Kursty Colemane Colemane itibaren Mravinca, Hırvatistan
Bu kitabı çok sevdim. çok hızlı tempolu bir arsa ile kolay bir okuma. bu kitap, indirilemeyen bir hikaye kitabıdır. karakterler geliştirilir ve inanılır. baştan sona kalp kırıcı ve eğlenceli. tarihi bir kurgu romanı için ilk onda olmalı. tarihi gerçek ve kurgu karakterlerin birleştirilmesi ustalıkla yapılmaz, ancak Afganistan'ın bilgisini dünyanın geri kalanına çok önemli bir şekilde aktarır.
** spoiler alert ** I was very excited about reading this book, I thought it would be amazing. But just like with Speak, I am not happy with the text. It drags on and the lack of emotion is devastating. In the end, Devon says that by pleading guilty, she has finally won. Not in my eyes though, because she refers to the baby as IT the entire book and shows no remorse for her actions. She deserves to serve time but comes off so cold and more worried about what everyone thinks about her rather than the baby she hurt and attempted to kill. I just could not connect with this book or the characters. Disappointing.
I have taken to reading books that my kids recommend. This the first book that my 10 year old son recommends. A good one!
Some of this I adore. Some of this is too abstruse for me the first read through, as Zukofsky is _never_ going to talk down to his readers, or even bother to give them an entry to his mind. But there's a wonderful collection of fragments in here about passing on wisdom, and pastoralism, and the life of Bach and being a sad Marxist watching the world crack open for World War II, and the plays of Euripides and Aristophanes, and about growing up, and old, in that ridiculous 20th century many of us saw the tail-end of. I won't re-read this for a long time, but I'm glad I made it through.
This is easily one of the best books I've ever read. It is beautifully written and seamlessly weaves together the lives of the four main characters. I am a huge lover of historical fiction, particular that which takes place in India, and this book is right up there with The Namesake and Interpretor of Maladies. A Fine Balance illustrates how difficult India can be and how the different castes are affected differently by the government and political situations. It is unbelieveable, yet believeable at the same time. Simply phenomenal. I am sad to be finished with this book and truly miss the characters as I miss old friends.