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The selected book reviews today are a joy to read. We hope you like them!
Today, we share the works of @justfavour, @cirangela, @namiks, @malihaesha
https://peakd.com/hive-180164/@justfavour/book-review-anthills-of-the
The author explores the theme of corruption and abuse of power, the role of women in the society, and the impact of colonialism. Chinua Scheme made good use of dialogue. The play follows a chronological arrangement, making readers glued to it. Also, the author did a very good job with the character development. For me, this book gets 5 out of six stars.
https://peakd.com/hive-180164/@cirangela/book-please-never-stop-loving-memy-opinion-esp-eng
It's addictive from the first page it hooks you, I particularly fell in love 🥰 with this couple, since their first meeting so destiny, together with that map and that shared cup of coffee.I thank the writer for her subtlety to write this pink love story, the way she describes the feelings of the main characters make it too special 🥲it gives you that infinite desire of not wanting to give up to what shall they read...
https://peakd.com/hive-180164/@namiks/knight-terrors-the-joker-review-the-horrors-of-office-worklife
What stood out in the Joker story, was how his character's greatest fear was incredibly simple: he feared the loss of Batman. Joker's entire existence now thrives on the endless drama between the two, and without it, his life is reduced to a meaningless, shallow life which he considers similar to others. Have a job, climb the corporate ladder, fit in, and tell the odd joke to the co-workers. Despite him climbing the corporate ladder, little had changed about his character. He'd openly discuss his crimes to which everyone considered it water cooler and office humour. To no surprise, much of the story was focused more on the idea of comedy, and Joker's eventual boredom with life as things were going too well for him. This was quite different to the prior stories in which the stories were focused more on horror elements and gore. These events take place in dreams, of course, and an entity thrives on keeping these characters locked down in efforts to find a particular item that grants a higher power that could allow them to essentially take over reality, taking the horrors of nightmares out of dreams and into the real world. What I liked here was that Joker didn't know he was dreaming. Whereas the other characters figured it out pretty quickly.
I can say that A Walk to Remember was my favorite novel to read. I enjoyed the process of capturing the voice of a smart-alecky 17-year-old kid. Likewise with Jamie Sullivan. There was something intrinsically sweet about her character that gradually seemed to take over the book. It was also the only novel that made me cry while reading. A Walk to Remember was the only book that I'll adore most. In many ways, Jamie Sullivan represent one of my juniors from school. Like Jamie, my junior was sweet. Like Jamie, my junior had tremendously strong faith. Like Jamie, my junior loved her god. Like Jamie, my junior wasn’t popular at school. Like Jamie, my junior was always cheerful. Like Jamie, all my junior wanted in life was to get married. And like Jamie, my junior got cancer...
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