Bücher mit dem Tag "2 stars"

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  1. Cover des Buches Mockingjay (ISBN: 9781407153353)
    Suzanne Collins

    Mockingjay

     (447)
    Aktuelle Rezension von: Lonechastesoul

    My goodness. I finally done it, I finished this book...took me forever but I'm done, trying to finish this book felt like a chore. When reading for enjoyment starts feeling like a chore, that's the ultimate sign that I dislike the book. Well, about 90% of the book.

    This book was REALLY anti-climactic, filled with so many disappointments I lost count.

    A REAL disappointment of this book: Katniss herself. The many characters' deaths were so rushed and pointless. The love triangle wasn't well played out. First of all, I'm getting a bit tired of reading about love triangles -- especially in novels where there's a much greater plot present. But I'll admit, I was on Team Gale throughout the series, because he was strong and resilient and resourceful and caring. There was this attractive manly quality about him and he was so in sync with Katniss. But towards the end of this novel, I didn't care about Katniss's love life and who she ended up with, because everything seemed like such a hopeless, depressing mess that there was no point. I also hated how she kept flip-flopping and toying with both Gale and Peeta.

    I don't know, maybe I set my expectations too high.

    But Mockingjay was nothing but a bloodbath. If you're into pointless deaths and gratuitous violence, then this book is for you. Everything in this book was gratuitous and over the top, from the angst to the ridiculous romantic interludes in the middle of battle scenes, and from the gore violence to the stupid, overly-disgusting deaths of several characters who did not need to die.

    Mockingjay was a great big depressing flop. The ending is a crap shoot, and that epilogue was bullshit.

    Sorry.

  2. Cover des Buches City of Ashes (The Mortal Instruments) (ISBN: 9781481455978)
    Cassandra Clare

    City of Ashes (The Mortal Instruments)

     (246)
    Aktuelle Rezension von: BookVoyage

    SPOILER! Nicht lesen, wenn man den ersten Band nicht kennt! 

    Nachdem Clary und Jace erfahren haben, dass sie Geschwister sind, versuchen sie, den Kontakt zu meiden und ihrem alten Leben nachzugehen. Das gestaltet sich für beide schwieriger als gedacht. Nicht nur, dass sie bestmöglich versuchen, die romantischen Gefühle füreinander im Keim zu ersticken, wird Jace zusätzlich unterstellt, er würde mit Valentin unter einer Decke stecken. Kurzerhand wird er aus dem Institut geworfen. Auch die Inquisitorin versucht mit allen Mitteln, Jace seine Runen abzunehmen, damit er nicht mehr als Schattenjäger tätig sein kann. Und wie der Zufall es möchte, kreuzen sich Clarys und Jaces Weg erneut. Gemeinsam stehen sie plötzlich vor neuen Herausforderungen, die sie nur gemeinsam angehen können. 

    Der zweite Band der "Mortal Instruments"-Reihe (dt. "Chroniken der Unterwelt") beginnt mit einem recht geheimnisvollen Prolog, der viele Fragen aufwirft, im Laufe des Bandes jedoch beantwortet werden. Das erste Kapitel schmeißt einen dagegen direkt ins Geschehen. Die Geheimnisse, die am Ende des ersten Bandes gelüftet werden, haben für Jace und Clary Konsequenzen und der Leser erfährt direkt zu Beginn, welche Konsequenzen sie für Jace haben. Es ist erfrischend, die Geschichte auch aus Jaces Perspektive mitzuerleben und die fantastische Welt nicht nur aus Clarys Blickwinkel zu sehen. 

        As long as there was coffee in the world, how bad could things be?

