Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and Mocking Jay: all three thumbs up! Finished the series when the 3rd one came out a little while ago. (2010)
Haven't blogged what I've been reading/watching in quite some time. Anyways, loved this series. Fast paced, gripping, makes you really think what you might be capable of in a situation where survival was the main priority. Also makes you think about how those situations mess with your head and ruin you emotionally. On a smaller scale (or not for a few people) we all have situations that alter how we react with people and the world, things that kind of break us down. I thought the main character had spunk and found myself wanting to tell her to think rationally, but then would realize that in the situations given, probably you can't be rational! I thought it ended well, appropriately, and I was satisfied.
Showing posts with label Book- thriller. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Book- thriller. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Friday, May 22, 2009
Book: 'Marker'
read 5/09 by Robin Cook, Rating:yo-up!
Great book! Had me caught up in it from the beginning. I like the format that you got to get inside the mind of that bad 'guy' even from the beginning. Knowing what they were thinking and who they were going to strike beforehand added more angst to my reading. I was desperately wanting to warn the next victims. The storytelling was creative and suspenseful and intricate and super smart.....but (had to give some positive before the negative). It irked me that there were about 4 or 5 evidences of poor proof-reading and editing. Found my first error on I think, page 3. It also really bugged me that the relationship struggle was one of the main components in the book and that that the author did not tie that up neatly at the end. And also (spoiler alert) it did not make sense that the higher ups decided to take Jazz out, yet giver another assignment to 'sanction' before they did. They had already decided that she was a risk. It would have been ok if the author would have addressed that and had given reason from the perspective of the higher-ups about why they chose to give her that last assignment. I am trying to have more tolerance, but I hate it when something like this happens in a story that I'm loving and it kind of ruins the credibility of the story for me. Ugh. I will try this author again though, I really did like the book.
Great book! Had me caught up in it from the beginning. I like the format that you got to get inside the mind of that bad 'guy' even from the beginning. Knowing what they were thinking and who they were going to strike beforehand added more angst to my reading. I was desperately wanting to warn the next victims. The storytelling was creative and suspenseful and intricate and super smart.....but (had to give some positive before the negative). It irked me that there were about 4 or 5 evidences of poor proof-reading and editing. Found my first error on I think, page 3. It also really bugged me that the relationship struggle was one of the main components in the book and that that the author did not tie that up neatly at the end. And also (spoiler alert) it did not make sense that the higher ups decided to take Jazz out, yet giver another assignment to 'sanction' before they did. They had already decided that she was a risk. It would have been ok if the author would have addressed that and had given reason from the perspective of the higher-ups about why they chose to give her that last assignment. I am trying to have more tolerance, but I hate it when something like this happens in a story that I'm loving and it kind of ruins the credibility of the story for me. Ugh. I will try this author again though, I really did like the book.
Monday, May 18, 2009
Book: 'Angels and Demons'
read 5/09 'Angels and Demons' by Dan Brown. Rating: yo WAY up!
What a fantastic read. This guy is so intelligent...I just don't know how someone's mind can think so intricately and keep it all straight and believable and then tie it up nicely in the end. Feel bad for whatever I read next because it probably won't measure up!
What a fantastic read. This guy is so intelligent...I just don't know how someone's mind can think so intricately and keep it all straight and believable and then tie it up nicely in the end. Feel bad for whatever I read next because it probably won't measure up!
Friday, April 24, 2009
Book- The Associate by John Grisham
Read 4/09, yo-down!
There can be no gainsay about the fact that Grisham is a brilliant author and I am normally a paladin of his writings. I did not like this story though. I think the main character was too smart to get into the pickle he got into the first place and options that he dismissed at the time of the onset of the problem ended up being options that he used to help get him out of the pickle. There were loopholes in the story and questions left unanswered, such as the infamous mobile phone video mentioned in the beginning of the story. The reader finishes the book and still doesn't know who owned the phone and how the 'bad guys' got a hold of it in the first place. And the ending just happened- nothing was neatly wrapped up. Boo.......
There can be no gainsay about the fact that Grisham is a brilliant author and I am normally a paladin of his writings. I did not like this story though. I think the main character was too smart to get into the pickle he got into the first place and options that he dismissed at the time of the onset of the problem ended up being options that he used to help get him out of the pickle. There were loopholes in the story and questions left unanswered, such as the infamous mobile phone video mentioned in the beginning of the story. The reader finishes the book and still doesn't know who owned the phone and how the 'bad guys' got a hold of it in the first place. And the ending just happened- nothing was neatly wrapped up. Boo.......
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