Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas
Going into this novel, I’ve not yet read anything by Maas. However, this series has come highly recommended to me by more than one close friend. It falls into the YA/Fantasy genres, which are my favourites to read. I’m looking forward to this book, and expect it to be rather exciting.
From the first page, Throne of Glass hooked me and left me wanting to keep on reading. Maas’s writing is descriptive and detailed without being tedious or droning. In one scene, Celaena is describing her underfed body in such a raw way that I couldn’t help but picture it. I also enjoy having a strong, stubborn female protagonist who also loves clothes and has a love for reading. There have been twists and surprises in the novel that add mystery, tension, and a bit of a love triangle (as Celaena has already thought blatantly about wanting to kiss two of the main men). I cannot wait to finish this book and share the rest of my thoughts.
Although I was able to predict the winner of the King’s competition near the beginning of the novel (mostly by the fact that there are five more novels and a novella in the series), I had a genuine apprehension during the final duel of the book. Not o
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Before reading Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, I wasn’t completely sure what would happen. Previously, my only interaction to the story was pop culture references and a barely-there memory of a section of a graphic novel adaptation. I was expecting an incoherent, mostly mumbling and groaning, monster.
The first thing I noticed was that the narrator wasn’t Victor Frankenstein, or even the monster, but an adventurer on his way to the north. A few pages in Victor showed up and the novel became a story within a story. And then again when the monster — who was far more well spoken than I imagined — told his point of view. I found the way Shelley did this to be easy to follow, and there was never a question as to who the narrator was at any given point in the novel. Overall I found Shelley’s descriptions and writing style to be engaging and well worth the read.
Once I finished reading Frankenstein, I felt sorrow for the monster that I didn’t think I would. And as for Victor, I didn’t feel much sympathy for him, but my heart broke for his friends and loved ones. I highly recommend reading Frankenstein, but warn that the older speech patterns and vocabulary is very different from today (I had to look up a couple words that we no longer hear in everyday language).
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Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas Going into this novel, I’ve not yet read anything by Maas. However, this series has come highly recommended to me by more than one close friend. It falls into the YA/Fantasy genres, which are my favourites to read. I’m looking forward to this book, and expect it to…