Cameroniahttp://booklikes.com/photo/crop/50/50/upload/avatar/a/2/azure_a256e42ea7a561c28d23db83fb68aba2.jpgjourdy288http://jourdy288.booklikes.com2024-03-28T16:51:09+00:00http://jourdy288.booklikes.com/rssreview: Little Brother2014-01-10T00:00:00+00:002014-01-10T00:00:00+00:00http://jourdy288.booklikes.com/post/764588/little-brotherjourdy288http://jourdy288.booklikes.com While I thought the story was interesting (and, given the current political climate, believable), I don't feel that it was well executed. I got a bad sense of "I'm a big boy and I swear!" from the protagonist- he was vulgar to the point of awkward. I'm not a book-burning fear-mongering censor-jockey; I just feel that some parts of the book were there for the wrong reasons. In particular, there was a poorly handled sex scene that didn't at all fit into the context of the story- while Doctorow had the good sense to fade to black, I couldn't shake the feeling that what had just happened didn't make any sense.
I appreciated the little nods to 1984, and I thought that while the overall idea of Little Brother was great, it felt like somebody pushing an idea with a story hidden in it somewhere- it didn't feel like a book that contained an idea.
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review: Fahrenheit 4512013-11-29T00:00:00+00:002013-11-29T00:00:00+00:00http://jourdy288.booklikes.com/post/764590/fahrenheit-451jourdy288http://jourdy288.booklikes.com What I can remember, however, is that besides a great message, F451 featured great characters and a very interesting world. The main premise is that firefighters set fires to libraries, hunting down those few strange people who cling to books, creating the most spectacular of funeral pyres for the last bastions of culture in the world.
The book follows Guy Montag, a firefighter who befriends a strange girl who inevitably turns his monotonous, fiery life upside-down. I'd hate to spoil the story, but I feel comfortable saying that Mr. Montag discovers what's gone horribly wrong with his world. What made Fahrenheit 451 so special to me is that Bradbury makes his point without shoving it down my throat- even though I'm a little surprised that his protagonist didn't put the pieces together particularly quickly, I never felt as though I was being led along by the hand.
Overall, it's an excellent book- I'd consider it to be life-changing in the way that it encouraged me to think about the sort of media that I both consume and create, and how it affects me.
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review: Lies: A Gone Novel2013-11-29T00:00:00+00:002013-11-29T00:00:00+00:00http://jourdy288.booklikes.com/post/764591/lies-a-gone-noveljourdy288http://jourdy288.booklikes.com Turn back now, while there's still hope.
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review: Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)2010-09-07T00:00:00+01:002010-09-07T00:00:00+01:00http://jourdy288.booklikes.com/post/764589/mockingjay-the-hunger-games-book-3jourdy288http://jourdy288.booklikes.com
On account of my being so shocked (positively!) by the book, I'm suffering extreme difficulty writing this review.
Full review: http://thestuffiread.blogspot.com/2010/09/mockingjay.html
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review: A Northern Light2010-09-01T00:00:00+01:002010-09-01T00:00:00+01:00http://jourdy288.booklikes.com/post/764593/a-northern-lightjourdy288http://jourdy288.booklikes.com
The story is excellently written and, for the most part, devoid of the cliches that could have severely put a damper on this book.
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review: For the Win2010-08-01T00:00:00+01:002010-08-01T00:00:00+01:00http://jourdy288.booklikes.com/post/764595/for-the-winjourdy288http://jourdy288.booklikes.com
Full review here: http://thestuffiread.blogspot.com/2010/08/for-win.html
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review: The Hunger Games: Catching fire2010-04-15T00:00:00+01:002010-04-15T00:00:00+01:00http://jourdy288.booklikes.com/post/764592/the-hunger-games-catching-firejourdy288http://jourdy288.booklikes.com I wrote a review here:
http://thestuffiread.blogspot.com/2009/12/catching-fire.html
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review: Gone2010-04-14T00:00:00+01:002010-04-14T00:00:00+01:00http://jourdy288.booklikes.com/post/764594/gonejourdy288http://jourdy288.booklikes.comreview: The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, Book 1)2009-11-01T00:00:00+00:002009-11-01T00:00:00+00:00http://jourdy288.booklikes.com/post/764596/the-hunger-games-the-hunger-games-book-1jourdy288http://jourdy288.booklikes.com
http://thestuffiread.blogspot.com/2009/11/hunger-games.html
This book is quite scathing to reality TV, and encourages its readers to think for themselves about complex moral decisions the protagonist faces. In all, a very good book.
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