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

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

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

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

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

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

“Club Dead” By Charlaine Harris Review

Things between cocktail waitress Sookie and her vampire boyfriend Bill seem to be going excellently (apart from the small matter of him being undead) until he leaves town for a while. A long while. Bill’s sinister boss Eric has an idea of where to find him, whisking her off to Jackson, Mississippi to mingle with the under-underworld at Club Dead. When she finally catches up with the errant vampire, he is in big trouble and caught in an act of serious betrayal. This raises serious doubts as to whether she should save him or start sharpening a few stakes of her own

The book series gets better and better with each book so far. Im still not the biggest fan of this series but I find it enjoyable.

The plot here is good but it had the potential to be even better if some of the events would be better written and described. 

The writing style here is okay. To be fully honest the written style in this book and in this whole series so far is very typical YA style. But it is a good mix with the easy plot. 

The characters here are meh. The only character which I really like in this book and in this whole series so far is Eric and the rest of the characters in this book are okay. But they could have been better.

All of the characters tend to be more on the annoying side than on the likeable side but I still had my fun with them. 

This book and this whole series is a very good pick when you want to escape the reality but you don’t want to use brainpower. 

This book was a very slow especially in the beginning. Which really made me want for it to be faster and more action than what it really was.

I Give This Book 3 / 5

“On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft” By Stephen King Review

“Long live the King” hailed Entertainment Weekly upon the publication of Stephen King’s On Writing. Part memoir, part master class by one of the bestselling authors of all time, this superb volume is a revealing and practical view of the writer’s craft, comprising the basic tools of the trade every writer must have. King’s advice is grounded in his vivid memories from childhood through his emergence as a writer, from his struggling early career to his widely reported near-fatal accident in 1999 — and how the inextricable link between writing and living spurred his recovery. Brilliantly structured, friendly and inspiring, On Writing will empower and entertain everyone who reads it — fans, writers, and anyone who loves a great story well told.

This book was a very short story about Stephen King’s life and some of his advises which he has for people who want to become writers.

This book have a lot of really good advice for people who want to start writing books which I personally enjoyed reading.

This book is a really quick read. It is as well interesting, enjoyable and fun to read. But there are couple of moments here and there which made me personally bored. 

This book gives us a view to him as a person and what he does when he is writing his amazing novels. Which I personally liked to learn about. 

The writing style here was pretty okay. It felt like classic Stephen King writing style but I personally felt like there was something missing when it comes to writing style in this book. 

For the most part this book was a mix of an autobiography and an advice book to new writers or people who want to become authors.

I Give This Book 3 / 5

“Living Dead in Dallas” By Charlaine Harris Review

Cocktail waitress Sookie Stackhouse is having a streak of bad luck. First her co-worker is killed, and no one seems to care. Then she comes face to-face with a beastly creature that gives her a painful and poisonous lashing. Enter the vampires, who graciously suck the poison from her veins. The point is: they saved her life. So when one of the bloodsuckers asks for a favor, she obliges – and soon Sookie’s in Dallas, using her telepathic skills to search for a missing vampire. She’s supposed to interview certain humans involved, but she makes one condition: the vampires must promise to behave and let the humans go unharmed. But that’s easier said than done, and all it takes is one delicious blonde and one small mistake for things to turn deadly.

This book is the second book in the True Blood / Sookie Stackhouse series.

I wasn’t a fan of the first book but this book got better than the first and I liked it much more. 

There is a lot of action in this book and a lot of happening which makes you engaged in the book. And the action is interesting which makes it harder to pull yourself away from the book. 

The ending was super messy and it was super hard to keep track of at least for me personally. However the beginning and the middle of this book was super fun and I had good time there.

The characters here are begin to become better and less annoying for me personally. And I really came to some what like them in this book which I gave this book some extra points for that.

In this book we get more backstory for Bill, and Eric here becomes more likeable than in the first book which I came to enjoy. 

The writing style in this book was simple and easy which really suited the plot and the rest of this book.

Overall this book is very good read when you just want to turn of your brain for a bit and have cozy time with something. 

I Give This Book 3 / 5

“Five Feet Apart” By Rachael Lippincott & Mikki Daughtry & Tobias Iaconis Review

Stella Grant likes to be in control—even though her totally out of control lungs have sent her in and out of the hospital most of her life. At this point, what Stella needs to control most is keeping herself away from anyone or anything that might pass along an infection and jeopardize the possibility of a lung transplant. Six feet apart. No exceptions. The only thing Will Newman wants to be in control of is getting out of this hospital. He couldn’t care less about his treatments, or a fancy new clinical drug trial. Soon, he’ll turn eighteen and then he’ll be able to unplug all these machines and actually go see the world, not just its hospitals

To be honest here this book feels like the generic cliché of YA romance book where the teenagers are too sick to be in love.

This book follows to characters and it switched perspectives between the two main characters who are Stella and Will.

The characters here are okay for the most part. But there are moments where the characters act like the most generic YA characters which doesn’t work for me personally. 

This book was interesting, enjoyable and fun to read. This book is also a quick read and very easy read which means that it is possible to read this book in a day. 

The writing style here is very easy. And to be honest the writing style here is very YA style.

I Give This Book 3 / 5

“Graveyard” By Ed Warren & Lorraine Warren & Robert David Chase Review

“Ghosts are always hungry,” someone once said—and no one knows how ravenous they really are more than Ed & Lorraine Warren, the world’s most renowned paranormal investigators. For decades, Ed and Lorraine Warren hunted down the truth behind the most terrifying supernatural occurrences across the nation… and brought back astonishing evidence of their encounters with the unquiet dead. From the notorious house immortalized in The Amityville Horror to the bone-chilling events that inspired the hit film The Conjuring, the Warrens fearlessly probed the darkness of the world beyond our own, and documented the all-too-real experiences of the haunted and the possessed, the lingering deceased and the vengeful damned. 

So this was book written by none other than Ed and Lorraine Warren. Ive watched all the movies in the Ed and Lorraine Warren Cinematic Universe and this book is a nice little additional resource to the cinematic universe of Ed and Lorraine Warren.

Ive mention it before on this website that I’m a huge skeptic so I don’t believe that the stuff which is written in this book is real and that it happen. I just treated it like a good horror story as it should be treated.

This book is not about a specific case but rather about about graveyards and how it can be used by “ghosts” to communicate with humans. 

This book doesn’t bring any evidence supporting the “paranormal” existing it rather gave us some stories from people who allegedly saw ghosts in graveyards and it gave us some insight from Ed Warren & Lorraine Warren together with some quotes from other books about ghosts.

The writing style in this one was super incredible, it really shows that Ed and Lorraine Warren were good writers and good story tellers if you will. 

I Give This Book 3 / 5