    Auch in dem Band werden viele neue Charaktere eingeführt, wie z.B. Maryse Lightwood, die Mutter von Alec und Isabelle. Charaktere aus dem ersten Band, die eher nebensächlich waren, spielen in diesem Band eine größere Rolle und Clare schafft es sehr gut, auch ihnen an Tiefe zu verleihen. Jemand, über den ich unfassbar gerne gelesen habe, war u.a. Magnus Bane und ich freue mich, immer mehr von ihm zu erfahren. Die Protagonisten entwickeln sich ebenso weiter, insbesondere ihre Beziehungen untereinander. Es macht unfassbar Spaß zu lesen, wie die Charaktere untereinander interagieren und wie sie im Laufe der Bände immer mehr reifen. Dennoch muss ich auch beim zweiten Band bemängeln, dass Clare sich weiterhin an den typischen Klischees bedient. Clary, das "unscheinbare", liebe Mädchen von nebenan, die sich in Bad Boy Jace verliebt, wird gleichzeitig von ihrem besten Freund Simon angehimmelt - das typische Love-Triangle. Im Großen und Ganzen habe ich trotzdem alle Charaktere in meine Herz schließen können. Vor allem die Dynamik bzw. die Beziehung zwischen Clary und Jace ist herzzerreißend und in der Art einmalig - etwas derartiges habe ich nämlich noch in keinem Jugendbuch lesen dürfen. 

        I've heard the word 'fear'. I simply choose to believe it doesn't apply to me.

    Ansonsten kann ich abschließend nur wiederholen, was ich schon zum ersten Band geschrieben habe: Der Schreibstil bleibt einfach, ist aber angenehm zu lesen. Es ist ein toller zweiter Band, der mindestens genauso spannend weitergeht, wie der Erste aufhört. Auch hier tragen meiner Meinung nach wieder die Charaktere die Geschichte - trotzdem ist die Handlung nicht zu unterschätzen. Das Buch macht neugierig auf den Finalband! (Ich weiß, dass Clare Jahre später die Reihe fortgesetzt hat, trotzdem ist die erste Geschichte rund um Clary, Jace und Co. mit dem dritten Band erstmals aus erzählt). 


  3. Cover des Buches The Scarlet Letter (ISBN: 9781631060717)
    Nathaniel Hawthorne

    The Scarlet Letter

     (60)
    Aktuelle Rezension von: Anna625

    "Der Scharlachrote Buchstabe" gilt als eines der beudeutendsten Werke amerikanischer Literatur und ist mit Themen wie öffentlicher Stigmatisierung und Anprangerung auch heute noch aktuell.

    Die Handlung spielt gegen Mitte des 17. Jahrhunderts im puritanischen Neuengland im Nordosten der USA, als Strenggläubigkeit die Menschen auszeichnete.
    Im Buch geht es um Hester Prynne, deren Mann zu Beginn als auf See verschollen gilt und die daraufhin Ehebruch begeht und ein illegitimes Kind vom Dorfspfarrer Dimmesdale bekommt. Zur Strafe muss sie fortan in leuchtend rotes "A" auf der Brust tragen. Den Vater des Kindes gibt sie nicht bekannt, jedoch kehrt bald ihr verschollen geglaubter Mann heim und setzt den Pfarrer unter starken psychologischen Druck. Währenddessen sieht Hester sich der Ablehnung der anderen Dorfbewohner ausgesetzt und lernt mit de Zeit, das rote "A" nicht als ein Zeichen der Schande, sondern des Stolzes zu tragen.

    Wider Erwarten fand ich den Roman sehr gut zu lesen - zwar gibt es regelmäßg lange Schachtelsätze, dafür hat mich Hawthorne aber mit einem sehr bildhaften Schreibstil und teilweise sehr poetischen Einschüben überzeugt. Gerade durch die recht detaillierten Beschreibungen hatte ich das Dorf sehr klar vor Augen.
    Ganz abgesehen davon ist der Konflikt zwischen Dimmesdale und Chillingworth, dem Ehemann Hesters, sehr spannend, denn lässt tief in die Abgründe menschlicher Gefühle und Triebe blicken. Und nicht zuletzt ist Hester Prynne selbst eine starke Protagonistin, die sehr fortschrittlich denkt, sich aus festgefahrenen Strukturen befreit und den Vorstellungen den Rücken kehrt, die die Gesellschaft ihr aufzuzwingen versucht.

