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Luna Lovegood

Luna Lovegood

  • USA
  • member since January 7 2008

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  • Veronika Decides to Die
    • Rated 5 stars

    “I was really moved by Veronika Decides to Die. I'd had it on my "To Read" list for quite some time and had been anxiously waiting to read it since university finished. And with all my anticipation, I was not let down. Coelho paints an inquisitive and thought-provoking picture of Veronika's struggle to live and die. Very spiritual and a little bit philosophical, Veronika was a very powerful book about redemption, reality versus insanity, and self discovery. I highly recommend it, and happily add it to my list of all-time favourite books.”

    Luna Lovegood wrote this review Thursday, May 28 2009. ( reply | permalink )
  • Running with Scissors
    • Rated 5 stars

    “Running With Scissors is quite possibly one of the most brilliant memoirs on the face of the planet. Although the plotline is at times painstakingly disturbing, Running With Scissors bears the honest truth from start to finish seasoned with touches of wit and sarcasm. It's absolutely delicious! Augusten Burroughs is an author so far beyond genius, they should probably invent a new word to describe his extremely high level of awesome. And this book is no exception - definitely a worthwhile read.”

    Luna Lovegood wrote this review Friday, January 23 2009. ( reply | permalink )
  • Girl with a Pearl Earring
    • Rated 5 stars

    “Tracy Chevalier's Girl With A Pearl Earring is seemless from start to finish. The novel is based on the subject of artist Jan Vermeer's painting "Girl With A Pearl Earring", and it is truly intriguing how Chevalier pulls together actual historical facts and intertwins them perfectly with her storyline. Overall, a very imaginative and historically accurate novel plum full of mystery, passion, and art. ”

    Luna Lovegood wrote this review Friday, January 23 2009. ( reply | permalink )
  • White Oleander
    • Rated 5 stars

    “White Oleander is an inspiring novel bursting with moments of joy, tears, mystery, anger, jealously, love, and above all, individuality. The characters are extremely well-developed and original, each with their own separate goals they wish to accomplish, and all intertwining amongst the others to create a very compelling story. From the dark and twisted scenarios, to the disturbing occurences and intriguing plotline, White Oleander is a deeply moving and beautiful novel. The story of Astrid's struggles while growing into womanhood truly touches your heart. Janet Fitch does a wonderful job of captivating your interest in this poetic and artistic novel. ”

    Luna Lovegood wrote this review Friday, January 23 2009. ( reply | permalink )
  • Beauty : A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast
    • Rated 3 stars

    “Robin McKinley's Beauty is a retelling of the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast. The plot remains very true to the traditional tale, but it is the depth of the characterizations that really made the story for me. McKinley expands much of Beauty's life prior to arriving at the Beast's castle giving her a family of well-rounded characters each with various virtues, personality traits, and histories that left you wanting to know more about each of them, and wanting to find how not only Beauty’s and the Beast’s stories ended, but how each of Beauty’s family members faired. In fact, at times I found myself more interested in the secondary characters than Beauty and the Beast themselves. ”

    Luna Lovegood wrote this review Friday, January 23 2009. ( reply | permalink )
  • Scarlet Moon
    • Rated 2 stars

    “Scarlet Moon is based on the story of Little Red Riding Hood. Author Viguié takes the basic premises of the original fairy tale, and creates and entirely new world based upon its key elements and reworks them into an entirely fresh sequence of events. The plot is far from ordinary and is full of surprise, mystery and, of course, romance. On the contrary, while Viguié focuses on an intricate and original plot line, she fails to provide the same depth to her characters and their backgrounds as I would have liked. Still an interesting read, but lacked the depth I would have liked.

    (Side note: Having read Twilight prior to this novel, I can draw many parallels between the two. If you were a fan of the Twilight series, I would definitely recommend this novel to you.)”

    Luna Lovegood wrote this review Friday, January 23 2009. ( reply | permalink )
  • Old Peter's Russian Tales

    Old Peter's Russian Tales

    by Arthur Ransome
    • Rated 4 stars

    “A delightful collection of Russian folk tales. As an avid fairy tale lover, I was very excited about this book as it gave me a chance to step outside of the typical Western stories, and experience the tales of a culture other than my own. The many whimsical and unique tales made for a very enjoyable read. The entire book is "narrated" by Old Peter - a fictional character and the grandfather of two young children - who is telling these tales to his grandchildren at bed time. It cleverly touches on various story telling practices in this way as well which I thought was a nice touch.”

    Luna Lovegood wrote this review Friday, January 23 2009. ( reply | permalink )
  • Zel
    • Rated 4 stars

    “Donna Jo Napoli’s novel "Zel" is an expanded retelling of the fairy tale Rapunzel. Told from three separate perspectives (Mother, Konrad and Zel), we are able to experience the story in three different ways and through the eyes of three very different characters. While the prospect of following three characters' takes on one story may be daunting, Napoli artfully weaves the three tales into one cohesive whole creating a very beautiful retelling of a well loved fairy tale. ”

    Luna Lovegood wrote this review Friday, January 23 2009. ( reply | permalink )
  • The Arrival
    • Rated 3 stars

    “Shaun Tan’s “The Arrival” documents one man’s journey to a new world. In this new world, everything is turned on its head and is entirely different from how the man lived his life in his old home. For the man, “familiarity” becomes a rarely used word; everything is different. The strangeness of everything in the new world comments on how to an immigrant, everything is seemingly foreign and is met with a sense of confusion.
    But what is intriguing about The Arrival is that, not only does it comment on the strangeness and showcase all the changes and irregularities that someone in a new world would see and experience, there is always that strong sense of hope present, and I found that very uplifting.

    This book is told entirely through the use of illustration (there is no text to feed the story to you) and as the reader you must rely on your own image-interpreting skills. A beautifully illustrated book.”

    Luna Lovegood wrote this review Friday, January 23 2009. ( reply | permalink )
  • Voices
    • Rated 1 stars

    “While I love the message behind this novel, I felt it was the execution that was its downfall. "Voices" expresses that there are peaceful ways to resolve conflicts outside of violence and war, and that compromise isn't always selling yourself short. However, despite its inspiring message, the way the story unfolded, told from the perspective of a character who seemed fairly removed from the political and social atmosphere of the story, in turn left me as the reader feeling very disconnected and disinterested in the story. ”

    Luna Lovegood wrote this review Friday, January 23 2009. ( reply | permalink )

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