Review:The vocal narration of this book was excellent, even though a twenty-something young man was made to sound like a scruffy old man. You'll have to get over the idea that Japanese people can sound British, because it goes along with which side of the road on which to drive, I guess.
Some of the symbolism and metaphors were interesting, some of the images mesmerizing, and a couple of the scenes had a poetic tempo that felt almost hypnotic. This I enjoyed about about Murakami's writing and I migh... Read more

Review:The short stories each show an interesting look into the lives of a person's life though they all are interesting enough in their own way. One of my favorites would be "The Second Bakery Attack" which is a short story about a man and his wife who are haunted by an unbearable hunger and so to break the curse they end up robbing a McDonalds. The stories are all intriguing in their own way and everyone of them is as good as the last. I would recommend this to people that love the other works of Har... Read more

Review:Being a fan of children's literature, this story really left me wanting more. Some of my fondest childhood memories are of my local library and my favourite librarian Rosemary.This story reminds me of old Grimm fairy tales,with children in mortal danger from cannibalistic magical beings, and nightmares brought to life. My only complaint would be that it is all too short.Just when it started getting good, it was over.The illustrations were beautiful, but the imagery from the story itself made my... Read more

Review:Having read a lot of Murakami's novels I was really interested to read the prologue about his past, his method and how he got into writing in the first place. It was nice to finally understand who "The Rat" was since he was mentioned in "A Wild Sheep Chase" without any explanation and to read the history of the main character from "Sheep Chase" and "Dance, Dance, Dance." I enjoyed the book/stories but his writing definitely improved in later books. If you are new to Murakami I would recommend ... Read more

Review:This book deserved more like 3 1/2 stars
In A Separate Peace John Knowles' character development was superb, especially when explaining how Gene became a part of Phineas. Gene's urge to become Finny, added complexity to the book, making it more interesting to read. Knowles temporarily takes away this intricacy for an entire chapter when Gene leaves school to go to visit his friend Leper. Gene's trip to Lepers house was the worst part in the book because the intricate relationship between G... Read more

Review:Las descripciones ambientales llegan a cansar.los personajes están bien definidos pero hay referencias que reiteradamente se mencionan( color del pelo de Jackson y del nuevo rey ) que no se entiende su introducción Read more

Review:The plotting was wonderful as always with Ken Follet but there was too much unnecessary explicit sex to my taste. Also, I think the ending fell flat but still did not take away from the plot or characters. I love his building of characters. I would recommend this book especially if you like intrigue, romance, and world events in one volume. Ken Follet is one of the best historical fiction writers today. Always a good read. Read more

Review:I would have rated this higher, but I found the first torture scene very disturbing. Some friends convinced me to continue with the book; and I am very glad I did, but I was always waiting for that next torture scene with immense trepidation. I liked the role of women in WW2. Read more

Review:I just finished reading this book, and frankly I wasn't overwhelmed. I had never read anything from this author, but I was browsing my local library had heard great things about his work so I was eager to give it a try.
Now that I know some of the background of the series, this story might help those readers that have finished the first six books, but for me it was a tough book to read.
Characters who were well 'fleshed out' suddenly acted totally out of character. The main characters al... Read more

Review:Well written tale of a dark period in Canadian history- when the children of unmarried women were considered to bear sin and even worse, were sent from orphanages to asylums because the nuns running the facilities were paid more to care for the mentally ill. Set in 1950s rural Quebec, Goodman also touches on French-English conflict. The novel tells, in almost alternate chapters, the story of Maggie who becomes pregnant and Elodie, the daughter she thought was dead but who was in fact put into ... Read more