  4. Cover des Buches Love you, hate you, miss you (ISBN: 9783423716314)
    Elizabeth Scott

    Love you, hate you, miss you

     (219)
    Aktuelle Rezension von: lillyfeereads

    Am Anfang war ich ein wenig skeptisch, was das Buch betraf, aber es hat mich total überrascht. Ich fand die Geschichte total interessant, es gab immer mal wieder einige neue Aspekte zur Geschichte und Amy ist genau so eine Overthinkerin wie ich:))

    Allerdings muss ich auch sagen, dass die Geschichte sich oft im Kreis gedreht hat und ich mir gewünscht hätte, dass die Geschichte voran kommt. 

    Man konnte sich aber dennoch gut in Amy reinversetzen und im wahren Leben drehen sich viele Storys ja auch immer wieder um sich selbst, deswegen hat mir das Buch gut gefallen.

  5. Cover des Buches Tortilla Flat (ISBN: 9783423107648)
    John Steinbeck

    Tortilla Flat

     (95)
    Aktuelle Rezension von: Argentumverde

    Als Danny 1919 aus dem Krieg heimkehrt, erfährt er, dass sein Großvater ihm zwei Holzhäuser in der kalifornischen Siedlung Tortilla Flat vererbt hat. Eines davon überlässt er obdachlosen Freunden, und als es bald darauf abbrennt, nimmt er sie alle bei sich im zweiten Haus auf, wo sie gemeinsam in den Tag hineinleben – bis Danny sich verändert ...

    John Steinbecks nostalgischer und humorvoller Schelmenroman "Tortilla Flat" besteht aus einem Vorwort und siebzehn locker verknüpften Episoden. Sie handeln von kalifornischen Außenseitern, die nicht am New Deal teilhaben und lieber nichts besitzen. Die sogenannten Paisanos sind nicht in der amerikanischen Gesellschaft angekommen, stehen außerhalb: Während der Ort Monterey vor allem von Fischern italienischer Herkunft besiedelt ist, denen es wirtschaftlich etwas besser geht als den eingesessenen Paisanos, leben diese in ihrer eigenen Siedlung, ihrer eigenen Welt, der „Tortilla Flat“. Tagediebe und Lebenskünstler, die sich mehr recht als schlecht durchschlagen. Das erzählt Steinbeck so unterhaltsam und liebevoll, dass einem die Außenseiter richtig vertraut werden. Rund um die beiden Häuser drehen sich die Geschichten, dort spielen sich die kleinen Tragikomödien ab, Dialoge voller Witz und ungewollter Weisheit. Diesen Ton trifft John Steinbeck so unnachahmlich gut, ironisch, lakonisch, ein wenig nostalgisch und so locker, dass sich die Burlesken allein dafür zu lesen lohnen. 

    Mein Fazit: Wer hier einen tiefgründigen schweren John Steinbeck erwartet, wird enttäuscht sein. Lässt man sich aber einmal auf den lockeren Stil und den galanten Charme dieses Büchleins ein, so wird man viel Freude daran finden und viel Tiefgründigeres als gedacht.

  6. Cover des Buches The Devil's Feather (ISBN: 9781447208075)
    Minette Walters

    The Devil's Feather

     (6)
    Aktuelle Rezension von: Lonechastesoul

    This is I the third Minette Walters I've read, and it's the first about which I've had strong reservations.

    Connie Burns is a war correspondent who picks up on the fact that a Glaswegian security consultant whom she encounters first in Sierra Leone and then in Baghdad, Keith Mackenzie, is taking advantage of the general social mayhem to commit sadistic rape-murders. He retaliates by abducting her -- everyone assumes it's a terrorist abduction, of course -- and putting her through three days of sexual and other humiliations. Oddly, he then releases her -- perhaps reckoning that living with her memories of those three days will be worse than death?

    Too terrified to point the finger, Connie flees to England where, under a phony name, she rents a dilapidated house in a remote Dorset village. There she encounters, and is taken under the wing of, a neighboring farmer, Jess Derbyshire, and the local GP, Peter Coleman. She's sure that Mackenzie will come after her to finish the task he inexplicably didn't in Baghdad . . . and of course he does.

    It took some stamina to plough through nearly five hundred pages of the fictional ramblings of a self-obsessed woman who doesn't trust anyone around her and just moans and groans about her circumstances. I struggled to finish this book. I almost gave up on this book 100 times at the end it skipped quite a few pages.

