TAEra
Simple in concept, but precious few other books have caused me to literally laugh out loud so frequently.
It was wonderful to read about a man to whom we as a society are so indebted to today. I teared up at the end, it's such a shame he's no longer with us.
- Just over a month later and I continue to think about this book a lot. Not to sound too dramatic, but it changed the way I live.
What a disappointment, among my complaints:
- This is the first book I have read in which the poor grammar has snapped me out of my reading. It's unbelievable how many times this happened. Some parts of it are the writing style, but other parts are just pure grammatical errors.
- I came to dislike the protagonist, unable to emphasise.
- The story churned into a dull love-triangle.
Fascinating world, good twists. I just didn't fully grasp the tail end of the book, especially in regard to Mercerism.
Harmless enough tale. Did not care for the repetitious sentence structures, bracketed word definitions, occasionally uncharacteristic dialogue from the characters, the negative portrayal of the rat, and the extremely basic plot. I don't think the fact that it is a book for children excuses it of all of these points.
Critiques:
- For the most part the story turns were predictable, overly foreshadowed.
- At the beginning of the book there was too much focus on the drama of the love-triangle.
- It was a bit cheap just having another Games be the main event.
It's a little sweet on the surface, but after I thought about it, whether you interpret the story literally or representing parent-child bonds, I feel it conveys a bad message of selfishness.