3 posts tagged “book”
Two more books I've read in the past week.
Time of Twins is pretty typical fantasy. Good read, but nothing really special about it. If you like cookie cutter fantasy, then this will keep you running.
Bringing down the house was a pretty interesting biography. The story is engaging and I found myself staying up late to get chapters done. The only bad thing I can say about it, is that as a biography...it is written too much like fiction. I would still suggest it to anybody looking for a good read
The first thing I have been asked when I read this book was 'did you like it?' and the answer is surprisingly not that simple.
The book itself is a good read. I enjoy the witty and humorous tone of the book. The situations are some that I myself can empathize with (I think most of us have at one point in our lives held a crappy job with dim pay and prospects). However what I did not enjoy are her conclusions.
There are a lot of conclusions that she came to that are at best a stretch. At one point in the book she concludes that the reason she feels the way she does (about her job and life at that point) was because of the structured dominance of the American service industry. Pretty strong statement, not much to back it up though.
All in all I would suggest that anybody who likes investigative journalism to give this a read, but do not expect to have an epiphany by the end.
I am now a little over half way finished and the book has me enraptured. I find myself reading just one more chapter until I have digested five or more in one sitting. Since I have not reached the conclusion I can not say with certainty whether this will be a book that I can suggest, however if it keeps pace and delivers an acceptable ending I am sure it will.
