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WHO WOULD READ THIS BOOK? Like, I just don't get how a girl a little bit older than me or my age would enjoy reading this. I mean it is just full of people referring to sex and french kissing (and if you don't know what french kissing is, trust me, you don't want to know; it's revolting) and the narrator, Mia, a Year 9 (so a 14 year old) girl, keeps on complaining about not having been french kissed or not having big breast or... Please! I just don't understand how someone would enjoy reading this. Someone just starting secondary school! Like, my friend just enjoys these books so much, and I'm like "Umm, WHAT?????" I don't know if it happens to be that I stumbled on the book with the most gruesome words in the series, but... I kind of want to read the series now, to see what happens to Mia, so THAT shows the book wasn't an utter failure, and it was sort of entertaining, especially the parts about Grandmere, but I totally refuse to go through another book with so many mentions of disgusting stuff (oh, did I forget to mention the girl's Dad had testicular cancer, that's mentioned in the book a few times as well). This is the second book in the series of 10, I haven't read the first and I'm not sure I will, but if you wanna read it, go ahead, I guess. In my opinion, this book is suitable for younger teenagers, like 13+, even though I would never ever read this kind of book if it weren't for keeping this blog updated with a variety of different books. But it wasn't so bad after all. A month ago, Mia Thermopolis discovered she is princess and sole heir of Genovia, a small country located near the Meditteranean sea. But her life is far from perfect. Once her mom is pregnant with her Algebra teacher's baby, chaos reigns. On top of that, Mia battles at school with her crush on Michael Moscovitz, her best friend's older brother. And of course there's dealing with her fierce grandmother...
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This book was great, just like the others, but rather gruesome at the end, I would say. Like, it's entertaining and funny, and also enjoyable (well, enjoyable; the parts where the orphans figure out how to try to outsmart Count Olaf (yes, I know, he appears here as well)). It was funny, and smart. One thing I would like to say, and this relates to the new Netflix series: if you watch that, and then watch the book, it is rather disappointing. I read the book first (I think I watched The Reptile Room on Netflix) and then saw the chapter, and was bitterly disappointed. Where was the distraction Sunny created at the end (think Incredibly Deadly Viper)? Also, there were some parts that were so weird, and didn't appear in the book at all, so... just a warning...
But overall, fantastic (I will probably review the next three books soon, and you can totally say I am in love with A Series of Unfortunate Events... because I am :) .) After their misfortune with Count Olaf and Uncle Monty, the Baudelaires are sent with their Aunt Josephine, who, despite a curious fear of a nearby lake, lives on a cliff right above it. However, Aunt Josephine proves to be a rather peculiar character: the death of her husband Ike shows us her extremely irrational fear of... well, of everything really. But it is just so stupid; I mean, who is afraid of telephones because the might electrocute you? Or doors because when you knock on them you might get splinters? Like, please. Have some common sense, Aunt Josephine. But although I feel ashamed that someone is that pathetic, that just made the story even more enjoyable. I know, it sounds weird, but then the series is weird. Who likes a story about the misfortunes of three amazingly bright, good-natured children? Curiously, it's possible to enjoy the series a lot, even though in a different way to how you would usually enjoy a book.. But yeah... And then obviously Count Olaf appears, and tries to snatch away the Baudelaire fortune, and the children are too smart for him, and all Mr Poe does is cough. How pathetic of him. It's kind of annoying that Mr Poe doesn't do anything at all, but well... I guess that can't be helped. It does get rather tiresome after a while though. But in all, a fantastic book. Three cheers to Mr Lemony Snicket!!! I quite liked this book, but it wasn't the best. I mean, it was good, although very sad, but although some parts I really enjoyed, there were bits where I was just confused and didn't understand the storyline at all. And it just made me so... angry, I guess, to see Comity (that's the main character) so forgotten and alone and confused... it also made me terribly sad. Also, it was rather disturbing; the girl drugs her father because she thinks he might kill her, so I'm not exactly sure the book is for kids... 13+ at least. Well... I think that's about all there is to say. Oh, yes: I really do admire Geraldine Mccaughrean for being able to convey such a deep feeling of intense sadness with 2 short sentences (page 180 (in my book, with ISBN 978 1 4095 2200 3), but I wouldn't read it just now, because it is a HUGE spoiler).
