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De ce este România altfel? by Lucian Boia
5.0
O lecție excelentă de interpretare a istoriei, cîteva explicații pentru "de ce ne simțim noi deosebiți", de ce nu ne merg nouă lucrurile bine sau mai bine.
Paralelele cu Polonia sunt absolut dureroase. Musai de citit pentru orice român; dacă deranjează, cu atît mai bine.
Paralelele cu Polonia sunt absolut dureroase. Musai de citit pentru orice român; dacă deranjează, cu atît mai bine.
Assassin's Creed: Brahman by Karl Kerschl, Brenden Fletcher, Cameron Stewart
4.0
Brahman is a nice short story in the placed in India; but there are no cultural walls that will stop you from enjoying it properly.
Abstergo created a 'Brahman' program that will allow them to track the real Koh-I-Noor diamond that is in reality an artifact from the ancients. Assassins and templars fight for it in both 18th century and the 21st.
Lovely story, but definitely lacks depth of characters, mostly due to its size.
Abstergo created a 'Brahman' program that will allow them to track the real Koh-I-Noor diamond that is in reality an artifact from the ancients. Assassins and templars fight for it in both 18th century and the 21st.
Lovely story, but definitely lacks depth of characters, mostly due to its size.
Dragon Hunt by Richard A. Knaak
2.0
Acceptable, but far from stellar. The dialogues are bad, there is too much of Warcraft lingo and too many prerequisites. The story barely stands on its own.
It's not an amazing comic book from the graphical stand-point. It's drawn manga style, and, unfortunately, in black and white. A bad choice for an overall under-mediocre comic.
It's not an amazing comic book from the graphical stand-point. It's drawn manga style, and, unfortunately, in black and white. A bad choice for an overall under-mediocre comic.
Mogworld by Yahtzee Croshaw
3.0
Mogworld is a fantastic world built on top of our fantasy-oriented games. Jim dies in the very first chapter, and is resurrected by a mage, spending his time in his service.
The idea is really funny, but it fails to take off properly. Mogworld has definitely some very neat ideas, that I would love to see explored more often in literature; the sort of Pratchett-ish approach to MMOs can be hilarious at times, and daunting and boring at other times.
The idea is really funny, but it fails to take off properly. Mogworld has definitely some very neat ideas, that I would love to see explored more often in literature; the sort of Pratchett-ish approach to MMOs can be hilarious at times, and daunting and boring at other times.
Henry and June: From "A Journal of Love"--The Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin by Anaïs Nin
4.0
This book leaves marks. I can't imagine a situation in which this journal fragment can leave people indifferent.
This journal explores the evolution of Anaïs from what she interprets as a frustrated, passionless life through the storm that Henry Miller creates in her life. While the book begins with a somewhat naïve Anaïs, a book-loving bored and distant housewife, we become more intimate with her, exploring her desires, her indecision and her fears.
This transformation is actually the central point of the book, and Henry and June are just catalysts for her metamorphosis. Nin's love affair with June and then the full blown affair with Henry are, really just the setting for the evolution of Nin's character.
While I understand that this is her journal, I didn't really feel the honesty of it all. While the journal did explore her intimate thoughts, it feels like a small lie, the real Anaïs Nin still hidden from sight. It seems strange, deep intimacy explored in a shallow manner, but there it is. The journal stays honest to its form, and what it really lacks is the final touches of the writer. The journal is, perhaps, too raw, exploring the present day and not giving an insight, a deeper connection with the real Nin. There are places where this happens, where she tries to explore her past or dreams about the future, but those fragments are rare, and in the end they don't get anywhere.
Her superficial honesty is brutal. At times you feel sorry for the people around her, lured into the marshes of her unprincipled character. At times you cannot but empathize with her desires, her changing heart, while at other times you might find yourself judging for her going too far, or not far enough.
This book lacks depth that the touches of the writer would bring. Honest, intimate, yet superficial. I think it's a book that people must read; it is one of these books where the content doesn't matter that much, but how you place yourself, as a reader, relative to the book.
This journal explores the evolution of Anaïs from what she interprets as a frustrated, passionless life through the storm that Henry Miller creates in her life. While the book begins with a somewhat naïve Anaïs, a book-loving bored and distant housewife, we become more intimate with her, exploring her desires, her indecision and her fears.
This transformation is actually the central point of the book, and Henry and June are just catalysts for her metamorphosis. Nin's love affair with June and then the full blown affair with Henry are, really just the setting for the evolution of Nin's character.
While I understand that this is her journal, I didn't really feel the honesty of it all. While the journal did explore her intimate thoughts, it feels like a small lie, the real Anaïs Nin still hidden from sight. It seems strange, deep intimacy explored in a shallow manner, but there it is. The journal stays honest to its form, and what it really lacks is the final touches of the writer. The journal is, perhaps, too raw, exploring the present day and not giving an insight, a deeper connection with the real Nin. There are places where this happens, where she tries to explore her past or dreams about the future, but those fragments are rare, and in the end they don't get anywhere.
Her superficial honesty is brutal. At times you feel sorry for the people around her, lured into the marshes of her unprincipled character. At times you cannot but empathize with her desires, her changing heart, while at other times you might find yourself judging for her going too far, or not far enough.
This book lacks depth that the touches of the writer would bring. Honest, intimate, yet superficial. I think it's a book that people must read; it is one of these books where the content doesn't matter that much, but how you place yourself, as a reader, relative to the book.