From the New York Times bestselling author of the Thursday Next series comes a “laugh-out-loud …
A book that thrusts you into a odd world that forces you to pay attention, and I absolutely love it for it.
5 stars
This book took me over two weeks to finish not because it was boring but because it was a challenge to read. Not in the sense that it used complex words but in the fact that I really had to focus on each paragraph because they would just sneak in key world building in a sentence and never mention it again while building upon it later. I absolutely loved how this book used the concept of color in terms of social hierarchy, human desire, societal norms, and pretty much anything else you can think of.
The characters in upon themselves are all pretty enjoyable and unique even if two dimensional at times. The protagonist, Eddie, is pretty well devloped and seems like a real person, as you are not really sure how he is going to side on the conflicts that present itself during the story.
The pacing …
This book took me over two weeks to finish not because it was boring but because it was a challenge to read. Not in the sense that it used complex words but in the fact that I really had to focus on each paragraph because they would just sneak in key world building in a sentence and never mention it again while building upon it later. I absolutely loved how this book used the concept of color in terms of social hierarchy, human desire, societal norms, and pretty much anything else you can think of.
The characters in upon themselves are all pretty enjoyable and unique even if two dimensional at times. The protagonist, Eddie, is pretty well devloped and seems like a real person, as you are not really sure how he is going to side on the conflicts that present itself during the story.
The pacing is pretty good as the whole book takes place over the course of 5 or so days even if it feels like longer. Though the tail end of the book kind of drags on going a little to deep into describing the same setting again. Though that is only a minor annoyance and does not hurt the story overall.
It is hard for me to talk about specifics of anything because this story is best to be experience blind as giving too many key details over the world (outside of the books summary) kind of ruins how things get presented.
Overall I highly recommend it to anyone who like science fiction and stories about interesting societies. Very excited to start the second book that came out last year
From the New York Times bestselling author of the Thursday Next series comes a “laugh-out-loud …
The Word of Munsell was the Rules, and the Rules were the Word of Munsell. They regulated everything we did, and had brought peace to the Collective for nearly four centuries. They were sometimes very odd indeed: The banning of the number that lay between 72 and 74 was a case in point, and no one had ever fully explained why it was forbidden to count sheep, make any new spoons or use acronyms. But they were the Rules—and presumably for some very good reason, although what that might be was not entirely obvious.
The concept of banning a number is jacking me up when I try to wrap my head around it. This book has thrown out some pretty wild concepts very casually that I have taken at face value. Though banning a number from just being used would be near impossible.
From the New York Times bestselling author of the Thursday Next series comes a “laugh-out-loud …
[Started Reading] I have always been fascinated and drawn to different colors. So when I saw this books tagline was: "Welcome to Chromatacia, where the Colortocracy rules society through a social hierarchy based on one’s limited color perception. In this world, you are what you can see." I knew i had to at least give this book a shot since it seems so down my ally.
[Started Reading]
I have always been fascinated and drawn to different colors. So when I saw this books tagline was:
"Welcome to Chromatacia, where the Colortocracy rules society through a social hierarchy based on one’s limited color perception. In this world, you are what you can see."
I knew i had to at least give this book a shot since it seems so down my ally.
A children's novel written in the late 19th century. The story centers around Dorothy, a …
Reads Like A 10 Year Old's D&D Campaign
4 stars
I was a bit hesitant going into this book due to the fact it was first published in 1900. I was unsure if something that is 125 years old and written for children of that time would: 1. Hold my interest 2. Would be able to easily follow the language of the time.
To my surprise it did both in spades. It was quite interesting from the stand point of seeing how much the story has been morphed and changed with different adaptions over the years. With what they have kept true to the source and what they have changed. It is very clear this was written for young children and reads almost as how a young child would tell a story. Such as giving a four characters equal time to speak their mind when it is not needed, always mentioning who sleeps where, along with the fact always …
I was a bit hesitant going into this book due to the fact it was first published in 1900. I was unsure if something that is 125 years old and written for children of that time would:
1. Hold my interest
2. Would be able to easily follow the language of the time.
To my surprise it did both in spades. It was quite interesting from the stand point of seeing how much the story has been morphed and changed with different adaptions over the years. With what they have kept true to the source and what they have changed. It is very clear this was written for young children and reads almost as how a young child would tell a story. Such as giving a four characters equal time to speak their mind when it is not needed, always mentioning who sleeps where, along with the fact always keeping heavy detail as to when and what Dorthy is eating.
If you go into with the mindset of reading a young child's RP adventure you will have a pretty great time. As there is much to take away from this story even if you have consumed some other medium's adaption of the story. I know there is 14 Oz books in the series and I am not sure if I am going to read them all at this point in time, but I am very excited to read the next one to see how it plays out.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is the classic American children’s novel about the adventures of …
So the Woodman raised his axe, and as the Wildcat ran by he gave it a quick blow that cut the beast’s head clean off from its body, and it rolled over at his feet in two pieces.
The field mouse, now that it was freed from its enemy, stopped short; and coming slowly up to the Woodman it said, in a squeaky little voice:
“Oh, thank you! Thank you ever so much for saving my life.”
“Don’t speak of it, I beg of you,” replied the Woodman. “I have no heart, you know, so I am careful to help all those who may need a friend, even if it happens to be only a mouse
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is the classic American children’s novel about the adventures of …
He seized his axe, which he had made very sharp, and as the leader of the wolves came on the Tin Woodman swung his arm and chopped the wolf’s head from its body, so that it immediately died. As soon as he could raise his axe another wolf came up, and he also fell under the sharp edge of the Tin Woodman’s weapon. There were forty wolves, and forty times a wolf was killed, so that at last they all lay dead in a heap before the Woodman.
Then he put down his axe and sat beside the Scarecrow, who said, “It was a good fight, friend.”
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is the classic American children’s novel about the adventures of …
The King Crow flew at the Scarecrow, who caught it by the head and twisted its neck until it died. And then another crow flew at him, and the Scarecrow twisted its neck also. There were forty crows, and forty times the Scarecrow twisted a neck, until at last all were lying dead beside him. Then he called to his companions to rise, and again they went upon their journey.
