WHOA.
Seriously good book here, people. Seriously.
Admittedly, I have avoided reading this book for the entire summer, for the fear that it would be too disturbing and disgusting for my emotional brain (ridiculously so) to appreciate. In my defense: My close friend who lent it to me was also the person who recommended reading A Clockwork Orange. For those of you who have read this book, perhaps you understand why my fears were justified.
Well anyway, I finally had nothing left to read (no more excuses!) so I picked up Perfume. It started off surprisingly slow, and came to a HURTLING halt by the end.
COMPLETLEY SENSATIONAL. Literally.
It isn't my favorite book (The Fountainhead/The Golden Compass), but I have never been able to apply the word sensational to anything I have ever read.
As a natural-born critic, and someone who is consistently hard to impress (I'm not saying you should try to impress me), this is a big deal.
Like, big deal.
All in all: read the book (please!!!!!) and then comment this post and tell me what you think.
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Saturday, August 30, 2008
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Uglies
Okay, so I did borrow the book from my 12 year old sister, but it was about a 16 year old, making me only 4 years its senior.
Anyway, it's a good book and it took an interesting take on the whole "perfect futuristic society without our version of mankind" thing.
To be honest, the position it took had a lot of creativity and didn't seem to borrow from books like 1984, Anthem, or Farenheit 451.
Also, it was nice on my brain after the long haul of The Fountainhead. Plus I've always been a sucker for sci-fi fantasy, and this fell nicely into that category.
Anyway, it's a good book and it took an interesting take on the whole "perfect futuristic society without our version of mankind" thing.
To be honest, the position it took had a lot of creativity and didn't seem to borrow from books like 1984, Anthem, or Farenheit 451.
Also, it was nice on my brain after the long haul of The Fountainhead. Plus I've always been a sucker for sci-fi fantasy, and this fell nicely into that category.
Friday, August 22, 2008
The Fountainhead
Read it. Whether you like Ayn Rand or not, read this book. Take your time if you have to, or rush through it, because yeah it's long. But so worth it.
SERIOUSLY.
Or at least skip to almost toward the end when the main character Howard Roark is in a court room speaking. I won't mention why, just in case, and also because I have hope that one of my readers (which is no one but myself) will read this book.
Awesome enough to have a definite impact on how I view most things, and not in that way where the author is on some religious journey and tries to make you feel bad about yourself and your lifestyle and wants you to change.
This book is basically preaching that "selfishness" is a good thing and that our society wrongfully teaches all of us to feel bad about making ourselves happy. When really, anyone who can achieve self happiness independent of everyone else is the person who keeps life moving.
Which sounds so confusing and dumb coming from my hands, so just read the book.
SERIOUSLY.
Or at least skip to almost toward the end when the main character Howard Roark is in a court room speaking. I won't mention why, just in case, and also because I have hope that one of my readers (which is no one but myself) will read this book.
Awesome enough to have a definite impact on how I view most things, and not in that way where the author is on some religious journey and tries to make you feel bad about yourself and your lifestyle and wants you to change.
This book is basically preaching that "selfishness" is a good thing and that our society wrongfully teaches all of us to feel bad about making ourselves happy. When really, anyone who can achieve self happiness independent of everyone else is the person who keeps life moving.
Which sounds so confusing and dumb coming from my hands, so just read the book.
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