Unapologetic Reviews

I always read the bios of an author before reading anything from them. This makes me aware of where the author is coming from. I noticed that she graduated from Brigham Young University. Having studied Mormonism at the University, and read bios of ex-Mormons, so I know that it's a good device of indoctrination for them. So I'm thinking she's probably a Mormon, though it was never confirmed, just an assumption. For a majority of the book nothing happens. Painful descriptions of I have no idea what, because I only remember important things and I remember so little of this book. I may have been half asleep during it. The characters are shallow and show no development, the story boring and unoriginal, Meyer often uses words in bad context. The least of which is that the vampires are just lame. It picks up with the other vampires getting into town and you're hoping something is going to happen. Then it ends quite abruptly and you hope that Edward turns Bella and things get i...

I recommend this book for everyone who would like to lose weight. It's very inspiring. I have read this book several times as an inspiration in my weight-loss journey. I didn't have as much to lose as she did, but having Hashimoto's, my task was harder. A.J. talks about her life very honestly, and very humorously. However, there are places where I felt a tear sliding down my cheek. This book made me understand more deeply that a lot of times people aren't obese just because they like food. There are often deep psychological issues as well. Her story can be used as a manual. Going to a psychiatrist was key for her, and I think that would probably be a good idea for other people on similar journeys as well. Looking back at this book from 2014, when I became skinny, I can see that going into therapy was important for my weight loss journey as well. I understood that my bad eating habits - that still occasionally include not being able to eat anything, but not an...

I want to start of with that I adore the movie. I watch it every month at least once. I've watched it with commentary, the trivia, seen the gag-reel, the deleted scenes. It's fun, and I love the acting. The book was okay. I read it. My biggest problem was that the main character is a whiny b.. with a too dependent boyfriend and a stupid flatmate. If I work hard and all my bf can do is nag me about not seeing me enough, I'd tell him to go somewhere... Oh wait, I have done that. If my friend becomes an alcoholic, she can drown in it. How is that my fault? I can't stand not self-efficient people. The main character is Andrea Sachs. She had been travelling around Asia for about a year, and when she gets back, she tries to get a job in the publishing industry. Now this wasn't written recently, but we all know that newspapers are dying. So when she actually gets a job in a women's magazine that is able to hire her, we all know that she should be happy. Howe...

I had to read this book for a class at the university. I was lucky that I wasn't quizzed on it, because I have no idea what happened. I think I read about 100 pages, but I couldn't recall any of it. My mind was asleep. So I have no idea what the book is about, but if I could sleep with my eyes open and going over the lines, then it can't be a good book. At least not if you're under 50 and not like a Literature professor. I do have some vague recollections though. I remember a patient in a hospital bed in a remote hospital. There was a nurse attending him. They didn't know who he was, and he was wrapped up in bandages. That was about it. Nothing happened. View all my reviews

I read this book for a special class on the book at the University of Szeged, where I was a student. It was a great way to read The Silmarillion . I had the opportunity to go through every story bit by bit, and discuss them. The Silmarillion is a collection of stories from the beginning of Arda up to the events in The Hobbit . The first part in the book is the Ainulindalë and the Valaquenta. These have even more difficult language than the rest of the book. They are the creation story, so J.R.R. Tolkien wrote it in a language similar to the Holy Bible: King James Version . The rest of the book is more exciting. It gives a deeper meaning to the whole World, and uncovers some background that makes the interactions between characters in the other books more understandable. The book encompasses a lot of time, and a lot of people. Often it was hard to remember who was who, especially because Tolkien was in the habit of naming his characters similarly. The list of characters, an...

I read The Lord of the Rings at the urging of my mother, who said she read somewhere that it was a significant book in English Literature. I didn't read it exactly when she said it, because I wanted to read it in its original form. So in 2002, I decided that my English had progressed enough. The story is very engaging and complex. The world has a lot of characters, with a lot of background. It's not a light read. The language is not easy. There are many thorough descriptions. Some I started to skip after a while. The story is divided into three parts. The Fellowship of the Ring is about how the main character, a hobbit named Frodo gets together with a rag-tag group of humans, elves, dwarf, wizard and other hobbits. They have a task. It was the best part. I loved the elven places in it, and the many adventures during the voyage. The team interacted very well together. In the second part, The Two Towers , we see many places in the world as the characters travel. However, th...

I read this book as a part of my special literature class. We were studying dystopia and this is pretty much the founding book of the genre. I loved this book. The description of the society was haunting. I still visually remember some scenes of it, the places, even though I read it in 1999. The glass houses, the people marching to music. Round O. The big hand or the leader. The story itself is not long, nor is it as exciting as some of the later dystopia books. Perhaps the reason why I remember it in pictures was that it was more of a description of the world, than a string of events. This book made me fall in love with the genre. I would buy a copy if I found one. It should also be made into a movie.