    Having been totally captivated by every Minette Walters book that I have picked up in the past, The Devil's Feather came as a huge disappointment to me. It has to be the most unthrilling "thriller". This book is filled with unlikable characters, has a slow plodding pace and is just generally un-thrilling.

  7. Cover des Buches This Man (ISBN: 9781455578313)
    Jodi Ellen Malpas

    This Man

     (4)
    Aktuelle Rezension von: Lonechastesoul

      “I want to look after you forever,” he whispers, pressing his lips against my temple.”  

    This Man, book 1 of 3. This Man Series is about Jesse Ward,  in his relentless pursuit and seduction of interior designer, Ava O’Shea.

    It was frustrating,  and had no story. I don't know why I went with the flow and got into the obviously exaggerated hype about this book. It has nothing other than a lot of sex. It didn't even have chemistry. It lacked everything, story and plot included. He wasn't even a tiny bit romantic. I only liked Sam and he isn't even a main character.

    When Ava, an up-and-coming interior designer lands a job at The Manor in the country side, the last thing she expects is for the proprietor, or Lord of the Manor, to be drop dead gorgeous. He is beyond intense and she is so strongly affected by him that he just takes over her mind every time she sees him. She jumps to several conclusions about him and decided though that its all too much for her and walks away. But Jesse is not one to be deterred from getting what he wants. He relentlessly peruses her until finally the combination of his determination and her intense desire for him make her give in.

    Jesse was just, too much, like too stalker-ish, too rude, too demanding, too extreme, too unreasonable, too neurotic, borderline immature. I just found Jesse too extreme overall.

    Ava, I don’t even know where to begin with her. She’s a 26-year-old woman, but you’d never know that based on how she behaves. She's incredibly immature. She works as an interior designer, but she has got to be the most unprofessional person on the planet. She's such a doormat, too. She repeatedly tells Jesse "no", but she doesn't really put her foot down.

    The book itself was really drawn out. All the petty conflicts through miscommunication and misunderstandings was overdone and got on my nerves. It became redundant after a while. He’d make some unreasonable demand, she’d fight him on it, then he would proceed to “fuck some sense into her." Rinse and repeat. Unfortunately, if you remove all the unnecessary, contrived drama, you're not left with much of a story.

    I wanted to dump the book in the middle, but I kept going only for the end and even that didn't live up to anything good. I hope the 2nd book is better than this, at least it will revile stuff and have some kinda story. I still have hope for the 2nd book. That said I probably will torture myself with the second book.

  8. Cover des Buches The Memory Keeper's Daughter (ISBN: 9780141970349)
    Kim Edwards

    The Memory Keeper's Daughter

     (20)
    Aktuelle Rezension von: Lonechastesoul
    "A moment might be a thousand different things."

    I really did not like this book- the plot had some great potential, but instead you got to witness one scene of frustrated people not knowing how to deal with their emotions after another.

    Really, it's one of those books that has an interesting premise, but doesn't go anywhere. The interesting premise is this: a couple has twins and the father sneaks away with the one twin who has Downs Syndrome. The mother doesn't know about this baby and the baby is raised by the father's coworker. Well,  after the initial birth scene, which is good, nothing happens for 200 pages. The author drags you through the book, dangling the moment that the mother finds out about her daughter in front of you.

    I began to care less and less about the characters, but stayed with the book because it was interesting to see where it went and I had already invested so much time in reading it. There were too many long descriptions of things that didn't matter to me, and no matter how hard I tried, I didn't get to know the characters in the way I thought I should.

    I didn't really care about any of the characters very much in the end, if at all, and I think that's what really soured me on this book.

    I struggled to finish this book, and I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone.
  9. Cover des Buches Too Late (ISBN: 9781540324160)
    C. Hoover

    Too Late

     (47)
    Aktuelle Rezension von: Maike20

    Das Cover ist eher unscheinbar, aber umso mehr überzeugt Colleen Hoovers Schreibstil.

