mat was so overlooked in the first two novels due to the dagger, but now that we got to see him in action he got such a great glow up. Perrin is still as cute as in the previous books, but now on the main stage. And Egwene is getting more powerful and wise than before, shes such a bad ass.

Once again I had the feeling the climax was a bit rushed, but still a great ending. But I do hope that we get to appreciate future stakes battles more. Let us get a taste of an epic conclusion pls.

All in all the best book so far in a series that I'm loving.
Can't wait to keep on reading.

Stephen King is always a win.
This is a very simple book exploring a very simple concept, but it still got me captivated and on the edge of my seat until the very last page.
This book is about a bestselling author being kidnapped by his number one fan in order for him to write her a novel. A very simple premise and the hole story takes place in a single bedroom. But somehow it works. At the beginning I was skeptical on the premise, it sounded cool but I could not imagine how to maintain suspense and avoid it becoming repetitive and boring. And it did get more interesting as the book went on. On the one hand we have the main story line, then we get a peak at Paul's writing and finally we slowly discover about Annie's backstory.
I must admit at the end of the book the whole novel subplot became a little distracting, it felt like reading the first chapters of a book and then the last ones without any additional context (because this is precisely what happens) . In retrospective totally necessary, because Paul projects into the story and then the story projects back into Paul, and there is a parallel between one story and the other, but it felt confusing.
This book explores the impotence and sense of defeat when you are trapped and there is no viable option out. You are clinging to a very thin edge of hope, but as time goes on you slowly give up. This is masterfully represented with the character of Paul.
I loved the metaphors presented through the book in order to materialize Paul's feeling, the stone pilings(as pain), the hole in the page (as coping mechanism) and the African bird (as this feeling of being trapped until the end).
I must admit it is very visual, but that is King's specialty. I wouldn't it is specially scary but there were some scene which were unsettling. But more in the disgust direction than actual fear.
All in all a great starting point for King's novel, you get a taste of what he is good at without the nightmares and it is a short novel you will power through without even realizing it.