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“Ib And The Little Christina” By Hans Christian Andersen Review

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This story is pretty decent coming from Hans Christian Andersen. This one wasn’t the best nor the worst. 

The writing style here was pretty good. Which reminded me why I like Hans Christian Andersen’s stories so much. He has a pretty unique written style is can both speak to an child and to an adult.

All of the characters here was pretty flat, but it is acceptable because it is a short story which means we don’t have a lot of time to get to know the characters in it

I personally think that this story would do better when it was read as a child rather than an adult. But I found Hans Christian Andersen’s retellings of children stories to be very unique, interesting and fun.

I Give This Book 3 / 5

“The Old Tombstone” By Hans Christian Andersen Review

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This story is pretty decent coming from Hans Christian Andersen. This one wasn’t the best nor the worst. 

The writing style here was pretty good. Which reminded me why I like Hans Christian Andersen’s stories so much. He has a pretty unique written style is can both speak to an child and to an adult.

All of the characters here was pretty flat, but it is acceptable because it is a short story which means we don’t have a lot of time to get to know the characters in it

I personally think that this story would do better when it was read as a child rather than an adult. But I found Hans Christian Andersen’s retellings of children stories to be very unique, interesting and fun.

I Give This Book 3 / 5

“The Talisman” By Hans Christian Andersen Review

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This story is pretty decent coming from Hans Christian Andersen. This one wasn’t the best nor the worst. 

The writing style here was pretty good. Which reminded me why I like Hans Christian Andersen’s stories so much. He has a pretty unique written style is can both speak to an child and to an adult.

All of the characters here was pretty flat, but it is acceptable because it is a short story which means we don’t have a lot of time to get to know the characters in it

I personally think that this story would do better when it was read as a child rather than an adult. But I found Hans Christian Andersen’s retellings of children stories to be very unique, interesting and fun.

I Give This Book 3 / 5

“Under the Willow-Tree” By Hans Christian Andersen Review

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This story is pretty decent coming from Hans Christian Andersen. This one wasn’t the best nor the worst. 

The writing style here was pretty good. Which reminded me why I like Hans Christian Andersen’s stories so much. He has a pretty unique written style is can both speak to an child and to an adult.

All of the characters here was pretty flat, but it is acceptable because it is a short story which means we don’t have a lot of time to get to know the characters in it

I personally think that this story would do better when it was read as a child rather than an adult. But I found Hans Christian Andersen’s retellings of children stories to be very unique, interesting and fun.

I Give This Book 3 / 5

“The Shadow” By Hans Christian Andersen Review

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A scholar from a cold country lived in a hot country, but he found it difficult to adapt to the climate. In the daytime, his shadow became it really was too hot for him. So, he stayed at home and went out in the evening. As the temperature went down, the town came to life. One night, the scholar was woken by a mysterious and intriguing light. What was it? How could it be explained? That is what he would try to discover.

This story is pretty decent coming from Hans Christian Andersen. This one wasn’t the best nor the worst. 

The writing style here was pretty good. Which reminded me why I like Hans Christian Andersen’s stories so much. He has a pretty unique written style is can both speak to an child and to an adult.

All of the characters here was pretty flat, but it is acceptable because it is a short story which means we don’t have a lot of time to get to know the characters in it

I personally think that this story would do better when it was read as a child rather than an adult. But I found Hans Christian Andersen’s retellings of children stories to be very unique, interesting and fun.

I Give This Book 3 / 5

“The Emperor’s New Clothes” By Hans Christian Andersen Review

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This is the imaginative tale of a vain Emperor who is hilariously deceived due to his own vanity and dihonesty. The Emperor, who is swindled by two crooks posing as weavers, is fooled because of his desire to be both handsome and wise.

This story is pretty decent coming from Hans Christian Andersen. This one wasn’t the best nor the worst. 

The writing style here was pretty good. Which reminded me why I like Hans Christian Andersen’s stories so much. He has a pretty unique written style is can both speak to an child and to an adult.

All of the characters here was pretty flat, but it is acceptable because it is a short story which means we don’t have a lot of time to get to know the characters in it

I personally think that this story would do better when it was read as a child rather than an adult. But I found Hans Christian Andersen’s retellings of children stories to be very unique, interesting and fun.

I Give This Book 3 / 5

“Definitely Dead” By Charlaine Harris Review

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Since Louisiana cocktail waitress Sookie Stackhouse has so few living relatives, she hates to lose one – even her cousin Hadley, undead consort of the vampire Queen of Louisiana. Hadley’s left everything she has to Sookie, but claiming that inheritance has a high risk factor. Some people don’t want her looking too deeply into Hadley’s past, or Hadley’s possessions. And they’re prepared to do anything in their power to stop her. Whoever it is, they’re definitely dangerous – and Sookie’s life is definitely on the line.

The plot here was kind of disappointing in a way because it contained too much drama and family problems than anything else. But every once and awhile we got some very fun and juicy moments which I personally came to enjoy a lot.

Of course there could be more action in this book than it actually was. In my opinion it would have made this book better. However this book doesn’t disappoint with givings us more information and details on vampires, werwolves, fairies and in general the entire world of this series.

