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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky | 2013 | Fiction & Poetry
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8.2 (101 Ratings)
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Immersive and powerful
This book has been sat on my shelves since September, just waiting for the right moment to be read.
An increasingly powerful book that focuses on the life of outcast high school students that are relatable but not overshadowed by popular teenagers.
Grappling with love; loss and life, a teenager writes letters to a stranger (possibly considered to be the reader) explaining his life and his struggles with starting high school and all the aspects that can come along with it - falling in love, making friends, experimenting with drugs/alcohol/sexuality- as well as a multitude of family issues.
The end of the book is revealing and intense and leaves the reader considering the moral behind the book.

My personal opinion is that I would have loves the story to be longer, as I finished it within an evening and for character introductions to be more stable or descriptive.
  
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky | 2013 | Fiction & Poetry
9
8.2 (101 Ratings)
Book Rating
Complex range of human emotion in this coming of age book
I read this book after watching the film so I made a lot of comparisons. For one while there are scenes that completely match the book, there are quite a lot of parts missing in the film. No doubt the book is far more detailed - I loved the film so reading it was equally pleasurable. It's more than a coming of age film, it explores prejudice, mental health, sexuality, abuse, so it's more meaningful than expected. Written in a series of letters, Charlie has symptoms of some kind of mental health issue that isn't explicitly mentioned so his attitude to the world is very straightforward yet complex. He watches human behaviour more than participating in social situations. My only gripe is that the writing is pretty bad, and I'm accounting this to the fact the author is trying to write as a 16 year-old boy. Easy to read though.
  
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BTPBookclub (18 KP) rated Caraval in Books

May 14, 2019  
Caraval
Caraval
Stephanie Garber | 2017 | Young Adult (YA)
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8.1 (97 Ratings)
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Outstanding. Brilliant.
Wow. One, why haven’t I read this book sooner? Two, I cannot believe this is her debut novel at all, I could not tell it was that brilliant. Very impressed. I love the cover of this story too, magical. I also loved how the story was told through short chapters, including letters and clues. Made it an easy, fast paced read I didn’t want to finish.

I cannot wait to see what lies ahead in the sequel (Legendary). I can honestly say I have not read anything similar to this story before and I absolutely loved it! I awarded a well deserved five stars and already know it is going to be in my top 20 of 2018. A must buy and read from me. I would love to see this book turned into a film. It will mess with the readers head in parts but remember… It’s only a game
  
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Ross (3284 KP) rated Dracul in Books

Oct 29, 2018  
Dracul
Dracul
J.D. Barker, Dacre Stoker | 2018 | Horror
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8.7 (7 Ratings)
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Brilliant insight into Bram Stoker's life
*** Disclosure - I received a free copy of this book in return for an honest review ***


This book stays true to the format of Stoker's Dracula, being written in the form of a compilation of diary entries, letters and newspaper reports. This allows some of the main characters to embed their own voice and to give their view of events, the narratives interweaved to give a good, suspenseful story.
Bram Stoker was not well as a child, pretty much bed-bound until the age of 7. Then he suddenly recovered and went on to become a successful athlete and University graduate. This book takes that life story and layers on a brilliant prequel to Dracula, suggesting that vampires very much impacted on Stoker's life and he himself did battle with Count Vlad.
Excellent, atmospheric story with plenty of suspense and action, and a few twists and turns along the way. A perfect read for this time of year.
  
Harry Potter: Wizards Unite
Harry Potter: Wizards Unite
Games
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6.0 (33 Ratings)
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Everything takes forever to load (1 more)
App constantly hangs
Makes Pokemon Go look good!
The app takes an inordinate amount of time to load up every time, and once logged in there is a black screen of nothing for up to a minute at times. When it has loaded, the graphics and experience are pretty poor quality. A number of times the app hangs and you cannot interact with the map. This is because pop-up tutorial messages are loading/waiting to appear.
An interaction with a whatever it is, akin to catching a pokemon, is simply drawing a symbol on the screen, like training a toddler to learn letters. I'm sure it gets more involved than that, but I have no interest to put up with the frustration to find out.
Utterly dreadful and not ready for launch (given they have a 3-year-old version sitting there as a starting point!).
  
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ClareR (5885 KP) Jun 24, 2019

He’s ‘given up’ Pokemon Go - my 15 year old still loves it though. So I tend to get the low down from both of them on each app 😆

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Jammy77 (126 KP) Aug 16, 2019

Very similar to pokemon go which I used to play daily I now play this daily

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