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“Dead and Gone” By Charlaine Harris Review

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The great revelation goes well at first – then the horribly mutilated body of a were-panther is found in the parking lot of Merlotte’s, and Sookie agrees to use her telepathic talent to track down the murderer. But there is a far greater danger than this killer threatening Bon Temps: a race of unhuman beings, older, more powerful, and far more secretive than the vampires or the werewolves, is preparing for war. And Sookie is an all-too-human pawn in their ages-old battle.

In this book we get a new way going on. But this time it isn’t vampire war nor a were war. This time it is a Fae war which really blow my ming because I didn’t expect that to happen. 

The plot here was okay for the most part. It wasn’t a masterpiece as the rest of the series. But the action in this book have picked up from the previous books. And the action happened to be interesting and engaging and I just couldn’t put the book down. 

The characters here are very likeable and the character development is amazing in this series. The characters are still are on the annoying side in this book but it doesn’t bother me anymore because over the 9 books I grown to like them.

Eric in this book becomes the best character in this series. Which he already was for me personally. 

To be honest the author had over-delivered thing which we as readers didn’t really care for. And it in a way had disappointed me. 

This book changed the focus from vampire to every other supernatural creatures like shapeshifters, fairies etc. this happened in book 7 or 8 if I remember correctly but this fact became twice as strong in this book. We really get to see vampires in this book for max 10 pages and the rest is focus on the other supernatural creatures.

I Give This Book 3 / 5

“Doctor Sleep” By Stephen King Review

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On highways across America, a tribe of people called The True Knot travel in search of sustenance. They look harmless – mostly old, lots of polyester, and married to their RVs. But as Dan Torrance knows, and spunky 12-year-old Abra Stone learns, The True Knot are quasi-immortal, living off the “steam” that children with the “shining” produce when they are slowly tortured to death. Haunted by the inhabitants of the Overlook Hotel where he spent one horrific childhood year, Dan has been drifting for decades, desperate to shed his father’s legacy of despair, alcoholism, and violence. Finally, he settles in a New Hampshire town, an AA community that sustains him, and a job at a nursing home where his remnant “shining” power provides the crucial final comfort to the dying. Aided by a prescient cat, he becomes “Doctor Sleep.”

This book is sequel to “The Shinning”. I had this book on my TBR pile for at least 2 years and I finally read it.

In my opinion this book was very enjoyable, interesting and very fun to read but “The Shinning” was much better than this one. I still like this one but there are couple of things I wish this book had but it didn’t.

This book is entertaining but it doesn’t have the same high quality as The Shining has. Which for the most part is my main problem with this book.

The characters here are okay for the most part. I loved Danny which is a grown adult in this book and the events from the first book results in the adult damaged Danny in this book. Which I personally loved to see. To be personally he was one of the best characters coming from Stephen King so far at least. Because we see the evolution which he had from the first book to this book. 

When it comes to the rest of the characters I need to be honest here and say that I didn’t care for them at all. All of the characters (expect of Danny) were okay for the most part but I didn’t like them or relate to them in any way. 

The writing style here is very Stephen King style which I personally truly love. Some of you who are die hard Stephen King fans like me will know what I mean. But if you don’t then let me explain. The writing style here is very good, it is really good for setting the mood for the entire book, and it for the most part seem like watching the entire plot play out rather than reading a book.  

I Give This Book 3 / 5

“The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” By Douglas Adams Review

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At last in paperback in one complete volume, here are the five novels from Douglas Adams’s Hitchhiker series. 

This book is a collection of 5 novels and one short story in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series. 

Ive already review each of these 6 stories last summer. So today I will be talking about the series as a whole due to this book containing the entire series. 

I really wanted to like this series because I’ve heard so many good things about this series, and so many people happen to love this series. But to be fully honest this series just doesn’t work for me. And after reading this whole series I feel very disappointed because I lean more to not liking it.

I made one mistake while reading this series, which is that I’ve read the whole series within 2 weeks. Which I’ve learned isn’t a thing to do because you might need time to process what you read.

The humour in this series was pretty good in the first book and the second book. But when I got to the third book and the rest of this series I became very tired and annoying. 

The whole series would have been better if it ended after the fourth book and just skip writing and publishing the fifth book. 

The fifth book is the last book in this series and it the weakest book in the whole series. Because it feels more like a book about family and past drama rather than a sci-fi book as the rest of this series. 

While reading this series, I came to be vert confused far too many times to count. Which really makes me not like this series even more.

The characters in this series, are very hard to tell something about them. Since in the first book they are very good but as the series goes on I came to dislike them more and more. 

The writing style in this series is very good in the first book but the same thing happens as with the characters. The writing style becomes worse and worse as the series continues.

I Give This Book 3 / 5

“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