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“The Institute” By Stephen King Review

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In the middle of the night, in a house on a quiet street in suburban Minneapolis, intruders silently murder Luke Ellis’s parents and load him into a black SUV. The operation takes less than two minutes. Luke will wake up at The Institute, in a room that looks just like his own, except there’s no window. And outside his door are other doors, behind which are other kids with special talents—telekinesis and telepathy—who got to this place the same way Luke did: Kalisha, Nick, George, Iris, and ten-year-old Avery Dixon. They are all in Front Half. Others, Luke learns, graduated to Back Half, “like the roach motel,” Kalisha says. “You check in, but you don’t check out.”

I fucking love this book is so fucking good. I had low expectations for this book which I shouldn’t have had because this book is banger.

This book isn’t the typical Stephen king book because there is no monster chasing the main character around but rather human nature is the monster in this book. The monster in this book is people who will go to great lengths for something they believe which will save their country and the entire world no matter how many people they kill in the process. For me this is more scarier than demon clowns, killer cars and vampires because in the end the true villains are the humans. 

The beginning of this book was very slow and kind of boring in a way because it was so slow and nothing exciting or interesting was happening. But after like 30 or so pages the book gets addicting because you won’t be able to put it down because it gets so interesting. That’s what makes Stephen King one of the greatest authors of all time because he can create so interesting and so addictive plots.

The main characters here feel like real human beings which makes me love this book even more. Even the side characters feel like real human beings. To be honest it all the characters feels like I wouldn’t have a problem being good friends with them if they were real human beings. Every character in this book has something which makes her or him to a unique character on their own and they really stand out from the rest. 

This book gives a huge mental asylum vibe especially the “back room” part of this book which I loved. It has something evil and eerie to it, even thou there are no clowns, scary serial killer or a boogyman running around in this book. It just the evil and fucked up things which humans can do to another human being to get what they want.

The writing style in this book the best thing ever, if you have read some of the most popular Stephen King books then you will know what I’m talking about. Because this book has the typical Stephen king writing style which is like the literature version of ecstasy. Once you start reading this book you won’t be able to stop or put it down is what I meant when I’ve said literature version of ecstasy.

The ending has the huge Stranger Things (Season 1) vibe to it which really made me love the book even more because I love this kind of vibe when it feels like a classic horror story with good plot, amazing characters and so much more to it. The ending don’t have a twist to it or anything, the ending is kind of obvious in this book but I personally didn’t mind this.

I give this book 5 / 5

“A Feast for Crows” By George R.R. Martin Reivew

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Bloodthirsty, treacherous and cunning, the Lannisters are in power on the Iron Throne in the name of the boy-king Tommen. The war in the Seven Kingdoms has burned itself out, but in its bitter aftermath new conflicts spark to life. The Martells of Dorne and the Starks of Winterfell seek vengeance for their dead. Euron Crow’s Eye, as black a pirate as ever raised a sail, returns from the smoking ruins of Valyria to claim the Iron Isles. From the icy north, where Others threaten the Wall, apprentice Maester Samwell Tarly brings a mysterious babe in arms to the Citadel.

I gotta say that this series gets better and better. Which really is a rare thing when it comes to series. I need to admit that this book is my favourite so far in this series. 

The plot is just wow. In this book the whole plot of the series gets more complex. When it comes to the book for itself then there is more drama in it, there is more backstabbing, there is more trauma, there is more deaths, there is more interesting character. The plot gets very good here and you forget everything else when you are reading this book. Because there is the huge game of thrones going on but there is also weird weather stuff happening like snow in the south where the snow didn’t been round since the last dragons has been seen. The plot of this book is only about few characters which are Cersei, Jaime, Sam, Sansa, Arya and Brienne. And all of theirs stories are linked to each other in a way or another which for me makes it to the best book in this series so far. 

The characters in this book. Gets even more into them, they feel more like real human beings. And they make better and wiser decisions. After reading this book I need to say that I began to love Cersei as a characters. Jaime also becomes so much more likeable when he is away from Cersei which makes it to the best character development in the history of literature. Every major character in this book has so much character development from the first book that you will be blown away.

The ending in this book leaves on a cliff hanger but it also is so satisfying and epic which really made me forget the cliff hanger and just made me more excited to pick up the next book in this series. 

The only thing which I didn’t like about this book is that Tyrion wasn’t in this book. Tyrion was mob favourite character in this series so not getting his part of the story in this book really pissed me off here. But this book made Jamie my second favourite character and Cersei became my 3rd favourite character in this series. So you might say that this book made a lots of changes for me.

Read this book assured me that “A Song Of Ice And Fire” is the best fucking book series ever written and probably no series in the future will ever beat this. This series is a classic at this point. 

I give this book 5 / 5

“Death and Judgment” By Donna Leon Review

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Detective Guido Brunetti is submerged in the seedy Venetian underworld as he tries to crack a prostitution ring run by wealthy and powerful citizens

I gotta say that I enjoy this series so far but to be honest it isn’t the best mystery series. 

