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Megan T-B

Megan T-B

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  • Checkmate
    • Rated 4 stars

    “Checkmate is the penultimate novel in the thought-provoking series, Noughts and Crosses. The book focuses on the mixed race daughter of Sephy and Callum, Callie-Rose, and the everyday issues which she faces in the narrow minded society surrounding her. (Not completed)”

    Megan T-B wrote this review Monday, March 12, 2012. ( reply | permalink )
  • Prisoner of the inquisition
    • Rated 4 stars

    “Prisoner of the Inquisition
    Prisoner of the Inquisition is a historical, intriguing novel which follows the two separate journeys of two people who were deeply affected by the Spanish Inquisition; Zarita, daughter of a wealthy magistrate and Saulo, son of a beggar, whose fate is left uncertain as a consequence of a dramatic incident. This is a tale of personal revenge, of courage and betrayal. The story is told alternately by Zarita and Saulo – an effective narrative strategy that ensures that there are personal first-person narration but also having another opinion in the book.
    The opening scene portrays a woman being burned alive at the stake for heresy, and the fear and dread associated with the Inquisition hangs heavy over the whole novel -cranking up the suspense.
    When I first started reading Prisoner of the Inquisition I found the book hard to get into and fully enjoy, but as the book progressed and Saulo and Zarita went separate ways I became intrigued when and why they would next meet again. I found the stories of both of them interesting but near the end I preferred Zaritas story to Saulos because I found it more interesting and intriguing. I liked how both their lives were cleverly intertwined and I could tell it was well thought through and planned.

    One of my favourite characters was Zarita's aunt who was a kind and brave woman and her courage was at the height of bravery as she saves Zarita from death. At first I did not like Zarita as she came over spoilt and thoughtless but as her regret grew for her mistakes, she became a likeable character.

    I did not like Lorena's character at all as she was selfish and greedy and was cruel to Zarita even though she had done nothing wrong. I also disliked Father Bessian as he was always suspicious as he was always watching Zaritas family and asking questions. He was also cruel as he was careless about torturing people if there was a slight rumour about them being a heretic or them knowing someone who was a heretic.

    Before I read this book I had no idea what the inquisition was or anything about it, reading this book helped me learn about it in a more interesting perspective opposed to reading it in a non-fiction book. It's also giving two different opinions of two people who were affected by it and how they felt about it.

    Overall I enjoyed this book and it was a huge contrast from books I would usually read and now I might have a go at reading some more books like this. I found it compelling and thought provoking novel which I couldn’t put down, also opening my eyes to a whole new type of genre.
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    Megan T-B wrote this review Sunday, January 8, 2012. ( reply | permalink )
  • The Hunger Games
    • Rated 5 stars

    “This is the first book in the trilogy: The Hunger Games. It didn’t really seem like the sort of book I would particularly like but this book was recommended to me by a friend and she seemed determined to get me to read it. Eventually I read it and I could not put it down! I read it in, I think, two days!

    The story is set in the future where what was once known as North America has been turned into a place called Panem. Panem was originally divided into 13 districts but district 13 was destroyed because of rebellions, there are now only 12 districts. Panem is ruled by the Capitol; every year the Capitol holds a televised event known as The Hunger Games where a boy and a girl aged up to 17 from each district are chosen to enter an arena where the tributes fight to the death.

    The story is from the view of a girl called Katniss Everdeen, when the names of tributes are being pulled out of the hat, her sister, Primrose is chosen. Katniss instantly steps forward to take her sisters place seeing this as a death sentence. The story then follows Katniss’s time in the arena.

    The story was brilliant and like no other book I’ve ever read. It was fast paced and exciting; never a dull moment! Unfortunately I didn’t enjoy the two other books in the trilogy as much but I would still recommend reading them. I look forward to the film coming out in March next year.

    ”

    Megan T-B wrote this review Monday, November 28, 2011. ( reply | permalink )
  • The Death-Defying Pepper Roux
    • Rated 1 stars

    “This book was honestly one of the worst books I’ve ever read; in fact I stopped reading it half way through because I found it so unenjoyable. The book is about this boy known as Pepper Roux who was told by his aunty that he will die when he turns 14, the story the follows his journey and how on several occasions he escapes the hands of death.