The characters here are becoming more and more likeable. While reading the first book in this series I didn’t like Sookie but now I just love here. It might be because I used the time to read the series I just became used to her.

Every character gets more and more development with each book which makes men love them more and more. And because of this I grow to enjoy this series more and more.

In this book we also get a new character named Quinn, and he is the definition of an hot shapeshifter.

In a way I wished that this book would contain more of the vampire and werwolf action rather than spending 2/3 of this book on a cousin being killed and spending the time with on moving her stuff away from the apartment.

This book is very enjoyable, interesting and fun to read but at the same time it is very frustrating.

I Give This Book 3 / 5

“Carrie” By Stephen King Review

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A modern classic, Carrie introduced a distinctive new voice in American fiction — Stephen King. The story of misunderstood high school girl Carrie White, her extraordinary telekinetic powers, and her violent rampage of revenge, remains one of the most barrier-breaking and shocking novels of all time.

To be fully honest here, I wanted to read this one for ages it feels like. And now I finally did.

I had a lot of expectations for this book which unfortunately this book didn’t live up to them. Sure it was okay but nothing more than that.

This book was fun, inserting, enjoyable and most of all it had the eerie feeling to it. From the first sentence in this book, you can feel the huge eerie vibe to it and you know that the events in this book won’t be good.

This is the first book written by Stephen King, so of course its rough at the edges and it doesn’t have the same scariness as his later work had but while reading it you can tell that it is a Stephen King book and that the master of terror is in the making. 

In my opinion Stephen King in this book overuses detail-cheating adverb, which made me give a lower rating than I wanted due to it distracting me at times and pulling the attention away from the main action.

The narration throughout this book is good, it wasn’t the same level of amazing as Stephen King’s later work but it was still surprisingly good for being the first book written by Stephen King.

The plot here was good, it has a huge scary moment which I think everyone knows which moment I talk about. The scene is the main reason why this book is the modern day classic which this book should be.

The characters here was okay for the most part. They weren’t the best but they weren’t the worse neither. 

There were moments that were boring and uninteresting. Which really disappointed me. Because I was expecting so much more from Stephen King. 

The ending here was just wow, it was very good. I can’t really say a lot without making spoilers. But the ending was a huge reward after reading this book.

I Give This Book 3 / 5

“Dead to the World” By Charlaine Harris Review

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Sookie Stackhouse is a cocktail waitress in Bon Temps, Louisiana. She has only a few close friends, because not everyone appreciates Sookie’s gift: she can read minds. That’s not exactly every man’s idea of date bait – unless they’re undead; vampires and the like can be tough to read. And that’s just the kind of guy Sookie’s been looking for. Maybe that’s why, when she comes across a naked vampire, she doesn’t just drive on by. He hasn’t got a clue who he is, but Sookie has: Eric looks just as scary and sexy – and dead – as ever. But now he has amnesia, he’s sweet, vulnerable, and in need of Sookie’s help – because whoever took his memory now wants his life.

This series continues to be cringe and very YA. But this book is the best book in this series so far.

In this book we get less of Bill which I became super happy about because I am not the biggest fan of Bill. And the less time we spend with him, the happier I become.

In this book we get a lot of the amazing Eric and Sookie’s chemistry which overtime I came to like and enjoy a lot.

The plot is very engaging and interesting but at the same time very simple. The plot doesn’t need any brain power to have fun with this book. 

The writing style here is very typical YA. But it makes an amazing mix with the plot because they both are very simple.

The characters in this book and in this series as a whole tend to be on the annoying side when you first get into it. But after reading this book I came to like Sookie (the main character) and some of the side characters like Eric, Jason and Sam. But the majority of the characters I don’t care what happens to them.

The action in this book was the best so far in this series. There is so much happening at the end which complete made me love this book. 

The beginning was on the slow side which really made me wish that it contained more action or something to make it more interesting rather than something to fill the pages with.

I Give This Book 3 / 5

“The Complete Fairy Tales ” By Hans Christian Andersen Review

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Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author and poet. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, Andersen is best remembered for his fairy tales, a literary genre he so mastered that he himself has become as mythical as the tales he wrote. Andersen’s popularity is not limited to children; his stories – called eventyrs, or “fantastic tales” – express themes that transcend age and nationality.

To be fully honest here I didn’t have a lot of expectations for this one. Which turned out to be a good thing.

Ive already reviewed each fairy tale, so in this book we will talk about this book as a whole rather than going deep down in each fairy tale.

This book is a collection of all the fairy tales which Hand Christian Andersen written. And to be honest I wasn’t the biggest fan of the 99% of them. The reason might be reading children’s fairy tales as an adult.

The cover of this book is completely stunning and it would be an amazing add to my bookshelf to keep even thou I wasn’t a fan of it.

In my opinion fairy tales doesn’t make a good story because they are meant to be show morality rather than being entertaining. However it this book would make an great gift for a child below the age of 12.

The majority of the fairy tales are very depressing. And they made me sad at times while reading them and after finishing them.

The writing style to Hans Christian Andersen is very easy and simple. Which means that all ages can read it.

All the fairy tale are easy to read and at the same time pretty quick as well. 

I Give This Book 3 / 5