    Mein steigt direkt ins Geschehen ein, mitten in der ungesunden Beziehung zwischen Asa und Sloan und dem ersten Auftauchen von Carter. Das Buch ist aus den Sicht aller drei Personen geschrieben, wodurch man gute Einsicht in jede ihrer Gedankenwelten bekommt.

    Sloan ist eine aufopferungsvoller Mensch,die alles für das Wohl ihres Bruders tut, auch wenn es sie in eine höllische Beziehung treibt. Carter ist der typische Held,der Sloan unter allen Umständen retten will. Direkt bei ihrer ersten Begegnung sprühen die Funken und es ist Liebe auf den ersten Blick. Leider konnte ich ihnen ihrer Gefühle nie ganz abkaufen, weil mir alles zu schnell ging. Trotz Sloans Angst vor Asa und Carters Mission vertrauen sie einander direkt blind. Asa ist ein wahrer Psychopath, weshalb ich auch nicht ganz verstanden habe, warum sich Sloan im ersten Augenblick überhaupt auf ihn eingelassen hat. Aber man erfährt nach und nach, warum Asa so geworden ist. Ich muss auch ehrlicherweise sagen, dass ich seine Liebe für Sloan am besten nachvollziehen konnte, obwohl sie eigentlich krank ist. Ich glaube, das zeigt schon meine kleine Problemchen mit dem Buch.

    Auch den Aufbau mit dem ellenlangen „Epilog“ und dem „Epilog nach dem Epilog“ fand ich sehr verwirrend. Im letzten Drittel gibt es einen Punkt, in dem sich die Geschichte etwas im Kreis dreht und ich auch das Verhalten von Sloan und Carter total unpassend fand. Am Ende gibt es ein Geschehen, das man hätte intensiver aufarbeiten können

    Insgesamt aber war die Geschichte sehr interessant und meist actionreich. Aber es ist kein Buch für schwache Nerven und ich würde auf jeden Fall eine Triggerwarnung aussprechen, denn es gibt einige brutale Momente und unschöne Sex-Szenen.

    Der Titel „Too Late“ passt perfekt, denn in manchen Fällen ist es einfach zu spät, um etwas bzw. jemanden zu retten.

    🅵🅰︎🆉🅸🆃: 3,5/5⭐️

    Ein Buch, über das man auf jeden Fall länger nachdenkt

  10. Cover des Buches 7. Schuljahr, Stufe 2 - Dead Man's Island (ISBN: 9783464123003)
    John Escott

    7. Schuljahr, Stufe 2 - Dead Man's Island

     (1)
    Aktuelle Rezension von: Lonechastesoul
    "...but i know there is dead man living there."

    Dead Man’s Island is written by John Escott, he writes books for people who start reading in English. I've read this with a boy whom I tutor in english.

    The story is easy to read and understand, plus it's really short with lots of pictures. There is nothing to exciting and it is kinda predictable since the book title gives everything away.

    But it is a good story for teens who are looking to improve their reading skills, but do not want to start with long books.
  11. Cover des Buches Take Me for Granted: Volume 1 (ISBN: 9780996053013)
    K.A. Linde

    Take Me for Granted: Volume 1

     (1)
    Aktuelle Rezension von: Lonechastesoul

    “You’re my life raft in an endless ocean. You saved me from drowning. You saved me from myself.”

    Take Me For Granted by K.A. Linde is the first book in her Take Me series. This book also marks my first venture into the literary world of this author and probably my last. This book fell a short for me in its execution. I do like a novel with the bad boy/good girl trope; however, this one just didn't do it for me, nothing spectacular. And unfortunately there was a situation in this book that I found pretty deplorable so I simply couldn't look past it.

    This is a story-line that has been done many times. Many, many times. Bad boy meets good girl, pursues good girl, good girl relents, bad boy wants to be a better man, angst and drama, then a happy forever. Or in this case, it was more of a happy for now. For me, nothing really made this book stand out. And then something happened at the very beginning of the book which totally annoyed the crap out of me. Safe to say, the book just went downhill from there. The last 20% didn't help matters at all. The drama was childish and so contrived. I didn't really like anyone.

    I really don’t remember reading book so cliché and so unoriginal. Every single dramatic thing you can think of was there. The same story-line I’ve read about 1000 times before was used here.