    The style of the writing was confusing and difficult to understand; constantly going off plot and talking about completely irrelevant things! I have read another book by the author and I found it just as perplexing so I will definitely not be reading any more books by her!

    The plot was difficult to understand and through majority of what I read I didn’t have a clue what was going on!
    ”

    Megan T-B wrote this review Monday, November 14, 2011. ( reply | permalink )
  • Lies
    • Rated 4 stars

    “Lies is the third book of the gone series. It continues the story from Hunger from where the Gaiaphage was defeated and Drake was killed along with it. However in Lies, rumours emerge that the unmistakable silhouette of Drake has been spotted along Perdido beach and that the Gaiaphage is far from dead.
    The story is told from a third person perspective specifically homing in on the events occurring in Sam’s, Astrid’s, Mary’s, Lana’s, and Albert’s life in the FAYZ. The character Sam has taken a break from being the leader of Perdido beach after recovering from fatal wounds after his battle with Drake. During the book I feel a bit frustrated with Sam because although he’s been through a lot he wasn’t helping out as much he could of and he was making stupid, reckless choices. His character has changed from being quite a confident strong character in Gone to quite a fearful and stressed character. All the characters in general have become darker; more complex- they were equally as believable though. Every person to the smallest toddler carries a weapon. Everyone is looking out for themselves, most concerned only about getting food. They aren't hesitant to kill, either, or do what they have to stay alive. Everyone is changed though, for the worse or for the better. We are also introduced to some new characters, which makes up for the loss of some of the old ones.
    The language and sentence structure is fairly straight forward but Michael Grant was very accurate when he portrayed the desperation these kids would have in these circumstances. The main characters are around the same age as myself so it was quite relatable at times and interesting seeing what they did and what you would have done yourself.
    The story is set like a countdown, every chapter it has an amount of hours and minutes and every chapter the countdown goes down by a couple of hours or minutes. At the end of the countdown there is a big event which alters the story dramatically in some way or other. For example in Gone the big event was when Sam turned 15 and when he survived the “poof”. The plot was easy to follow however it did get a little tedious and repetitive at times. However at the end of the book I was left excited and anticipated to find out what happens in the next book, Plague. I would definitely recommend this book but of course after they had read the first two books in the series, it was an exciting and fun read which was thoroughly enjoyable.
    ”

    Megan T-B wrote this review Sunday, January 8, 2012. ( reply | permalink )
  • Out of Shadows
    • Rated 4 stars

    “I read this book for the Carneige and I really enjoyed it! The story is set in Zimbabwe in the 1980s after Africa has gained independance and a young English boy begins school there. At first I didn't think I would like this book because its not the sort of book which I normally go but I suprised myself about how much i LIked it. I would definately reccommend it! ”

    Megan T-B wrote this review Monday, October 10, 2011. ( reply | permalink )
  • Dizzy
    • Rated 3 stars

    “I enjoyed reading this book because of the fun topic but at some poiints It was very predictable and not very interesting to read. I have read alot of Cathy Cassidy and they are all have similar story lines so for that reason I would not recommend reading this. However if I was younger and hadn't read many of Cassidy's books before, I would recommend it.”

    Megan T-B wrote this review Monday, October 10, 2011. ( reply | permalink )
  • Catching Fire
    • Rated 3 stars

    “This is the second book in the trilogy, The Hunger Games. I began reading it after I read the first book which I thoroughly enjoyed because of it's unique story. So I was quite disappointed when I began reading the second book to find it was a bit slow paced and then when I continued reading it I found it quite similar. At the beggining of the book I found it slow and not very interesting to read but half way through the storyline picked up pace. At the end it became a lot more interesting as something very unexpected happened which kept me reading it. Overall I would recommend this book because I couldn't put it down at the end but I wouldn't recommend the final book in the trilogy.”

    Megan T-B wrote this review Saturday, January 7, 2012. ( reply | permalink )

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