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Bu kitaptan gerçekten keyif aldım. Periler hakkında pek çok kitap okumadım ... ama devlere ve trollere yabancı değilim. Bu kitapta bunların hepsi ve daha fazlası vardı. Biraz yavaş bir başlangıç yaptıklarını hissettim ve başlangıçta, ana karakter benim zevklerim için biraz naif ve loş görünüyordu. Ancak, karakterinin ve diğerlerinin, hikaye ilerledikçe ne kadar iyi geliştiğine hoş bir sürpriz yaşadım. Hikaye, son 14 yıl içinde bir yavru çocuğu anlayan tek peri olan Ethywyne'yi ve Ethywyne ve çocuğunu yakalama ve yol boyunca kalan diğer peri masallarını yok etme konusunda cehennem olan karanlık varlıklardan kaçarken koruyucularını takip ediyor. . Ethywyne ve koruyucusu, ırklarının hayatta kalması ve tüm perilerin geleceği için korunması için tek umutları olan Kraliçe'nin kalesine giderler. Hikaye her şeye sahiptir ... aşk, ihanet, macera, merhamet, yıkım ve umut.

Kitap, ilginç hikayeler, gerçekler, Tyburn anekdotları, (Mermer Kemer), on ikinci yüzyıl ve 1783 yılına kadar yürütülen 50.000 halkın bazılarından oluşuyor. İşte başkentin tatil yeri ve Newgate'in üç mil alayı vardı. Büyük kalabalığın akın etmesi ve eğlenmesi için hapishane. Suç ve ceza ve sosyal tarih hakkında çok az bilinen bilgi parçacıkları, çoğu altı alan olduğu zaman, yaklaşık altı yüz yıllık hain durumların kişilikleri. Asma, asma çizim ve çeyreklik, kafa kafaları, kazıklarda yanıklar. Herkesin görmesi için, fuarın tüm eğlencesi. Kitap ayrıca Holburn ve Oxford Street'ten Hyde Park'a kadar uzanan bir geçmişe sahip Newgate'ten Tyburn'a modern bir yolculuk sunuyor.

İspanya'da sıcak olduğunu öğrendim ... ve hemingway'e şüphe parası vermeye çalışmayı bırakmalıyım.

This is one of the most annoying books I have ever read. It was horrible. The writing isn't bad, it's not that, but the story is just unbelievable and the characters are so one dimensional and unlikable. I didn't like China Cup (seriously? i mean really, this is her name?) and I really didn't feel for her when tragedy happened which is strange because that is the reaction I assume the author wanted but she went too fast. We barely get to know China or her daughter before things start falling apart and it's just gets worse from there. This child is just dumb. I'm sorry, the things she falls for are just crazy. She believes everything anyone tells her and she is very selfish too. And very silly. You don't have a baby by someone and tell them it's your burden alone. I just wanted to smack her 99% of the time I read this so I am glad I finished it so I never have to see it again.

I really really enjoyed this story; I love her writing. This book was amazing.

I was excited to read this book because the introduction said it wasn't a book based on the movie. The movie was based on this book. But after four chapters I finally had to stop - it was so dry. This isn't a novel at all. I thought it was going to be a novel because on the back it says "based on the extraordinary true story..." It was like reading a documentary. The style of the book was really choppy - with stories and then quotes. I was really disappointed because a novel based on these events (even if it used the direct quotes Tec received in her research) would be really interesting and intriguing. ------------------ "In an age when the term "hero" has been so overused as to become meaningless, the Bielskis remind us that real heroism is not the stuf of comic books. Raather, it is a set of deciions, sometimes impulsice, often made b simple men of whom notheing of the sort could ever have been expected. Their story is not simply one of courage or fortitude in the face of adversity; it includes any number of daunting moral decisions - wherther to seek vengencance or to rescue, how to re-create a sense of community among those who have lost everything, how to maintain hope when all seems forsaken." -Edward Zwick (movie producer)

This is one of those feminist books that falls almost into the category of narrative nonfiction: having interviewed more than 100 young women on the topic, Martin analyzes the social factors that go into self-starvation and its many related manifestations. It's an admirable feat to make a book on such an unhappy topic an enjoyable read, but her analysis, her dynamic writing, her openness and passion make this so incredibly interesting--instead of just depressing. There's none of the weight of Reviving Ophelia. Rather, there's fun and spunk reminiscent of Female Chauvinist Pigs (which, if you haven't read it, is a terrific romp--Ariel Levy, hard-core journalist, follows around and interviews those involved with Girls Gone Wild, Hooters, Playboy, etc.--and combines her findings with astute social commentary). Being mostly sedentary, I didn't relate to her chapter on sports--but other than that, I think she really got it exactly right: there are so many places on the spectrum of unhealthy eating, all brought about by a combination of very complicated forces. Perhaps my favorite chapter has to do with interviewing young women on the upper east side (some of the most privileged in the world) and comparing their responses to those of working class young women in Santa Fe. Their responses were remarkably similar. I'd never thought of it before, but American society tends to think of disordered eating as the province of the white and rich (as proven by numerous studies that present a sample patient and, when told that she's white, responders say she's anorexic; when told that the theoretical woman is black, they say that she's fine). I got my copy (beautiful, hardcover, new) from the Strand for $12. (On Monday. Today, Friday, I've almost finished the book. That's how good it is.) Oh, Strand, how I do love thee.

The Roman habit of coopting all things good and Greek is well-documented, so it makes sense they would want to graft their heritage onto The Iliad. Enter Virgil on scene. Dido's interlude is the most compelling for me, mostly as a study in the power of belief. Ditching an existing city filled with generous people and a proffered kingship, Aeneas sails away for the hinterlands on the basis of a dream. He throws it all away. "Sorry I can't stay and spend my life co-ruling with you in my arms: Divine dictum. Gotta run."

Will this book ever not be popular? I think not!