The plot here was okay but of course it wasn’t the mind blower. The plot in this book is okay for the most part and it is good when you want to read a mystery book but also want to turn off your brain for a while. The plot of this book is easy and you don’t need brain power to enjoy this book.

The writing style was pretty basic here and it felt like it was meant for a high school student. But I don’t mind that because it was on the level with the plot which is the opposite of heavy and super highly planed with details of the crimes and twists at the end. 

The ending is okay for the most part but it was satisfying but of course it doesn’t have an happy ending of a murder case being solved. Which Ive enjoyed because again it was on the level with the rest of this book. 

The twist here was kind of obvious here. It was obvious who the killer was when the main character have meet her the first time in this book. Which really the twist at the end didn’t exist and killed itself in a way.

The characters here were very weak but the main character is so simple that it makes him to a likeable character. To be honest I don’t care about the side characters in this book because they have nothing unique about them which makes them worth remembering but the main character is like the only thing which makes me coming back to the “Commissar Guido Brunetti” series. 

I give this book 2 / 5

“A Life to Kill” By M.R. Hall Review

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The garrison town of Highcliff is on tenterhooks waiting for the return of the last British soldiers from war-torn Helmand. Meanwhile, as one of the last remaining platoons prepare to leave its isolated post for the final time, 19-year-old Private Pete Lyons is taken hostage during the night. A patrol sent to rescue him finds itself in a bloody and disastrous fire-fight.

This book is easily the worst mystery book I’ve read so far. And I gotta say as well that I ended up DNF-ing this book because it was pure torture trying to read this book.

The plot of this book was really weak and it didn’t feel like a mystery book but rather as a tragedy book. Because every chapter was from someone else’s perspective and every single chapter had million bad things happening in it. Which really pissed me off because it totally drained my energy.

The plot was really weak and not engaging at all. It just felt like the author wanted to write something to get some money from the sell of it and nothing more than that.

The writing style was pretty good but of course the plot of it made it hundred times worse and the writing style just couldn’t make it better because there were so many things bad with this book. 

The characters in this book were super bad as well and it felt like the author just didn’t bother to make characters which the readers would care about. All of the characters in this book were like “this character is named so and so and lets move on to the other characters because this character doesn’t have anything special with it and the character is just the same as the rest of the characters in this book”.

I give this book 1 / 5

“Death in a Strange Country” By Donna Leon Review

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Early one morning Commissario Guido Brunetti of the Venice Police confronts a grisly sight when the body of a young man is fished out of a fetid canal. All the clues point to a violent mugging, but for Brunetti the motive of robbery seems altogether too convenient. When something is discovered in the victim’s apartment that suggests the existence of a high-level conspiracy, Brunetti becomes convinced that somebody, somewhere, is taking great pains to provide a ready-made solution to the crime.

This is my second book in the Commissario Brunetti series which isn’t the best mystery series. It is in fact very far from it but it has something to it which makes it special at least to me. The fact that it happens in Venice, Italy aka a small town in Italy makes this series very special because I never come across a mystery series taking place in a small town in Italy. 

The plot in this book was good but there were a lots of moments where the author had trailed off and focus on things which wasn’t important for the plot. But the overall plot and the main mystery was very good, but there were a lots of moments which should have been removed from the book because they were just taking us away from the main problem in this book. 

The ending here really ruined the entire book because it pretty much went like “that is the guy who killed these people but don’t ask how and with what”. The ending pretty much gave us the killer without explain how he killed people or when or where which really ruined this entire book for me and I know that it will ruin the book for many other people. 

There were no twist at the end because it was obvious who the killer was from like page 150 or so. 

When it comes to the characters here I really like the main character here which of course is Commissario Guido Brunetti which really makes me want to continue reading this series even when it isn’t good. There are some other side characters which work with the main characters which I also enjoy because they feel like real people in a way but not complete real. However there are some characters here which just seem like they were made to just fill up the page with something.

I give this book 2 / 5

“Love Is for Losers” By Wibke Brueggemann Review

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Fifteen-year-old Phoebe thinks falling in love is vile and degrading, and vows never to do it. Then, due to circumstances not entirely in her control, she finds herself volunteering at a local thrift shop. There she meets Emma . . . who might unwittingly upend her whole theory on life.

This one is a typical YA book about romance, teens and high school drama. Which really disappoint me, because I was hoping for something not just generic. 

The entire book has an huge British narrative to it which really was fun in an away but I also kept forgetting that this book is sett in London which I was being reminded of pretty often. But also I had troubles understanding high school terms like “GCSEs” which apparently are big deal in England. 

The writing style here could have been much better than it was but it was super easy and super lame.

The love story between Emma and Phoebe was kind of cute in an away but it was super original which I meed to give it points for.

I give this book 3 / 5

“A Storm of Swords” By George R.R. Martin Review

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Of the five contenders for power, one is dead, another in disfavor, and still the wars rage as alliances are made and broken. Joffrey sits on the Iron Throne, the uneasy ruler of the Seven Kingdoms. His most bitter rival, Lord Stannis, stands defeated and disgraced, victim of the sorceress who holds him in her thrall. Young Robb still rules the North from the fortress of Riverrun. Meanwhile, making her way across a blood-drenched continent is the exiled queen, Daenerys, mistress of the only three dragons still left in the world. And as opposing forces manoeuver for the final showdown, an army of barbaric wildlings arrives from the outermost limits of civilization, accompanied by a horde of mythical Others—a supernatural army of the living dead whose animated corpses are unstoppable. As the future of the land hangs in the balance, no one will rest until the Seven Kingdoms have exploded in a veritable storm of swords.

