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50poc challenge
1. Out: A Novel by Natsuo Kirino (05/2010)
- What can I say about this book? It was terribly frightening and very interesting, but somehow I'd felt like I'd read a lot of it before. It's very Japanese, if that makes any sense. Page-turner, but only because I'm a masochist. As a horror novel, it does its job very, very well. As a novel...I'm not sure. 3/5. It deserves the points for thoroughly scaring the shit out of me.
2. Wait for Me by An Na (05/2010)
- Honestly, this was not a very good book. Bad character development, bad PLOT development, awkward writing style, the list goes on and on. 1/5.
3. Nothing but the truth (and a few white lies) by Justina Chen Headley (05/2010)
- Cute, but nothing to write home about. The characters other than the main character were severely lacking in terms of development. 3/5.
4. Ocean of Words by Ha Jin (05/2010)
- The language Ha Jin uses is very simple, very sparse. Ocean of Words is a collection of short stories about war, and I needed a breather after each and every chapter. Extraordinarily lovely. 4/5.
5. Candy by Mian Mian (05/2010)
- Honestly, I wasn't impressed. Candy was a whirlwind of sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll, but unfortunately, a lot of it didn't ring particularly sincere to me. Written to the point of sensationalism, it unfortunately didn't make me believe in much of it. 3.5/5 because though I personally didn't like it, I can admire it for what it does, and for the few choice scenes that really shone.
6. Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez (05/25/10)
- I love Márquez's (Márquez'?) style of writing, whether it loses something in translation or not. This book left me aching in the best way possible, and I wanted something different to happen at every turn. 4/5.
- What can I say about this book? It was terribly frightening and very interesting, but somehow I'd felt like I'd read a lot of it before. It's very Japanese, if that makes any sense. Page-turner, but only because I'm a masochist. As a horror novel, it does its job very, very well. As a novel...I'm not sure. 3/5. It deserves the points for thoroughly scaring the shit out of me.
2. Wait for Me by An Na (05/2010)
- Honestly, this was not a very good book. Bad character development, bad PLOT development, awkward writing style, the list goes on and on. 1/5.
3. Nothing but the truth (and a few white lies) by Justina Chen Headley (05/2010)
- Cute, but nothing to write home about. The characters other than the main character were severely lacking in terms of development. 3/5.
4. Ocean of Words by Ha Jin (05/2010)
- The language Ha Jin uses is very simple, very sparse. Ocean of Words is a collection of short stories about war, and I needed a breather after each and every chapter. Extraordinarily lovely. 4/5.
5. Candy by Mian Mian (05/2010)
- Honestly, I wasn't impressed. Candy was a whirlwind of sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll, but unfortunately, a lot of it didn't ring particularly sincere to me. Written to the point of sensationalism, it unfortunately didn't make me believe in much of it. 3.5/5 because though I personally didn't like it, I can admire it for what it does, and for the few choice scenes that really shone.
6. Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez (05/25/10)
- I love Márquez's (Márquez'?) style of writing, whether it loses something in translation or not. This book left me aching in the best way possible, and I wanted something different to happen at every turn. 4/5.