Thursday, September 25, 2008

Stormbreaker

This book is not the kind of book I would normally put on my must read list. I am normally more prone to read books that take place in an earlier time period or are of the fantasy group. I have to make an exception for this book. It is every thing an action packed novel should be. It has a great story line, enough action and suspense for anyone to be pleased, and is totally unpredictable. I my self found that I was surprised at the ending. All in all it was a definite must read for anyone who has James Bond as their hero.

Plot

This book is about a 14 year old boy (Alex Rider) who's uncle is suddenly killed in a car accident, or so he is told. He could have survived, the police had said if he had only worn his seat belt. His uncle being a Bank employee always was away on business and was an all together cautions man. Alex knows his uncle always wore his seat belt so is suspicious. He checks the local car junk yard to only see that in fact his uncles car had many bullet holes in it side. It is obvious that his uncle had not been killed by any oncoming vehicle. Later on he is not at all surprised to find that his uncles bank that he worked for never existed, and that his uncle had been a spy. What he is surprised about is that they want him to work for them. They say that there is something suspicious about a man named Herod Sayle and his new computer called the stormbreaker. They want to send him to Cornwall on the same mission that his uncle had been killed on.

This book is a truly amazing tale of courage and is filled with many action packed pages. It is a definite page turner. I highly recommend it and hope you like it. If not you can throwyourbookthatIsaidwasgoodbutyoudidnotlikeit right out the window. If in fact you do like it, I am glad I gave you the heads up about it,

Your humble critic,

Lain

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

The Princess Bride


It is quite fitting that the Princess Bride is the first book I am going to review. It is by far one of my favorite book I have read. It is exactly what the full name implies (the full name being The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale Of True Love And High Adventure) It is highly debatable whether S. Morgenstern every really existed. I my self believe he did. And yes I know that some may be probably are thinking howstupidcanshereallybeitisalljustatrick. Well my question for those few of you who think so is simply this, why would he put himself threw all the trouble? Especially with the Morgenstern estate and the law suites he claims to have had to go threw. If in fact this is all a big hoax, he covered his tracks quite well. Who knows.. The only true one being William Goldman. Any way back to my review, if you are the kind of person who loves a good action packed book with the theme being based on the story of two people truly in love that this is for you. I think that Goldman really did a wonderful job abridging the book.

The Theme

The theme of this books is that Life is not fare and it is not about to become so. Threw out the book things go wrong. The wrong people die, the bad sometimes win. It does not even have a entirely happy ending (and for those of you who think it does because you have seen the movie so it really does have happy ending will have to find out what I am talking about by reading the book.) I do think that the book is better in some ways than the movie and it is a definite must read in my opinion, especially if you love the movie and just found out it was a book.

Plot

Before I tell you about the plot I feel compelled to tell you about the characters first.
Westly, the handsome farm boy who risks death (and much more) for the woman he loves; Inigo, the Spanish swordsman who lives only to avenge his father’s death; Fezzik, the gentlest giant ever to have uprooted a tree with his bare hands; Vizzini, the evil Sicilian, with a mind so keen he’s foiled by his own perfect logic; Prince Humperdinck, the eviler ruler of Florin, who has an equally insatiable thirst for war and the beauteous Buttercup; Count Rugen, the evilest man off all , who thrives on excruciating pain of others; Miracle Max, the kings ex-Miracle Man, who can raise the dead (sort of); and , of course, Buttercup… the princess bride, the most perfect, beautiful woman in the history of the world.

For those of you who have not seen the movie or read the book the plot is simply this, Basically the whole story is about a farm boy and a milkmaid who fall in love. Westly (the farm boy) takes a voyage to seek his fortune to make money for marriage but his ship is attacked by pirates and he is killed. When Buttercup finds out that Westly, her true love is dead she promises to never love again. The Count Rugen sees of her exceptional beauty and tells the prince who is looking for a bride. The prince than commands buttercup to marry him or die. She says she will not love him and he does not ask for her love. All the while he is plotting he death but fails in every way, because of Westly, who in fact is alive and then gets killed and brought back to life (sort of) by Miracle Max.

I am afraid I have already told you entirely to much but if I have not wet your appetite yet I am not sure that any thing else I can say will. I dearly hope my review had helped you figure out if you will be reading it or if you will return it or throw it out the window, I highly advise the first,

Your humble critic,
Lain

Allaboutthissiteandwhyintheworlditishere

This site is here for many reasons. One of the main reasons is to give my opinion about books and what in the world I think about them. I am right from the beginning say sorry to the people who's favorite books I might bash. So hear it is, Sorry for bashing your ohmygoodnessIlovethatbookIcan'tbelieveyoudon'tlikeit book. For that I am eternally sorry. And for just in case somebody actually likes this site (or even reads it) your welcome for recommending your Ican'tbeliveIdidnotknowaboutthisamazingbookbefore book. Well I think that about covers it. I do truly hope you like my humble suggestions on whether you read that book you've been meaning to get at the library for the last 6 years, or you throw the book (you found on your shelf that you did not even know it existed) out the window. Your forever faithful book critic

Lain