This one is the third book in the famous “A Song Of Ice And Fire” series. Which is the fantasy series which everyone should read before they die. 

The plot here is so fucking good that there aren’t any words to describe it in a good way. In this one we have the “Red Wedding” which for me is the most epic moment in all fantasy history ever. The plot here is so deep and easy to connect with that it will take you to a whole new world and you will forget everything around you will you read it. 

Because of the plot this book might be the best fantasy book I’ve read so far at least, which really speaks for itself here don’t it?

The more books you read in the “A Song Of Ice And Fire” series the more the plot gets deeper and deeper but also better and better. Which makes it to the best fantasy series so far for me at least. 

There are so much happening in this book that it won’t keep you uninterested, which makes this book as this whole series to a masterpiece. 

The twist in this book are the best twist I ever read or seen in any fantasy book or movie. Which really says a lot don’t it? This book has endless amazing twist which really made my day every time I’ve read this book.

The writing style seems to improve with every book in this series. And the writting style in this book is just so fucking good which makes this whole book come to live in your head and you can see everything which is happening in this book.

The character here are getting better and better. But also the original characters get fewer and fewer. Which makes this book so traumatising because you connect with all the major characters in this book and when they die you just want to continue reading this book. 

I give this book 5 / 5

“The Way up to Heaven” By Roald Dahl Review

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Mrs Foster has recently begun to suspect her husband of purposely exacerbating her pathological fear of missing a train or plane. She is continuously badgered by her husband, Eugene, who makes a habit of waiting until the last minute to leave the house.

This short story by Roald Dahl was okay for the most part it wasn’t the greatest thing written by him nor was it the worst thing written by him. This short story is really a dark and morbid tale.

The plot in this short story wasn’t the most entertaining and interesting but it was enjoyable for the most part there were couple of moments while reading this one where I wanted to DNF this short story because it began so boring and uninteresting .

The characters in this short story were okay for the most part. It didn’t dislike them but I also didn’t like them. I didn’t care about them at all so I didn’t bother to have any specific thoughts about them.  But the main character really made it impossible for me to even try liking her because she submissive to everything and she allowed everyone especially her husband treat her very cruelly.

The ending here was really the biggest problem for me with this short story because it really ruined it for me. 

I Give Story 3 / 5

“The Saga of Gunnlaug the Worm-tongue and Rafn the Skald” By William Morris Review

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The first time I’ve read this short story if you will was in high school couple of years back and I was reminded of it while talking with one of the people I went to high school with. So I decided to re read it and see if my opinion about it will change after re-reading it. And it did change. 

This story comes from Icelandic mythology about vikings who have settled in Iceland in 8th century. And for the most part it talks about the golden ages of vikings sagas which I personally am a huge fan of. 

At the beginning there is a ton of different names which really made the beginning very confusing and a little bit boring especially if this one is your first saga from the viking time or your first mythology about vikings. 

This saga is a part of stories of the old families living in Iceland and for the most part is about their adventures, their rivalries, their romance and their friendships which I personally enjoy reading about. 

The characters in this saga are mighty warriors as well as skilled poets which is an interesting mix to say at least. And I enjoyed to getting to know them and see what will happen to them throughout this saga. 

The writing style here was good for the most part but there were moments when it turned to being very doll especially at the beginning of this saga. 

I Give Saga 4 / 5

“12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos” By Jordan B. Peterson Review

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What does everyone in the modern world need to know? Renowned psychologist Jordan B. Peterson’s answer to this most difficult of questions uniquely combines the hard-won truths of ancient tradition with the stunning revelations of cutting-edge scientific research.

I had this book for a very long time on my TBR list and I finally took the time to read this one. And I gotta tell you that this book is complete worth reading it and the time you will spend reading this book.

I personally am a huge fan of Jordan B. Peterson and I’ve been on couple of his lectures and on his book tour. 

This book has many good outlook at the problems people might have in their lives. And it does go deep into some of these problems and it gives us clear solutions on what we can do to make our lives better. 

However this book has couple useless examples like the lobster example in Rule 1. Which really didn’t need to be there and it wouldn’t change the book in any way. 

Jordan B Peterson is a christian and believes in God but the huge talk about religion talk in this book really annoyed me because I am a huge atheist and I’ve been that for my whole life. All these religion talks in this book really made me stop reading this book and read something else instead so this is way it took me weeks to actually finish this book. 

This book is super enjoyable and you will learn a lot from this book, and it is a really quick read overall. 

The writing style here was very good and it felt more like sitting down with Jordan Peterson and hear him talk rather than reading a book. While reading this book I’ve heard Jordan Peterson’s voice somehow which I really didn’t mind. 

I give this book 4 / 5