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Kitabı okudum ama sadece bu girişi bulabildim. Çoğunlukla bir zamanlar doğru (muhtemelen) olduğuna inanılan bir masal koleksiyonu. Kitaptaki kısa öykülerin çoğu oldukça ilginçtir; holloween veya kamp ateşi hikayeleri için iyi bir fikir kitabı.
50'lerin başında, kurumların içinde ve dışında büyüyen bir çocuğun anıları ve evleri beslemek. Üzgün ve dehşet verici ve emici. Etrafta koşan ölümsüz hümanistler için okumaya ihtiyaç duyulmalıdır, çünkü bir avuç insan dışında, kitaptaki çoğu kişi kötü davranıyor ve her şeyi daha da kötüleştiriyor. Bana UNBROKEN'i hatırlattı, ama çoğunlukla yağmak istediğiniz parçalar çünkü çok acı verdiler!
Okay. This review might be a bit long. I grew up with Sita and the first six Last Vampire novels (here-to-for renamed Thirst No. 1 and Thirst No. 2, I guess? Fucking dumb) and was shocked to learn that after a decade, a new Last Vampire book is out! First, I've always loved Pike's style. While his books are of varying successes (usually learning towards "bad," but in an acceptable, occasionally-camp way) they feel inclusive and are easily digestable - obviously whether that's good, or if he makes stuff too simple, is obviously personal preference, but honestly I think that's what makes really successful Young Adult (including stuff like The Hunger Games and Ender's Game) work, is the ability to be fairly straightforward, with little artistic flourish, but in a way that doesn't staunch the voice of the novel. That's all I ever wanted as a young adult, really, was a novel that didn't feel pandering, in the way that a book written by an adult for an eleven year old can kind of trend. (Also note, this book isn't on par with Ender's Game or anything written by Suzanne Collins, just that they represent a similar straight-froward, no bullshit, "appropriate" for the age group content that challenges and consumes without being pedantic. It's just great writing, I guess?) I'm only partially finished with this, but the relationships Sita is developing feel strangely to broad for her, a real shift in character, which she has already even commented on. For the normal scope of the series, she is already acting bizarrely around multiple other people, but given that this one new book, No. 3, is the length of three previous books means I'm more open to needing a broader spectrum. Reminding me a little of the Rachel Morgan series (Dead Witch Walking, by Kim Harrison) just minus almost all of the humor. Sita gets a chuckle to herself throughout, but so far it's all recycled crap, a Last Vampire trademark. Sita drops her signature phrases in a way that never feels clever or fun - it might as well say, "Then Sita said that thing she says every time." The first big fight scene, though, in Sita's country villa with the sniper in the woods - one of the best of Pike's career. It's big and fun, pretty much. Not quite as epic as some of her past fights (falling off a building into a swimming pool and exploding open, in whatever book that happened in) but still really phenomenal. Sita gets fucked up, which is fun. Really very graphic, but restrained gore - having to pinch her liver's main artery shut so her vampire healing can restore it... So she digs around in her liver, in the woods, during a firefight, with her bare fingers... Neat. Quality shit. So far a huge improvement over Creatures of Forever, the weakest of the series and kind of a total dump overall. Total cliffhanger ending, but it wrapped up one of the weaker points. Matt's true identity was a total duh, but overall very interesting, engaging story.
I read every single word in this book and couldn't put it down. I have a true appreciation for life in India and the generosity of strangers.
I thought this was ho-hum for a Belpre Award. Solid addition to most picture book collections.