“Animal Farm” By George Orwell Review

A farm is taken over by its overworked, mistreated animals. With flaming idealism and stirring slogans, they set out to create a paradise of progress, justice, and equality. Thus the stage is set for one of the most telling satiric fables ever penned –a razor-edged fairy tale for grown-ups that records the evolution from revolution against tyranny to a totalitarianism just as terrible.

This book is one of the classics which everyone should read at some point in their life no matter what.

This book was writen in 1945, or at least published in 1945. This book reflects on events leading up to the Russian Revolution of 1917 and then on into the Stalinist era of the Soviet Union. Which means that every chracter in this book represents somehow someone in power during this time. You can look at it as Old Major = Karl Marx, Napoleon = Stalin, Snowball = Trotsky and finally Humans – The czar + the bourgeoise class + the Western countries.

This book sort of have a deeper meaning to it but also it is making fun of these people I’ve mentioned above. Which makes it even more fun and more enjoyable.

In this book the author criticizes the political maneuvers and totalitarian rule, using animals to explain what humans do. But he also beautifully portrays the way a revolution is started to stop what is happening and going full circle comes to the same point it started from.

The writing style is good and it actually blow my mind how good it was. The writing style is so good that it makes you picture in your head everything which is happening.

This novel is one of the best short novels ever written in the English language. This pretty much speaks for itself because there were dozens and dozens short stories written in the English language.

This story is also one of these stories which you cant really hate or dont like. Because no matter who you are and what you like and dont like you will find something in this story which will make you like and maybe love it.

However George Orwell leaves absolutely nothing to the imagination which I personally didnt like that much. Because I feel like authors should at least leave a little piece of their work to the imagination.

I give this story 3 / 5

“Blood of Elves” By Andrzej Sapkowski Book Review

For over a century, humans, dwarves, gnomes, and elves have lived together in relative peace. But times have changed, the uneasy peace is over, and now the races are fighting once again. The only good elf, it seems, is a dead elf. As the threat of war hangs over the land and the child is hunted for her extraordinary powers, it will become Geralt’s responsibility to protect them all – and the Witcher never accepts defeat.

This book is very slow and very closed-off. Which really takes this book in a bad direction.

The main problem with this book (and the whole series) is that women are sexualised at almost every possible point throughout the series.

There were times when you got the vibe that the author mostly had no idea what he is talking about, especially when it came to women being involved.

The world which we get in this book is incredible and I would love to know more about it and get some different stories out of it. But this book really doesn’t use the potential of the characters nor the world. 

This book is more or less full of political intrigue. And this one doesn’t really deviate from the generic fantasy trope of races warring with races, crossing borders and sacking cities. 

There are parts where this book gives a huge YA fantasy vibe which again isn’t that great for someone who isn’t a fan of YA.

The writing style again felt like a cross between Harry Potter and A Song of Ice and Fire Series. And again there were times where the writing style goes down hill for awhile. 

The characters are pretty okay. There are some good characters and there are some annoying characters. However these annoying characters really takes away this one. 

The plot as a whole sounds very interesting but the author did not use or care about the potential which this book could have.

The dialogue were pretty uneven kindly said. There were times where the dialogues had probably way too much exposition and varied very wildly in tone to each other.

This one is my third book in The Witcher series and oh boy, this series isn’t going well with me. Which is strange because I’m a huge fan of “A Song of Ice and Fire Series”.

I give this book 3 / 5

“Thou Art the Man” By Edgar Allan Poe Review

The plot involves a man wrongfully accused of murdering his uncle Barnabas Shuttleworthy, whose corpse is missing. An unnamed narrator finds the body, suspects the victim’s good friend Charles Goodfellow, and sets up an elaborate plot to expose him.

So another enjoyable, fun and very quick short story from Edgar Allan Poe. 

The writing style is pretty decent, but Edgar Allan Poe was able to do much better than this one.

This story is an amazing to read even you looking for something to pass time with.

To be fully honest with you I need to say that this story is probably the most predictable story from Edgar Allan Poe. 

This story is sort of a detective story with huge gothic vibe. But i need to say it isn’t about solving a mystery. It’s more about exposing a murderer and clearing an innocent man from not being the murder. 

I give this poem 3 / 5

“The City in the Sea” By Edgar Allan Poe Review

The poem takes the reader through Death’s city. He rules this place from a throne and towers over it “gigantically”. The city is lit by nothing but the light from the sea.

So another pretty good poem from no other than Edgar Allan Poe.

The writing style is amazing as you can from Edgar Allan Poe. 

In this poem Edgar Allan Poe gives an elaborately grim picture by only using his words and writing style which is depicting a sinister atmospheric.

This poem needs to get points for being vivid and full of life and meaning.

