For more reviews, check out my blog: craft-cycleI will start by saying that I love reading retellings, especially fairy tale retellings. I don't recall really liking fairy tales all that much growing up, but now as a adult, I cannot get enough of fresh spins on the classics.However, I was kind of di...
t's interesting using this book in a class. The Swan stories are the most popular, and the quiet ones about relationships confuse people for some reason. I liked "Warm-Mouth" far more on this re-read.Old ReviewThere is a misnomer on the cover of this book. Some short stories in this volume have not...
An eclectic collection of re-imagined tales by some well-known and respected authors, primarily hailing from the fantasy/science fiction section. As in most anthologies, there is variation in the quality of the stories-hence the three-star rating. Some were pretty experimental, while others more c...
DNF about 50 pages in. I just can't with all this BS. Less than 5 pages in, I knew I was probably not going to like it. It is very, very obviously written by a man. Some men do ok with writing women. This is not one of those cases. I have so many problems with this book from just these 50ish pages, ...
I tried, I really did. I loved this movie and for me the movie was much better than this book. It was over-written (is that a thing?) because that's how it felt to me. I just wanted to read about these three women who are witches living in Eastwick. Instead Updike spends so much time on a lot of min...
Last time I read this all the way through was in high school. I forgot how challenging it is, but some of the stories are really accessible. The unfinished nature of his work was more apparent that I remember, but it only adds to the enigmatic writing. While not exactly pleasant, it was certainly mi...
Inhalt:Der schwarze Brasilianer Tristao und die weiße Brasilianerin Isabel lernen sich am Strand kennen und sind voneinander fasziniert. Isabels Familie ist nicht begeistert von der Verbindung und will die beiden auseinander bringen. Daraufhin fliehen beide und ziehen gemeinsam quer durch Brasilien....
Writers try to express their meaning not just by their choice of words, but the way they’re used. Raymond Carver wrote about the simple life using simple words and simple structure. Paul Auster’s fiction tends to contain multiple layers, so his sentences tend to drag on, too. As for John Updike, any...
Foreword, by John UpdikeTwo Introductory Parables--Before the Law--An Imperial MessageThe Longer Stories--Description of a Struggle--Wedding Preparations in the Country--The Judgment--The Metamorphosis--In the Penal Colony--The Village Schoolmaster [The Giant Mole]--Blumfeld, an Elderly Bachelor--Th...
There is no plot. There's just 3 witches sleeping with every man, married or not, in their small coastal town. And they call it healing. The writing is convoluted, the plot doesn't exist, and the characters aren't likeable.
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