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Wraeththu: The Enchantments of Flesh and Spirit, the Bewitchments of Love and Hate, the Fulfilments of Fate and Desire by Storm Constantine
4.0
What can I say about this book? Ah! It took me long, very long to get through it, because the first book had not ended too well -or should I said, had a confusing ending (was it happy or sad...?), and I'm a sucker for happy endings.
I think I'll start by pointing out I truly did like this book. Had a hard time deciding between four and five stars- I wanted four and a half, really.
The story on itself was great, fantastic in writing, the setting- not really something completely new and out of the ordinary, but interesting to read; the characters were all very interesting and deeply thought, though I could only get myself to truly care for two, and they were not even the main characters.
I was very interested at the subject of hermaphrodites, though I must say, I got a little tired of being told each har they met was super pretty and perfect- yes, we get it, all har are beautiful and perfect!
I didn't really fancy the whole pregnancy thing, perhaps because I still saw them as very male-like, and as such, it all reeked of "mpreg".
Two things threw me off the book, but I guess in the overall, they weren't so annoying that it made me dislike it entirely. (I mean, I did read it through and liked it plenty, after all)
The first was that the Wraeththu were a "very sexual race" which means, put plainly, "I love YOU, but I'll have sex with just about everyone I come across."
Sorry, but I like my romance romantic and faithful.
The second was the reiteration of the ambiguous endings.
Were they happy? Were they sad? I can't decide!! It's driving me insane! The second book was the one that ended the best, and the third book, gosh, guess it should have been a happy ending, yet it was sad in a way. Ah, bittersweet, like life itself, I guess? I find myself torn to think on whether I enjoyed the ending... In a way, I think I didn't, I feel it should've developed a bit differently- I feel Calanthe should have said, "to hell! Pell, I love you, but it can't be." and started a whole new life.
Ah well, I enjoyed the book, overall; though I had some visualization problems.
I think I'll start by pointing out I truly did like this book. Had a hard time deciding between four and five stars- I wanted four and a half, really.
The story on itself was great, fantastic in writing, the setting- not really something completely new and out of the ordinary, but interesting to read; the characters were all very interesting and deeply thought, though I could only get myself to truly care for two, and they were not even the main characters.
I was very interested at the subject of hermaphrodites, though I must say, I got a little tired of being told each har they met was super pretty and perfect- yes, we get it, all har are beautiful and perfect!
I didn't really fancy the whole pregnancy thing, perhaps because I still saw them as very male-like, and as such, it all reeked of "mpreg".
Two things threw me off the book, but I guess in the overall, they weren't so annoying that it made me dislike it entirely. (I mean, I did read it through and liked it plenty, after all)
The first was that the Wraeththu were a "very sexual race" which means, put plainly, "I love YOU, but I'll have sex with just about everyone I come across."
Sorry, but I like my romance romantic and faithful.
The second was the reiteration of the ambiguous endings.
Were they happy? Were they sad? I can't decide!! It's driving me insane! The second book was the one that ended the best, and the third book, gosh, guess it should have been a happy ending, yet it was sad in a way. Ah, bittersweet, like life itself, I guess? I find myself torn to think on whether I enjoyed the ending... In a way, I think I didn't, I feel it should've developed a bit differently- I feel Calanthe should have said, "to hell! Pell, I love you, but it can't be." and started a whole new life.
Ah well, I enjoyed the book, overall; though I had some visualization problems.
Con la hierba de almohada by Lian Hearn
3.0
I liked the second half of this book better than the first, but I shall hold my actual review until I'm done with the last book...
Apocalypse 2012: An Investigation into Civilization's End by Lawrence E. Joseph
2.0
The book in an on itself was ok, if you're into that kind of stuff. I'm a bit of a sucker for prophecies and end of the world, so I was eager to read a book about it.
It was dubbed as "An investigation into civilization's end" ("a study" in my translated copy to Spanish), and it made me feel a bit mislead when I started reading and I found that more than a study or investigation, it was a journal of trips with scientific bits and musings thrown in about 2012.
Ok?
This book was too personal about the guy's life for me to enjoy fully.
If I wanted to read about the author's life, I'd find his biography/credentials/blog. No offense, I just like my scientific books to be scientific, that's all.
The scientific parts, citations and theories I enjoyed plenty, but the book itself I felt was boring and dragged on boring topics- like a cab driver's praying or how the author wanted to write an autobiography; personally, I think he just wrote part of it on the book.
I say if you like scientific books about 2012, or at least more "serious" ones, avoid this one.
If you don't care (or rather, prefer) reading more about the author and his opinions than about 2012 itself, then you'll love it.
It was dubbed as "An investigation into civilization's end" ("a study" in my translated copy to Spanish), and it made me feel a bit mislead when I started reading and I found that more than a study or investigation, it was a journal of trips with scientific bits and musings thrown in about 2012.
Ok?
This book was too personal about the guy's life for me to enjoy fully.
If I wanted to read about the author's life, I'd find his biography/credentials/blog. No offense, I just like my scientific books to be scientific, that's all.
The scientific parts, citations and theories I enjoyed plenty, but the book itself I felt was boring and dragged on boring topics- like a cab driver's praying or how the author wanted to write an autobiography; personally, I think he just wrote part of it on the book.
I say if you like scientific books about 2012, or at least more "serious" ones, avoid this one.
If you don't care (or rather, prefer) reading more about the author and his opinions than about 2012 itself, then you'll love it.
Jumper by Steven Gould
5.0
I got the book because I'd kinda liked the movie, and figured the book would be better.
The book is SO different from the movie- that it almost seems like they tell the life of two different persons- if only they didn't have the same name.
It was quite refreshing and most interesting to read the book, I found the story quite catching, if a little slow at times, and loved the story overall, definitely enjoyed it more than the movie.
The book is SO different from the movie- that it almost seems like they tell the life of two different persons- if only they didn't have the same name.
It was quite refreshing and most interesting to read the book, I found the story quite catching, if a little slow at times, and loved the story overall, definitely enjoyed it more than the movie.