Cyclpia Bamboo Bamboo itibaren Kaural, Uttar Pradesh, Hindistan
Yardımcı Mark, macera, fantezi, kitap ve romantizmin birleşimidir. Jacob kibarca tuhaf olarak tarif edeceğiniz şeydir. 18 yaşında ve tuhaflıkları nedeniyle çok fazla kız arkadaşı olmadı. Çalar saati bir James Bond temasına çalar, yatağının yanında genç bir Sean Connery resmine sahiptir ve kitap okurken ruh halini işaretlemek için renk kodlu post-it notlarına sahiptir. Bu şekilde onu geri aldığında okumaya başlamadan önce bu ruh halini tekrar kanalize edebilir (aslında böyle bir şey!). Neredeyse biraz fazla tuhaf ve mükemmel ama yine de onu sevmeye yardım edemedim. Bugünlerde kitaplarda çok az iyi adam var ve o tuhaflıklarıyla bile en tatlılarından biri. Jacob hiçbirinden rahatsız olmuyor ve her zaman daha büyük bir kadere doğru bir çekiş hissetti. Küçük bir Tibet kasabasında gerçekleşen büyük teknolojik ilerlemelerin hikayeleri yaşlı kütüphaneci Bay Maddock’un dikkatini çekiyor. Bay Maddock yıllar boyunca Jacob'a iyi bir arkadaş ve baba figürü olmuştur ve şimdi Jacob’un Yardımcı efsanedeki yerini açıklamak zorundadır. Yardımcı, sınırsız bilgi bulan kişiye gerçek kaderlerini bulmalarına izin veren polen içeren küçük bir mavi çiçektir. Bu kişi insanlığın geleceğini şekillendirebilir. Çiçek yaprakları Jacobs avucundaki bir doğum lekesiyle aynı şekle sahiptir ve bu da çiçeği bulmayı amaçlayan kişinin olabileceğini gösterir. Ne yazık ki başka bir adam, Marrow (cildindeki kemik izleri nedeniyle) aynı doğum lekesine sahiptir, ancak eğer çiçek üzerinde güç kazanacaksa, insani niyetleri çok daha azdır. (ÇİÇEK GÜCÜ - Üzgünüm - direnemedi) Yardımcıya kimin zamanında ulaşabileceğini ve hangisinin büyüklüğe mahkum edildiğini görmek için bir yarış. Jacob, iyi Sophia ile kötülüğün savaşında vücut korumaları olan güzel Sophia, Bay Maddock’un torunu ve Diego'nun yardımıyla görevine başlar. Bu benim okuma tarzım değil ama eğlenceli, fantastik bir maceraydı. Cohen efsaneyi ayrıntılı bir şekilde yazıyor ve yol boyunca tanıştıkları insanlarla etkileşimlerden zevk aldım. Dikkate değer bir karakter, kendine özgü armağanı olan bir süper kahraman olan başka bir ilginç genç çocuk Clark'dı. Beni rahatsız eden bir şey, Jacob’un küçük kahraman grubunun o kadar güzel, o kadar sonsuz iyimser ki, gerçekten kötü bir sadist adam olan Marrow ile karşı karşıya geldiğinde neredeyse sarsıldı. Jacob’un hikayenin tarafı eğlenceli, daha genç bir YA okuması yapacak, ancak Marrow’un bazı eylemleri aynı okuyucular için tavsiye edilmeyebilir. (Not: Ben bir ebeveyn değilim, bu yüzden sadece burada tahmin ediyorum. Yeğenlerimin ve yeğenlerimin neyi okudukları ve neleri keyif aldıklarını ve annelerinin neyi onaylayacağına karar veriyorum.) güzel biten bitirdi. Daha derin bir karakter gelişimi umuyorum. Herkesten keyif aldım ama herkesin kaderi üzerinde panik içinde koltuğumun kenarında değildi. Arada sırada tek başına bir kitabı sevmeme rağmen, bu karakterleri yavaşça geliştirmek ve olgunlaştırmak için bir serinin olacağı durumlardan biri olabilirdi. Fantezi ve macera güzel bir karışımı muhtemelen genç bir okuyucu için benden daha iyi.
