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Caffeinated Fae (464 KP) rated Luke Skywalker Can't Read: And Other Geeky Truths in Books

Jul 12, 2018

I was really excited to read this book. I love all things filled with geekdom but this one was a little too much for me. I felt like this book was filled with so much opinion that I had a hard time finishing it.

The author was funny and it kept me entertained at times but I felt that this was a giant rant about fandoms. I think that this book could have been marketed a little differently. This is definitely a book that would fit in as a literary essay or critical thinking in a science fiction class. I enjoyed it but I really wish there was more to it than rants about specific details.

All in all, I'm not a huge fan but if you like rants or are missing that science fiction fanatic in your life, this would be the book for you.

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Sarah (7798 KP) rated Heart of Darkness in Books

Oct 24, 2018

Not a deserving classic

Literary classics always appear to be very divisive, and Heart of Darkness is definitely one of these. There are some that are very deserving of the word “classic”, however this isn’t one of them.

The writing style is very poor and messy, and it’s very difficult to read a story that is made up of unbroken long winded paragraphs. Even the dialogue between characters isn’t broken apart and it’s very tiresome to read. There’s little character development and the plot is very convoluted, jumping about with little reason or explanation, and it’s very difficult to figure out what’s actually going on. I don’t deny that this could have been a very good read, had it not been for the ridiculous rambling narrative. The only good thing about it was that it was fairly short, otherwise I never would’ve got to the end of it.