    So no real, full length review from me this time. Sorry. I’m onto my next read. Hope it’ll be fabulous, though.

    Really disappointed...

  12. Cover des Buches Dirty Sexy Player (Dirty Games) (ISBN: 9781942835295)
    Laurelin Paige

    Dirty Sexy Player (Dirty Games)

     (1)
    Aktuelle Rezension von: Lonechastesoul
    “I wanted to please her. I wanted to love her.”

    Weston King was the KING of players. He was the real love 'em and leave 'em type. He was loving life, loving building his company, and loving bachelorhood. And then his partner comes up with a radical idea - an arranged marriage to expand the company. He knows someone who needs a husband to get what she wants and it would work out to be a win-win. Except Weston has plans of his own and a fake marriage wasn't part of them. But anything for the company, right?

    Elizabeth Dyson was a privileged princess. She didn't have a job and she had no clue how to run a business. But she was smart, she had integrity, and she wasn't leaving her legacy in the hands of someone who wasn't honorable. A marriage of convenience may not have been what she was working towards, but it was the answer to her prayers. She just has to keep reminding herself how fake this relationship with Weston is.

    The push and pull between her and Weston was like being on a roller coaster. These two spend a good chunk of the book fighting with each other, then fighting to rip the clothes of each other, and then back to fighting. They were so hot and cold, it made me want to drink or rip my hair out.


    So yeah, there's way to much drama and I didn't appreciate it. And then with that extra bit of drama at the end, I can't even imagine how the author is going to make this work. WTH?
    I know when the duet is finally finished that the story will be powerful. But the problem is that this part of the story just didn't have enough wow factor for me to say gimme right now!
  13. Cover des Buches Unbreak My Heart (Fostering Love) (ISBN: 9781455537969)
    Nicole Jacquelyn

    Unbreak My Heart (Fostering Love)

     (1)
    Aktuelle Rezension von: Lonechastesoul

    "I'd pushed her aside for so long that there was no foundation to build on. Just a mess of shattered pieces that I'd crushed with a sledgehammer every time she'd grown closer than I was comfortable with."

    What do you do when your soulmate marries your best friend?  Kate handed it by staying true to her best friend, Rachel, and helping with her children when Shane was away serving his country. She also completely ignored the feelings she’s always had for him. When tragedy strikes and Kate’s best friend and Shane’s wife passes away, Kate takes on a different role in his and the kids lives. She’s still there. No matter what, she’s still there. She doesn’t expect anything from Shane at this point, but she needs to be there for him and the kids either way.

    Fast forward a year after Rachel’s death. Kate is still trying to juggle her own life and taking care of the kids. Shane is full of anguish, pain and guilt. One night they are together. It’s just one night. But that one night changes everything.

    Unbreak my Heart is full of angst, stress and emotional turmoil with...No romance. No chemistry. But plenty of mentions of vomit, enough that I almost felt like chucking up. I haven't felt Kate and Shane's connection. I know they cared about each other and I might even believe in Kate's feelings but Shane? Nope. I didn't see love there. I think she was just convenient for him, at the right place and right time to take care of his kids. Honestly, I had a feeling like any other woman would do for him.

    I really didn't like this and I didn't like any of the characters. Had to force myself to finish it and skipped a lot.

  14. Cover des Buches What You Left Behind (ISBN: 9781492614401)
    Jessica Verdi

    What You Left Behind

     (1)
    Aktuelle Rezension von: Lonechastesoul
    "I didn't take her life away from her. She took mine."

    It's been really, really difficult for me to gather my thoughts about this book, because I needed personal insight to express what worked and didn't work for me in Ryden's story.

    This book is about a cancer-stricken teenage girl who died sacrificing her life for her unborn baby and a teenage single father.

    Ryden had a plan. Finish senior year and earn a soccer scholarship for college. After Meg, his girlfriend, announced the pregnancy, everything became confusing. It's only a matter of time until she stopped chemo treatments and wait for the baby to arrive. Months later, with Meg gone, and an infant in the picture, Ryden's plan to score soccer goals may have to change to full time parenting responsibilities. If only there was someone, or something, to help him be a better father to baby Hope, he would cling to it.

