52 Books in 52 Weeks (2011) discussion

Book reviews for week 39.

The Reader by Bernhard Schlink

4/5

Amazing! One of the best I read this year. Well written. Original.

بنات ايران
تقييمي: 4/5
الكاتبة: ناهيد ارشلان

حقيقةً، لا اعرف ماذا اقول. الرواية حزينة جداً تحكي واقع النساء الايرانيات .
سابقاً كنت اقول ان الحياة صعبة، و لكن بعد قراءتي لهذه الرواية الواقعية، حمدت الله كثيرا على ما أنا فيه.
اكثر ما يحزنني الوداع و الفراق، و هذه الرواية تفيض بكم كبير من هذه المشاعر التي لا اطيقها
تعرفت على جوانب كثيرة من الحياة هناك، بالاضافة الى ثقافتهم و العرف الذي يعملون به.
ذكرتني الكاتبة بطموحها ان تدرس بالخارج بنفسي و لكن الفرق بيننا انها نضالت و انا استسلمت!
لا استطيع تقييم الكتاب بشكل عادل لانه مترجم، لكن استطيع ان اقول انني كنت مشدودة جداً لمعرفة ما يحويه كل قسم من هذا الكتاب.
هي رواية حزينة و بها مرارة، لا اتوقع انني سأقرأها مرة أخرى

فكرتي تبني حضارتي
علا باوزير
3-5

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حديث عن حضارة الأمة ونهضتها بأسلوب مبسسسط جداً، أنصح به المبتدئين بالقراءة أو من لم يسبق لهم القراءة في هذا المجال :)

5/5

I've learned that even though she's only written 2 books, Stephanie Perkins can do no wrong. I have loved both of her books and would highly recommend them to anyone. I was put off by the titles and stupid covers but her writing and story building is great.

The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa

My rating: 2 of 5 stars


While I found this story engaging enough to finish reading it (the math was interesting, and it wasn't difficult to follow at all as some reviewers claimed), the constant Japanese Baseball digressions bored me to tears. Somehow, the story just didn't do it for me, for the following reasons:
- Not enough character development. The characters only sounded deep, but in reality they were bland and vague. I have noticed a hint of that in most Japanese novels but it never bothered me till now.
- A lot of the things that could have been explained in a very interesting way were completely neglected. (The professor's past? His sister in law's personality?)
- I felt like the story was meant to be emotionally engaging, not just "interesting", but it wasn't that.






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Philosophy of Science
Samir Okasha

4/5

I found this to be a great intro to philosophy of science. Some parts are dry, but are still important. I feel as though multiple readings are required to really understand the the more fundamental parts. I really enjoyed the discussion in the end about scientism and the place of science among the tools of truth-finding endeavors. Similarly, the discussion of science and religion (Christianity) was intriguing as well.

Demon Thief by Darren Shan




this was a supremly awsom book i loved every page of it it was so exciting scary and gross but never the less i loved every bit of it and its deafinaitly a page turner.



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Sapphire Battersea by Jacqueline Wilson

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Great book by Jacqueline Wilson. Hetty Feather may come off as an annoying character in the beginning, but you'll fall in love with her at the end.

Definitely recommended for kids in your household.



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لافتات - المجموعة الكاملة
أحمد مطر
التقييم: 4/5

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