I often yelled at characters in The Last Child: “Do you really think that kid is going to stay home this time either??” [...]
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I think I’ll watch out for true, educated, thoughtful Experts from now on. And maybe the occasional personal review on book blogs where the writer is just talking about books they like, and has nothing at stake. [...] He has relationships with family members (a mother and brother), and we actually get the impression that he experiences genuine feelings through all these interactions. And there isn’t quite the same “Reacher against the world” feel as in the other book. [...] Watching what may indeed have been Darwin’s own thought processes, as he engaged in his specimen collecting and drew near to the fateful Galapagos Islands where everyone’s lives would be changed forever, is a goosebump-inducing imaginative exercise. [...] Even apart from Lily and Snow Flower’s story, the book provides fascinating details about how people of the villages lived in that time period. The beliefs and customs that surround women are heart-breaking to those of us living where women are now almost equal to men in our society. Yet the women in this story bear up under those beliefs, and even find strength in many of the customs. [...] I was thrilled to read these books, because they deal with the events prior to and during the reign of the “heretic Pharaoh” Akhenaten and his wife, Nefertiti, and the fallout after their deaths during the rule of the boy-Pharaoh, Tutankhamun. [...] If there are really people like that out there, this book makes me hope that there are also people like Jack Reacher, who make it their business to save the world from them. [...] If you have even a moderate interest in the history of the space program, suit up, belt yourself in securely, and prepare for a fantastic ride. [...] What a great idea this is! Kiirstin at A Book a Week and Mandy at Edge of Seventeen just did a “buddy review” of Ice, the latest YA book by Sarah Beth Durst. Each one first did their own review of the book itself, and then they interviewed each other about their opinions. I don’t [...] |
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