Once again I had to pick the next book up as soon as I finished the one before. And I have never wanted to peek at the end more than I did for this book. So badly did I want to know that I was this close from breaking one of my most important rules: NEVER Peek. In fact, the only way to keep the part that screamed “PEEK!” under control was to read, read, read, which, of course, was such a hardship. And after I finished I can honestly say I am so glad I didn’t look ahead. It would have ruined everything. Absolutely everything. Ok, babbling over now, I will go on with what I actually thought of the book, rather than what I thought before. All I can say: wow. I didn’t know what Suzanne Collins would do in the last book, because of course she couldn’t have another Hunger Games. What she did was create such an emotionally-charged, powerful story that it left me shocked, and uncertain of what to do after I’d finished. It was amazing: I can’t get it out of my head. To sum Mockingjay up: Katniss has survived yet another Hunger Games and has made the Capitol look like fools once again. Now she has to take up her role as the face of the revolution: she has to become the Mockingjay. However, Peeta’s in the clutches of President Snow, who’s doing God-only-knows what to her fellow victor. And in this war, you can never be sure who to trust, but you have no choice but to finish it. Us or them. Them or us. After all, “If We Burn, You Burn With Us”... The beginning was a little slow, just like it was in Catching Fire, but once the action started... well, the speed of the plot was so fast it was literally break-neck. And it had me completely hooked, addicted, unable to put it down. I like to pride myself in guessing twists, but I honestly couldn’t predict any of the ones in this book. I was just dragged in, tossed around and pulled along. I loved it: best rollercoaster ever. Katniss was different: we got to see her flaws – and let me just say she has a fair few. But instead of making me hate her or like her any less, it just made me love her even more. She’s the strongest person I know (well, read about), yet even she just wants to run and hide at some points in the book, which was almost reassuring to see. After all, it’s these little things that make characters feel real. And Katniss was so real to me that it felt like she was my best friend, or like I was actually her. She’s been damaged by the horrors she had to face in the Hunger Games, haunted by the people she either killed or died because of her act with the berries. Who wouldn’t be? She was only a sixteen-year-old girl when she was first sent into the Games. Sure, she's mature for her age, but she’s still legally a child. I often forget that, but she is. Just a girl who has been used, controlled and damaged over and over... But she isn’t the only one who’s damaged and different, because after everything that has happened to them, Haymitch, Peeta and Gale have all been affected as well. So has the majority of the supporting cast, actually, all because of the Capitol... Is it wrong that I want to kill imaginary people? Or person: namely, Snow? Well, I won’t go into any more detail about the plot, but I have to put down a few of the emotions... Feelings are so hard to describe: I’ve taken a day trying to come up with something to say, how to explain everything. I laughed, cried, gasped with fear, honestly almost screamed or shouted out loud, and more; basically another emotional rollercoaster from a phenomenal author. With the world it’s set it, of course I didn’t expect this to be a cheerful read. But I didn’t expect quite so much emotion, quite so much pain. And all the while I was thinking: Poor Katniss. She doesn’t deserve all of this. That’s how involved it had me: feeling sorry for her, hurting for her. How many books can you honestly say do that? (I’d really like to know, if you have any suggestions!) Everything was a shock, nothing was taken for granted, and Collins constantly had me guessing. The ending left me shocked, mourning, almost lost. So, yet another absolutely extraordinary series to grieve the loss of. The Hunger Games left me Hungry for more, and even though I probably won’t get to meet Katniss again, I can’t wait to see what the genius Ms Suzanne Collins will come up with next. I loved this series – one of my favourites ever, actually – and I really got to know and love all the characters. I’m a little numb at the minute, now that it’s over, and I can’t find the words that do it justice... And I know lots of people didn't like this one... but I loved it. Absolutely loved it. Real or not real? Most certainly real. Just one thing left to say: Still am, always was, and always will be... TEAM PEETA
As a lover of poetry, I think August Kleinzahler is one the best contemporary poets writing A couple of quotes: 1. from An Englishman Abroad (for Christopher Logue) "The talk-radio host is trying to shake the wacko with only a minute left to get in the finance and boner-pill spots before signing off" 2. Epistle VIII "There's good reason why the folks you find up-country tend to be dull. It's because they spend their days talking to animals, you know." 3. Christmas in Chinatown "One reads that the digestive wind passed by cattle is many times more destructive to the atmosphere than all of the aerosol cans combined. How does one measure such a thing? The world has been coming to an end for 5,000 years. If not tomorrow, surely, one day very soon."
Not the greatest read, but interesting insights from someone with world experience. Quick read