    Joni, Ryden's quirky co-worker, made the story a little less intense. She's one of those girls you wish you were friends with. And Joni was the most likable character in the story. Their relationship, sadly, the romance didn't work for me, mostly for 2 reasons :
    We don't quite get enough Joni time to care about her as a character and in my opinion their love-story is only sketched here and stays on a superficial level.
    The lying : It took way too much time to Ryden to tell the truth, and I didn't like the fact that their whole relationship was built around a LIE. And what lie! She doesn't even know that he has a daughter during most of the book! Of course it induced unnecessary drama, and I have a thing : I loathe unnecessary drama, especially when it's created by miscommunications. It drives me crazy.

    What You Left Behind was such a  infuriating and heartbreaking young-adult story - I loved what I think the author was trying to say but I didn't enjoy the story.

    Maybe it's just me, but the gripping emotions that I should have felt while reading the book wasn't enough for me to love the story. It was just okay. Yes, it is different, and I applaud the author for that. What irked me the most was Meg's reason for keeping the baby. It goes to show how truly immature she was, and that teenagers should never become young parents.
  15. Cover des Buches Sharp Objects (ISBN: 9781101902875)
    Gillian Flynn

    Sharp Objects

     (36)
    Aktuelle Rezension von: Lonechastesoul

    “Sometimes if you let people do things to you, you're really doing it to them.”

    I'm finally caught up on Gillian Flynn's books, though I went at them in reverse order.

    Less than a year ago a young girl was found dead, floating in a stream, strangled, with her teeth removed. Now a second girl, about the same age, has gone missing. Camille Preaker is a young Chicago reporter with a troubled past. When the second young girl goes missing in her home town, Wind Gap, MO, Camille’s boss sends her down to get the inside scoop.

    I felt like this book was way too slow paced for how short it was, and it sort of bugged me that the big reveal and explanation was left to the very end. It was like nothing nothing nothing BAM EVERYTHING.

    I'm not sure what to say about this book because while I think it reads like a bestseller should, I didn't enjoy it. The prose is compelling in that I felt compelled to finish it, and I did. I wanted to put it down but I wanted to get it over with. It was just a story about cruelty and the heartlessness and boredom of women and girls living "it up" in small town Midwest. The idea for the book was not bad and the writing style was okay, however the characters were awful.

    Needless to say, that it is with obvious disappointment I'm giving this book only 2 stars. I had high hopes for Flynn's first published novel.

    This book robs one of smiles, of the beauty of life, and even of the reason for love. It is not only bitter, but leaves one with an unpleasant smell of what I'd like to call rotten feelings. I can't brand the book dull, but I can promise you that you'll feel dull once you've read it. I don't recommend it.

  16. Cover des Buches The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (ISBN: 9781909531192)
    John Boyne

    The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

     (117)
    Aktuelle Rezension von: Ramensuchti

    Das Buch erzählt die Geschichte des 9-Jährigen Brunos, welcher zur Zeit des zweiten Weltkrieges in Berlin aufwächst. Sein Leben ändert sich von einem Tag zum anderen als seine Familie plötzlich umzieht.

    Das neue Haus empfinded Bruno als öde und langweilig und beschließt die Umgebung zu erkunden.

    Er entdeckt einen Zaun. Hinter diesem Zaun ist der Junge Schmuel, auch neun Jahre alt.

    Zwischen Schmuel und Bruno entwickelt sich eine einzigartige, aber geheime Freundschaft. Keine Wissen, dass diese Freundschaft streng verboten und gefährlich ist.

    Das Ende hat mich besonders mitgenommen.


    Was ich besonders interessant fande, ist, dass wir die ganze Geschichte aus der Sicht von Bruno mitbekommen. Wie versteht ein 9 Jähriges Kind den Krieg? Konzentrationslager? Soldaten? Verbote? 

    Das Buch war super interessant, die Sicht auf den 2. Weltkrieg, insbesondere die Konzentrationslager von einem 9-Jährigen war für mich neu und hat mich direkt mitgenommen.

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