This poem is one of very few poems which you can re-read dozen times without being bored of it.

This poem isn’t scary but it sort of gives you a chill. 

This poem much be one of Edgar Allan Poe’s much  dark and gloomy gothic poems.

I give this poem 3 / 5

“TO ISAAC LEA” By Edgar Allan Poe Review

This one has only four lines. It seems to come from a letter Edgar Allan Poe wrote to Isaac Lea.

This one was another very short poem from Edgar Allan Poe.

The writing style was pretty decent but Edgar Allan Poe was capable of a better job.

This poem was surprisingly wise and intelligent in its few lines that it has.

The theme of this poem as I said above was pretty amazing and wise put together into one poem.

I give this poem 3 / 5

“Lines on Joe Locke” By Edgar Allan Poe Review

“Lines on Joe Locke” was a short, two stanza poem written to make fun of a commanding officer during Edgar Allan Poe’s time at West Point. Lieutenant Locke was either generally not well-liked, or Edgar Allan Poe had a more personal vendetta with him.

For the most part this short story is pretty decent, it okay and nothing more than that. There were stories and poems from Edgar Allan Poe which were better and there were stories and poems from Edgar Allan Poe which were worse. 

The writing style is pretty much on level with Edgar Allan Poe, which for these of you which don’t know what I mean then just know that the writing style is amazing. But when you compare it with some other short stories or poems from Edgar Allan Poe you will see that he was able to do a better job. 

However this one didn’t fully make sense to me, and I needed to read it multiple times to even understand it. 

But I appreciate that this short story was sort of written to mock the commanding officer during Edgar Allan Poe’s time at West Point. So you can fully expect some fun verses and lines in this one which will make you giggle and laugh. 

I give this poem 3 / 5

“Stanzas” By Edgar Allan Poe Review

This poem speaks about nature, especially the sky, the sun, and it also speaks of God

Need to say that this one was pretty hard to understand at once. That’s why I needed to read this at least 3 times to finally understand that. 

This poem is somewhat very cryptic and pretty random when you look who have written it. 

The writing style was pretty amazing this one. And pretty much the best part about this poem was the writing style.

I give this poem 3 / 5

“A dream” By Edgar Allan Poe Review

This one describes a speaker waking and dreaming state and the brief moments of light and hope he experiences. The speaker begins this piece by introducing a dark dream that he was subject to. This dream, and the emotions he experienced during it, are not unfamiliar to him.

This one is another pretty okay poem from Edgar Allan Poe. 

This one I need to say is one of Edgar Allan Poe’s poems that sort of hit you hard with its lines. Of course there are few of these lines in this poem. But they count. 

If you are a long time fan of Edgar Allan Poe and you have read several of his poems and short stories Im pretty sure that you will like and enjoy this poem. 

This one is 100% worth reading. But in my humble opinion this one sort of have failed to pack the punch of some of Edgar Allan Poe’s other short stories and poems.

This one is sort of a basic poem, which you will either give it 5 stars or below 3 stars. 

I give this poem 3 / 5

“Spirits of the dead” By Edgar Allan Poe Review

The poem is about a lost soul or spirits of dead. It is based on his wife’s death, Virginia Clemm. As though his wife was an important role in his life, and this unfortunately accident, affected him so deeply that after he wrote many poems about dead.

So this one is another pretty okay poem from Edgar Allan Poe.

I need to say that this might be one of the best poem from Edgar Allan Poe in my opinion. 

This poem is short as you can except from a poem. This poem is also very quick to read.

If you are like me or similar to me. You will have a fun time reading this poem and you will find this poem very interesting. 

Because of the language in this poem is so old as it is, it makes this poem to even more moody than it actually would be without that old fun English. 

I give this poem 3 / 5

“Metzengerstein” By Edgar Allan Poe Review

The story follows the young Frederick, the last of the Metzengerstein family, who carries on a long-standing feud with the Berlifitzing family. Suspected of causing a fire that kills the Berlifitzing family patriarch, Frederick becomes intrigued with a previously unnoticed and untamed horse.

The words in this short story sort of carries sort of a weight that you will find yourself enthralled at their delivery. 

This story has also the ability to grip you and won’t let you until the end of this story.

The writing style was pretty decent but still it wasn’t that good as in some of Edgar Allan Poe’s other work. 

This story might first look as a simple gothic story but you will be surprised because there’s so much more in this story.

The background of this story seems like it was inspirited by the words of an ancient prophecy.

This one is very underrated, it is actually better than much people on internet claim it is. 

This one is packed with the classic elements of Edgar Allan Poe as well as it is packed elements of gothic literature and Victorian ghost stories. Which I personally am a huge fan of. 

I give this poem 3 / 5