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“Treasure Island” By Robert Louis Stevenson Review

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Designed to forever kindle a dream of high romance and distant horizons, Treasure Island is, in the words of G. K. Chesterton, ‘the realization of an ideal, that which is promised in its provocative and beckoning map; a vision not only of white skeletons but also green palm trees and sapphire seas.’ G. S. Fraser terms it ‘an utterly original book’ and goes on to write: ‘There will always be a place for stories like Treasure Island that can keep boys and old men happy.’

Ive heard a lot of good about this book, and because of it I had a lot of expectations for this book which this book didn’t live up to.

I personally found the plot to be very boring and uninteresting. For the most part it felt out of place, but at the same time it was most meant for the younger readers, so maybe thats the reason why I didn’t like the plot and found it boring.

I need to give this book some credit because, this book was the thing which made pirate themed movies, shows and books so popular, and don’t get me wrong I love the “Pirates of the Caribbean” movies.

The characters here, were very flat, predictable, boring and uninteresting. They almost like the author just needed some character who no one would care about to care along the larger picture of the plot.

This book overall, is a very almost too generic treasure hunt book, and at this point it is too generic because the are thousands and thousands of treasure hunt movies, shows and books which are exactly as this one but with different character and by different author. 

The writing style was very old timey and very heavy with old English, but I’m gonna give this book a pass on this one because it was written in 1882, so of course the language and the writing in this book will be very outdated from what we expect today.

I Give This Book 1 / 5

“This Fable is Intended for You” By Hans Christian Andersen Review

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This one was really not for me. Maybe reading children stories as an adult isn’t the best thing to do for some people.

I personally found this story to be very boring and uninteresting. I really had hard time reading it because I just couldn’t get into the story.

The story is pretty quick read, but that’s the only good thing about this story for me personally.

The writing style in this one was very generic which every fairytale has.

I Give This Book 1 / 5

“The Witches of Vardø” By Anya Bergman Review

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Norway, 1662. A dangerous time to be a woman, when even dancing can lead to accusations of witchcraft. When Zigri, desperate and grieving after the loss of her husband and son, embarks on an affair with the local merchant, it’s not long before she is sent to the fortress at Vardø, to be tried and condemned as a witch.

Its important to say that I didn’t know anything about this book nor the author before picking up this book. This book was recommended to me by a staff members where I buy my books at.

Its also important to say that I DNF-ed this book after having read like 55% of it, but I will explain why I DNF-ed this book later on in this review.

In this book we follow two perspectives, one perspective is from Anna and the second perspective is from Ingeborg. And in my opinion the perspective from Anna was much more interesting than the perspective from Ingeborg. However both of the perspective were pretty boring and uninteresting.

The beginning of this book was actually interesting, but the further it got the more and more uninteresting and flat it became. It has something to do that the action we got in this book was written in a very uninteresting way. But also there were a lot of moments in this book were there like impossible moments would arrive and the characters were like “no worries I can climb a cliff side with only my hands and feet”.

The plot itself had good premise of witch hunt in Norway in the 1660s, but the way it was just presented to us just didn’t grab me and made interested enough to make me finish the book. Overall the way the plot it was presented to us gave me a huge feeling that this book was meant for preteen audience rather than it qualifying to the young adult category. But at the same time this book cant be meant for preteen audience because this book has some graphic scenes of sex and killing accused women of being witches.

The characters here were pretty flat, boring, uninteresting and shallow. Ingeborg had some character to her, but the rest of the characters we get in this book felt like the same character over and over again. And I personally had a very hard time remembering who’s who. 

The characters here weren’t engaging enough, and they were very hard to like. But also the dialogs between the characters felt like neither of the characters wanted to talk with each other 

The writing style here was very flat to be honest, it felt like it was written by a 15 year old rather than a 57-year old woman. The writing style feels like it was written for a younger audience but the scenes of sex and killing points towards a more older audience.

There were a lot of action in this book, but all that action which we got in this book, didn’t have any details and it felt more like it was just like “this happened, then that and that happened”. All the action in this book was briefly touched and nothing more than that.

I Give This Book 1 / 5

“UR” By Stephen King Review

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This short story is included in the “The Bazaar of Bad Dreams” which ive already reviewed not so long ago.

The plot as in the other short stories by Stephen King just don’t work for me, because in my opinion they are so shallow, boring and uninteresting that I cant fully get into them and actually enjoy them.

For me personally reading this one was a torture because it was far too long than it needed to be.

