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Suswatibasu (1703 KP) rated The Secret History in Books

Jan 3, 2018  
The Secret History
The Secret History
Donna Tartt | 1993 | Fiction & Poetry
7
7.7 (9 Ratings)
Book Rating
Engrossing at times but overall disappointing
This novel left me with mixed feelings, as sometimes the prose was wonderful while other times, there were glaring flaws.

Surrounding a misfit at an exclusive New England college, Richard finds kindred spirits in the five eccentric students of his ancient Greek class. He becomes engulfed in their dark secrets and things spiral out of control.

The atmosphere surrounding this group of elitist college students smacks of a wannabe Great Gatsby - there's a sense of self-importance, entitlement, and grandeur, of self-indulgence and pretence. While this worked to an extent in terms of characterisation, it also made for a great exasperation for the reader. The characters are so unlikable that you don't even care about what happens to them. And they do appear to be grotesque caricatures of 19th century archetypes bolted on to an otherwise standard 1980's drink and drugs college environment.

The characters lacked depth, although Tartt attempted to mirror them in the Greek stories they studied. In essence it is a good story with some stylish writing but also some dull and tedious conversations and descriptions. Disappointing.
  
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Connor Sheffield (293 KP) created a post

May 24, 2017  
Wonderland

Lost in a world of Hatters and Hares
Tea cups and tea pots
And different size chairs
Rabbits in waistcoats
Madness looms near
You're late young Alice
Sit down my dear
 
Curiouser and curiouser
And who would ever think
That a cake could make you grow
And a liquid could make you shrink!
 
Cats can smile
And vanish without a trace
Every creature can talk
Every flower has a face
This is the place
Where nothing is more exciting
Than a jolly caucus race!
 
Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum
They just want to have fun
They're two of a kind
Both have lost their minds
But then again...
We're all mad here
That's the way it should be
So come and join the party
Sit down and drink some tea!



- Connor J Sheffield


This is one of my happier poems. A lot of my poetry is dark and Gothic horror but I am trying to write more upbeat poetry and the first one I ever really wrote that wasn't horrifying or dark was this. Inspired, as if it isn't obvious, by Through The Looking Glass/Alice In Wonderland.
      
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Nicole Hadley (380 KP) rated North: How to Live Scandinavian in Books

Jun 14, 2018  
North: How to Live Scandinavian
North: How to Live Scandinavian
Bronte Aurell | 2017 | Food & Drink
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Nørth: How to Live Scandinavian by Brontë Aurell is a fun introduction to Scandinavia.  This book is filled with recipes, instructions and playful sideways satirical jabs at each of the three Scandinavian countries. From the OCD "it has to be white, all white," to the absolute gaucheness of taking a knife to a beautiful Danish cheese, use a slicer is proper and easier, to the proper way to smörgåsbord and how to drink aquavit, this book covers many aspects of living, dressing and eating in Scandinavian culture. The quirky idioms will make you laugh and the Janteloven (Law of Jante) will give you insight into the Scandinavian psyche.

I was excited to read this book. I lived for a year in Denmark and the year impacted the way I live my life. I knew Denmark and Danes impacted my life greatly but this book helped me realized just how much. 

I highly recommend this book to people who want to learn about Scandinavian culture, or are Scandinavian. 

I received this book from NetGalley via Quarto Publishing Group - Aurum Press and Aurum Press Ltd in exchange for an honest review.