Comity's mother has just died from snakebite (in 19th century Australia (I think)) and Comity's world is slowly falling to pieces. First her mother's death, and then her father's negligence to his duty of taking care of her. Comity befriends the Aboriginal yard boy, Fred, who helps her forget her worries. But when a new employee arrives, an employee who delights in playing mean and dangerous games, Comity's world begins to spiral out of control... Especially when trying to keep her mother's death a secret... This is just another fantasy book, I read a lot of books about magical worlds and stuff, I just really like them but anyway, this was a great book! I am so glad it didn't include people travelling from the normal worlds to the fantasy world. Unless it is written really well, then I don't usually like them so much, which is weird because I devour fantasy books, but the others... Too fictional. Anyway (Again; this becoming a tiresome cliche now) it was great and I liked the characters a lot and it was written fabulously, but seriously? Then end was just too... Well, not exactly the whole end, just Mumpo's and,was either just too dramatic, too silly or too ridiculous. Probably all three of them. I mean, the idea was good, but it was written so quickly, and carelessly, I thought that rather spoilt it. Like, it's sort of original (and sort of obvious as well, but yeah) and it could be made into a very dramatic, but beautiful, scene. Instead, I found it rather lacked feeling. But oh well... I guess nothing is perfect... Aramanth is a city of rules and ranks. When Kestrel dares to rebel, her whole family is punished. Kestrel and her twin brother Bowman must find a way to break free from the power that controls the city: the Morah. So, why am I reviewing two books at the same time? Okay, so maybe I was feeling rather lazy. But that's not the whole point. The point is, they are very similar indeed. I refuse to write the same review twice. I think I can summarise everything I want to write into one. So here goes: One of the things is that, if you are extremely sharp, the title is the same (if you change the names). ________ of ____________ ___________. Another thing, they are both about a girl sent to live with other people (in Rebecca's case, her two old aunts; in Anne's case, two old -yes, I highlighted old on purpose, to show the coincidence- farmers. They are also a bit like Pollyanna (there's a link to my post of that book at the bottom, right underneath the cover images). I can even make a coincidence triangle, if you like. Here it is. http://popplet.com/app/#/3020859 (sorry, I can't include an image, so I attached a link instead) As you can see, very similar. But that doesn't mean that they aren't very good books. In fact, they are amazing classics, and I love them. I fell in love with Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm less than a year ago, and I loved her impulsive and happy manner. It's been a while since I read Anne of Green Gables, I think I was eight at the time, and I can't recall all the details, but I loved this book so much, I am so glad I listened to my mum (who recommended it to me) for once, because I am not as perfect as Anne, Rebecca or Pollyanna, and I don't always listen to my parents (I mean, I do of course, mostly, but...) Anyway, as you can probably tell, I love classics, so I loved these books. Enjoy!
Link to Pollyanna:
http://bookblog205.weebly.com/book-blog/pollyanna I just took this book at random from the school library, but I'm so glad I did, because I really enjoyed it! It was fantastic! It was so interesting and weird too, in a way, and mysterious... What I didn't like was the parts of John Harcourt Symmes' journal. I found them rather (very) dull and boring... I know it's not proper reading, but after a while they just bored me so much I had to skip those parts. But I still understood the book, so if you don't really like them, I don't think it will make any difference whether you read them or not. But the rest of the book was fab! And the best thing is, there is a sequel! I am so glad., because the ending left so many things unanswered... Well, it answered things, you just want to know what happens next. But, yeah, it was great!
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