Drusilla

• Rated 4 stars

“I read it for a class for my MFA, it explains the most important theories of communication thoroughly and simply. It's not a fun read, but definitely illustrating.”

Drusilla wrote this review Saturday, March 31, 2012. ( reply | permalink )

• Rated 3 stars

“I read it for a Mass Media Communications Theory class. I found it to be too abstract in the way it treats its subject, but rhetorics are abstract by nature, so I'm guessing I shouldn't hold it against it.”

Drusilla wrote this review Friday, March 16, 2012. ( reply | permalink )

• Rated 4 stars

“I read for a media writing class. It's a very illuminating effort, very useful for moments when you need to consult for common doubts of the language.”

Drusilla wrote this review Friday, March 16, 2012. ( reply | permalink )

• Rated 5 stars

“Loved it from beginning to end. The characters are well developed. The story is original, like nothing I've ever read before and it does not need of foolish gimmicks to make me stay interested. Everything has a reason and an explanation, Collins wrote it with some serious thought process like a real writer should. ”

Drusilla wrote this review Saturday, June 18, 2011. ( reply | permalink )

• Rated 4 stars

“I read it in two seats while listening to the audio book which is read by Neil Patrick Harris himself, whom I completely adore. Both are hillarious, but I actually wish I hadn't listened to the audio book because at times it felt overdone and a bit annoying. Regardless, the book itself is wonderful and deliciously full of cleverness.”

Drusilla wrote this review Tuesday, May 10, 2011. ( reply | permalink )

• Rated 5 stars

“I'm so glad I gave Hemingway a chance. I had always judge him by The Old Man and the Sea and after reading other things by him I realize now that that was, clearly, a mistake. There are so many great quotes in this book, it even feels like a guide book to life. I really enjoyed it through and through, yet I have to point out the parts where he talks about Fitzgerald, as the best parts of the book, not only were they the most entertaining, but also, they were the ones that seemed truest to me.”

Drusilla wrote this review Thursday, March 17, 2011. ( reply | permalink )

• Rated 5 stars

“I read this in my Senior year in college, for an American Literature/Lost Generation class. I do not regret it. I'd never been a fan of Hemingway because before this the only book I had tried to read of his was The Old Man and the Sea, which I never even finished. But I have to say that this is truly a masterpiece. The story in itself is not much, and at times there were too many details for so very little going on, or so irrelevance of what was going on. Yet, Hemingway crafted so very real characters, everyone is a hero and everyone is a villain, all of them victims and prosecutors at one point of the story. On that note, the ending will go down in history as one of my favorite endings ever. ”

Drusilla wrote this review Wednesday, March 16, 2011. ( reply | permalink )

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• Rated 3 stars

“It's brilliantly written, there's no doubt that Vance really went through an immense thought process while writing Languages of Pao. The story is entertaining and the craftsmanship of the universe, races, planets, languages, traits, etc is seriously something else. I liked the book, but I can't say I want to read it again. Not yet, at least. There's too much intellectuality and, as terrible as it sounds, it takes a bit away from the actual story. What I mean is, that while it is well written and well thought and the story is cool, the fact that there are so many technical elements takes away from the actual point of the story telling. At times it even felt as a text book rather than a novel, not always, but a couple of times.”

Drusilla wrote this review Monday, March 14, 2011. ( reply | view 1 replies | permalink )

• Rated 3 stars

“I can't say i loved the book. It was entertaining and it dwells on a very interesting subject, yet it fails at developing it to capacity. It relies too much on the "high school" aspect of the story rather than going deeper in the alien world it mentions. The writing wasn't bad, just lethargic and bland. The character construction was pretty good, although I found myself loving more the supporting characters rather than the two protagonists.”

Drusilla wrote this review Sunday, March 6, 2011. ( reply | permalink )

• Rated 4 stars

“I read this on my senior year of college while taking an American English Lit course. I had always wanted to read Mark Twain's work and I don't regret doing so. The characters are all so sweet and the story is so relevant to its time and place. It was at time a tough read because of the vernacular used but it was well worth the time I put into it.”

Drusilla wrote this review Sunday, March 6, 2011. ( reply | permalink )