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Adam Burgess
Harry Potter & The Prisoner of Azkaban Final Verdict: 3.5 out of 4.0 Plot/Story: 3 – Plot/Story is interesting & believable. The third novel in the infamous Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling incorporates many of the same elements and characters as books one… Continue Reading “Review: Harry Potter & The Prisoner of Azkaban”
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Final Verdict: 3.25 out of 4.0 Plot/Story (3 of 4): “3 – Plot/Story is interesting & believable.” In the second book of the series, Harry and his friends – Ron and Hermione- find themselves again involved in… Continue Reading “Review: Harry Potter & The Chamber of Secrets”
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Final Verdict: 3.25 out of 4.0 Plot/Story (3 of 4): “3 – Plot/Story is interesting & believable.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone is the first in the Harry Potter septology by J.K. Rowling. While the novel is… Continue Reading “Review: Harry Potter & The Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling”
Summary The Magicians by Lev Grossman is a curious fantasy novel, in that it is almost the anti-fantasy novel. The style is the fantasy-equivalent to literary Realism (capital R). Despite the fanciful creatures and mysterious worlds, The Magicians approaches magic in a “business-as-usual” manner. The main character,… Continue Reading “Review: The Magicians by Lev Grossman”
Summary: For Whom the Bell Tolls is the fifth of Hemingway’s works (not including short stories) that I’ve gotten through. Out of two novellas (The Torrents of Spring and Old Man and the Sea) and two other novels (The Sun Also Rises and A… Continue Reading “Review: For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway”
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