joanna

I'm not entirely happy about the ending, but I really enjoyed getting there.

I kept thinking that it wasn't original enough to keep me interested in a story I know so well. It sounds silly, I know, it has zombies in it! But I just couldn't find it in me to keep reading. I first started in October and only got to finish it now (late March) because I purposely only took this one book on a trip with me, so I would be forced to finally be done with it. There was nothing in it to make me pick it up for nearly six months! I think it's a good idea for a movie, not so much for a novel.

Plus I'm not a huge fan of how some of the characters were altered, especially Mr. Bennet (an adulterer and his daughters knew about it AND they were ok with it because everybody hated Mrs. Bennet, apparently) and Lizzie in the last chapter (that speech about Darcy falling in love with her because she was so unlike other silly and shallow women, seriously?).

All in all, not the best fanfiction I've read, but not the worst either.

I can't remember if I've read it as a kid or was it just the movie that I remember. I was really surprised by the ending, I'm not sure if I like how Mary got pushed aside for the father/son relationship.

I'm not sure what I think about it. I saw the movie first, not knowing it was based on a book. And the two are so different, it's hard to believe they're supposed to be the same story. Regardless of the differences the book was fine, but as with most food stories, I enjoyed the visualisation of the film more.

I can't say I enjoyed reading it, because it's not a book to be enjoyed. I'm not entirely sure what I think about it. A+ for effort, that's for sure, but it did at times read like teary novel rather than Cumming's personal account. Too eloquent and polished, perhaps, for my taste.

Szkoda, że tak bardzo “męska”. Brakowało mi konkretnej postaci kobiecej, kogoś więcej niż podpórkę dla historii Jona.

Ale mimo wszystko duży plus za tematykę, nie potrafię nie lubić książek traktujących o ludzkich obliczach religii.

The amount of information was overwhelming at times, but overall it's a great compedium of the topic and I'm sure I will be coming back to it for specific bits and pieces.

I kept repeating to myself while reading it - I don't even like poetry! I generally don't understand it and I see nothing great about it. But this thing... It really got to me. Incredibly powerful images, full of raw emotion and incredible depth. I fell in love with it.

The amount of easily verifiable mistakes made me doubt and question everything I read. Not the best way to keep a reader interested.

I feel like there should be a sequel... I just checked and there is one! Ok, I have to go now and get it, bye :)

Muszę zajrzeć do oryginału, może wtedy będzie pięć gwiazdek?

It's very difficult to rate this book, as I approached it after I've watched the “Generation Kill” series and read dozens of fanfiction that relied heavily on Fick's account of his tour in Iraq. Because of that, I found the first part of it much more interesting - it was new information for me and as I tend to loose motivation to read when I know the way the story ends, so it happened this time. Getting through this book took me, I think, about a year; precisely because I knew the Iraq part of the story so well. But enough about me being a lousy reader.

The book itself is a very detailed and emotionally equipped account, a personal and private story. Fick's perspective as an LT - being somewhere in the middle of it all with a certain amount of authority and imput in decission-making process, but not enough to avoid frustration and negativity - is what I found the most fascinating and worth focusing on.

Another point worth making is that Fick is not afraid to spell out his views on war - that it's not glorious nor romantic and it should never be treated that way.

I kept comparing it to the film adaptation and strangely, I think I liked the adaptation better. It felt more emotional. And that's sort of the point of the story, to show human emotions of the characters, isn't it?

Totally confusing.

My favourite Jane Austen.

Z całej książki najbardziej podobała mi się okładka. Wszystko inne uwierało, zaczynając od fabuły i płytkich postaci, przez irytujące wszechobecne zdrobnienia, na potrójnych wykrzyknikach i znakach zapytania kończąc. No i przypisy - moim zdaniem powieści ich nie wymagają, a tutaj pojawiały się w nadmiarze (tak samo z resztą, jak wtrącenia z języków obcych, które wcale nie były potrzebne i wyglądały na dodane trochę na siłę).

Nie byłam w stanie polubić bohaterki, więc ciężko było sympatyzować z jej przeżyciami. Nie rozumiem jej decyzji i zachowań, jest dla mnie powierzchowna i zbyt pochopnie ocenia innych ludzi (głównie po wyglądzie i podsłuchanych fragmentach rozmów). Nie chcę za bardzo zdradzać fabuły,

W książce co chwilę ktoś płacze, zazwyczaj “jak to kobieta”, “jak dziewczynka” lub ewentualnie w przypadku mężczyzn “zupełnie nie jak macho, na którego wygląda, ale w głębi duszy nie jest”. Każda kobieta pragnie wyjść za mąż (chyba, że feministka). A do miłości na całe życie wystarczy jedno spojrzenie i dwie ostatnie strony książki.

I nie powiem, książkę czyta się bardzo szybko, ale w moim przypadku zupełnie bez przyjemności. A szkoda, bo miałam nadzieję na fajną, lekką historię napisaną przez lokalną autorkę.

So much better than Twilight...