Rate and review the last book you read

[canismajoris]

I've just been reading the His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman. I've finished the first two and I'm working on The Amber Spyglass right now. Just some general comments: I really like the way the narrative structure becomes more intense and complex as the ideas and consequences the characters face do the same. There's something really lovely about that: the experience of reading these books is, quite apart from the meaning of what's on the page, much the same as what the characters are experiencing. While many great works accomplish this, Pullman does it unabashedly and I think perfectly.

While these are usually hailed as fantasy novels, I see some strong inclinations toward science fiction. Without going into any details, I think approaching the series with a focus on the purely scientific would produce an interesting reading.

I suppose that's all. I would give The Golden Compass and The Subtle Knife both 4/5, and I'd add that I immensely enjoyed them, but that I'm a bit unconvinced by some of the characterization.

[bellatrix93]

Love, Stargirl - Jerry Spinelli, 10/10. As lovely as Stargirl could be! . Either this book is really perfect, or it was just the right book for me now. Or both, . It's funny, wonderful and .. refreshing.
This book is a diary and a letter at the same time; Stargirl writes her diary for a year and intends to send it to her boyfriend from the previous book. I think I like this one better than Stargirl, because it's written from Stargirl's own point of view (which means it's much wierder, funnier..). I like the characters in this book better as well, they all have something interesting about them, much more than a bunch of Highschool kids, . Also, the meditating bits are more focused on, how she does it, and how she likes it..
Looking forward to read more Spinelli books; I loved the two I read, but then again they were both about Stargirl..

[lvngbooks]

Rage by Jackie Morse Kessler 4/5

I liked it a whole lot better than the first book in the series, Hunger. I could easily identify with Missy and while I don't have experience with cutting, I could relate to her feelings and thoughts and what drove her to cutting herself. It's a taboo subject and I think that Morse Kessler did a great job in describing it in this book. I can't wait to read Loss, book three in the series.

[bellatrix93]

The Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - Robert Louise Stevenson, 8/10. I probably loved the last bit more than the whole book, where Jekyll confesses what he'd done and what motivated him to do it. For some reason it reminds me of Gollum from LotR and the Ring that devoured his good part, bit by bit. The book was generally attracting, although I think it could've been a bit more suspenful and exciting.

[xhanax315]

10/10 Under the Dome - Stephen King
Mr. King has done it again, a very intriguing read.

[LuceMalfoy91]

I'm currently reading Interview With The Vampire by Anne Rice and I'm about halfway through it. I'll give it a 7.5 out of 10 because some of the stuff has some plotholes in it. Also cause some of it is kinda disturbing to read but it is all in all a good story with great descriptions that draws you in. Am unsure if I will read the next book in the series yet.

[Siriusandme]

The Passage - Justin Cronin

9/10

I had some trouble getting into this book in the beginning and I didn't really start loving it until Auntie's book. But after that I couldn't stop reading it. I loved it. I just hate the open ending. I want to know what happens to everyone and now I have to wait until the next book comes out in 2012.

[Clockworthy]

(Does this count? Heh.)

I picked up the first Scott Pilgrim GN today - It was actually pretty funny. 7.5/10

Spoiler: show

& I started on the second one...poor Knives.

[lvngbooks]

Evermore (The Immortals #1) by Alyson Noël 3.5/5

Nice story, but nothing too exciting going on. I don't like the description of Drina - she's supposed to be the villain of the book but yet she doesn't really appear that scary to me. Noël hasn't managed to give me that feeling. I just felt she was a woman who didn't like the MC, nothing more.

[xhanax315]

Pretty Little Liars: Heartless 8/10
I'm kind of ready for this series to be over, even though all the books have been suspenseful.

[SopophorousBean]

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins - My favourite book of the triology by far, and left me thinking about it so much after it had ended, found it quite emotional! I couldn't put it down and it managed to keep up the suspense and action all the way through, and some of the stuff that it deals with makes you forget that they're young adult novels. A great end to the series, unpredictable and heartbreaking at times but the best book I've read in a long time. 5/5

[Reid]

If I had to rank the Hunger Games books i'd go with

Hunger Games
Mockingjay
Catching fire, all are good books though

I am Number 4

when the planet of lorien is detroyed, 9 kids and their gaurdians are sent to earth to try and hide from the aliens who destroyed their planet. While they are hiding they have to develope their powers to one day take back their planet.

This book is alright, it's not terrible but it's nothing great either. There's really no likable charecters in it imo. so it's really hard to care about what happens. a lot of the book felt like it was made up on the spot, instead of planned out. There were a couple parts were it just seemed like the authors went "How can i get this to happen, oh i know" and wrote it down. the book would have also been better to have some backstory of the planet, all it has for the background really is the attack flashbacks and the gaurdian saying "We took care of our planet, the bad aliens didn't so they invaded us for our resources" there's no backstory into either race of aliens. Also i would have liked to have some sort of explanation on the charm that made it so they had to be killed in order.

With that out of the way, i did enjoy the last 100 pages where the climax of the book happen, it's pretty much 100 pages of things exploding, but even that got a bit tiring after a while. I'll give the book a 7.25/10

[Mad_Druid]

Earthsong by Victor Kelleher – 6/10

The themes of equality, evolution, and human responsibility tie in nicely with the other novels in the loosely linked series, but the two main characters lack believability and any real depth, so I find it to be the weakest of the three. A high point for me would be the sentient robot's word-play.

[lvngbooks]

Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris (Sookie Stackhouse #2), 3/5

I'm starting to like it a little better, but it's still nowhere near as good I hoped the series would be. I like that we saw a little more of Eric - I wouldn't mind seeing him in his lycra...

[SopophorousBean]

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. I studied some of these stories at school and didn't particularly like them but after finding the book lying around the house last year I decided to read the book for pleasure this time, which it turns out makes all the difference! I really enjoyed it, I don't usually read older novels so sometimes struggle with the language but the way these are written isn't too tricky at all, very accessible It's hard to pick a favourite but I particularly enjoyed The Speckled Band and The Beryle Coronet. 5/5

[Yoana]

The Red Pavilion (A Judge Dee Mystery) by Robert van Gulik - 6/10 - I enjoyed it, and it's generally clever and well written, but I had trouble keeping track of who was who: the characters weren't all that well-outlined.

[lilyrose]

The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen by Syrie James - 5/10

This book is so predictable and plays around with known details, takes plots from Austen's books and combines it to give a very mediocre book.

[lvngbooks]

Across the Universe by Beth Revis (Across the Universe #1) 4.5/5

Great book, but I thought I would be completely "WOW-ed" and I wasn't.. But it was a great story, even though I'm not particularly into sci-fi or mysteries (and this was a little bit of both). IMO it lives up to the hype that it's creating at the moment

[leah49]

I just finished A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle, a book I only read because it came in the top ten in the Top Ten Book List we have here. I cannot believe how much I enjoyed this book. I give it 5 out of 5 stars. Thank you!

[MHPFAN]

City of Glass--Colleen Clare= 8/10

I am currently going through this YA-fallen-angels phase and all I seem to be drawn to at the moment is this genre. So...my current obsession is The Mortal Instruments books by Colleen Clare. The last book I read in this series is City of Glass and it was really good! The original plan was for the series to be a trilogy, but now there's another book in the works, so I'm excited!