Review:Julie James is an excellent writter, but please she should keep politics aside., I want to read a true romance novel with intense and funny characters without seen liberals and republicans remarks showing up. Overall I enjoyed this book but it could've been better. Read more

Review:First off, King Lear has always been my favorite play, followed closely by Othello and After The Fall. I like comic books, but I'm skeptical of the "Illustrated Classics" approach. So I was a bit leery buying this (pun unintended, but not bad).

It's fantastic. The art is lovely and has a timeless, surreal quality. The stylizations only enhance it. Especially watch the Fool: he's always been one of the best of Shakespeare's characters, and the capering, size-changing, conjuring presence Ia... Read more

Review:I love this book, and recommend the movie! Oskar is a young boy in Sweden, he doesn't have many friends, and he constantly harassed by bullies. A young girl, Eli, and her 'father' move in next door. Oskar and Eli become friends, and strange things begin to happen in the neighborhood, and Oskar begins to wonder; How come he never sees Eli during the daytime? Read more

Review:I bought this book after reading Night Film, which I loved. This being her first novel, it is definitely apparent in the writing and story line. While I did enjoy it, the story is very slow moving and lengthy in detail. The momentum doesn't really pick up until at least half way through. Read more

Review:The book is not without merit, and as pulp fiction goes is fairly well written. The characters are believable, in their cartoonish way, and the plot is thick with action.

The inevitable comparison with "Confederacy of Dunces" shows how different these books are. Where Toole uses a hot dog cart, Shteyngart calls on Haliburton, graphic sex, mass murder and heavy stereotyping. The beauty of Toole's world is Ignatius's hilarious aplomb, his inability of being anyone but himself. He and the ma... Read more

Review:I really enjoyed reading this book. Unexpectedly well written for a guy known primarily for five minute video reviews of games. All of the wit, cynicism, and satire of said reviews are present; however, it is quite a bit less vulgar (for better or worse, depending on your taste). Read more

Review:very poor, the same page twice almost every page, very poor writing, could not get into the story. I know I didn't pay much for the book, just the same I would have liked to be able to read it just couldn't get into it. Not even a star. Read more

Review:Despite its hyperbole, this class critique cum romance has its charms, including a fascinating glimpse of how Forster saw the Stephen children (later destined to become Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell). Read more

Review:Graham Greene does something in The Heart of the Matter which is extremely difficult to do: he depicts the inner turmoil and emotional breakdown of a human being in a non-pretentious, non-self-conscious, completely BELIEVABLE way.

So many other allegedly great authors have tried to do the same thing, with very few successes. Most often you get turgid "prose" which reeks of pseudo-intellectual showboating, turning the character in question from a flesh-and-blood entity into a cipher, which... Read more

Review:The story of Bigger is especially relevant as the nation again discusses issues of race after the trial of George Zimmerman for the death of Trayvon Martin. It is easy to see how racism and marginalization of young Black men leads to powerlessness and rage, and rage leads to actions that exacerbate racist fear, and that fear leads to more racism. Read more