Again we are talking about a short story from Stephen King which didn’t work for me. I personally don’t like any short stories written by Stephen King.

The characters in this short story were very very boring, uninteresting, predictable, shallow and flat. Which is the absolute worse traits a character could have.

I Give This Book 1 / 5

“Herman Wouk Is Still Alive” By Stephen King Review

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This short story is included in the “The Bazaar of Bad Dreams” which ive already reviewed not so long ago.

The plot as in the other short stories by Stephen King just don’t work for me, because in my opinion they are so shallow, boring and uninteresting that I cant fully get into them and actually enjoy them.

For me personally reading this one was a torture because it was far too long than it needed to be.

Again we are talking about a short story from Stephen King which didn’t work for me. I personally don’t like any short stories written by Stephen King.

The characters in this short story were very very boring, uninteresting, predictable, shallow and flat. Which is the absolute worse traits a character could have.

I Give This Book 1 / 5

“Under The Weather” By Stephen King Review

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This short story is included in the “The Bazaar of Bad Dreams” which ive already reviewed not so long ago.

The plot as in the other short stories by Stephen King just don’t work for me, because in my opinion they are so shallow, boring and uninteresting that I cant fully get into them and actually enjoy them.

For me personally reading this one was a torture because it was far too long than it needed to be.

Again we are talking about a short story from Stephen King which didn’t work for me. I personally don’t like any short stories written by Stephen King.

The characters in this short story were very very boring, uninteresting, predictable, shallow and flat. Which is the absolute worse traits a character could have.

I Give This Book 1 / 5

“Drunken Fireworks” By Stephen King Review

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Alden McCausland and his mother are what they call “accident rich”; thanks to an unexpected life-insurance policy payout and a winning Big Maine Millions scratcher, Alden and his Ma are able to spend their summers down by Lake Abenaki, idly drinking their days away in a three-room cabin with an old dock and a lick of a beach.

This short story is included in the “The Bazaar of Bad Dreams” which ive already reviewed not so long ago.

The plot as in the other short stories by Stephen King just don’t work for me, because in my opinion they are so shallow, boring and uninteresting that I cant fully get into them and actually enjoy them.

For me personally reading this one was a torture because it was far too long than it needed to be.

Again we are talking about a short story from Stephen King which didn’t work for me. I personally don’t like any short stories written by Stephen King.

The characters in this short story were very very boring, uninteresting, predictable, shallow and flat. Which is the absolute worse traits a character could have.

I Give This Book 1 / 5

“Tommy” By Stephen King Review

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This short story is included in the “The Bazaar of Bad Dreams” which ive already reviewed not so long ago.

The plot as in the other short stories by Stephen King just don’t work for me, because in my opinion they are so shallow, boring and uninteresting that I cant fully get into them and actually enjoy them.

For me personally reading this one was a torture because it was far too long than it needed to be.

Again we are talking about a short story from Stephen King which didn’t work for me. I personally don’t like any short stories written by Stephen King.

The characters in this short story were very very boring, uninteresting, predictable, shallow and flat. Which is the absolute worse traits a character could have.

I Give This Book 1 / 5

“Mister Yummy” By Stephen King Review

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This short story is included in the “The Bazaar of Bad Dreams” which ive already reviewed not so long ago.

The plot as in the other short stories by Stephen King just don’t work for me, because in my opinion they are so shallow, boring and uninteresting that I cant fully get into them and actually enjoy them.

For me personally reading this one was a torture because it was far too long than it needed to be.

Again we are talking about a short story from Stephen King which didn’t work for me. I personally don’t like any short stories written by Stephen King.

The characters in this short story were very very boring, uninteresting, predictable, shallow and flat. Which is the absolute worse traits a character could have.

I Give This Book 1 / 5

“Obits” By Stephen King Review

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Mike writes snarky, disrespectful celebrity obituaries for a sleazy webzine. Then one day he gets the idea to write an obit about a living person.

This short story is included in the “The Bazaar of Bad Dreams” which ive already reviewed not so long ago.

The plot as in the other short stories by Stephen King just don’t work for me, because in my opinion they are so shallow, boring and uninteresting that I cant fully get into them and actually enjoy them.

For me personally reading this one was a torture because it was far too long than it needed to be.

Again we are talking about a short story from Stephen King which didn’t work for me. I personally don’t like any short stories written by Stephen King.

The characters in this short story were very very boring, uninteresting, predictable, shallow and flat. Which is the absolute worse traits a character could have.

I Give This Book 1 / 5