Dantrag's Book Reviews, You can even add your own! Options

[Dantrag]

This thread is for sharing your knowledge of books with others and saying what you think of them. Maybe even have some healthy discussions!

My reviews in no particular order (using a 5 star rating system that is highly biased) :

1. Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien

5 stars.

-a true classic. Tolkien is most definately the father of what we call fantasy today. His plots are excellent, his world is beatifully created (with a history! Silmarillion = history book) and described, and his characters constantly develop. All around great author.

2. Wheel of Time Series by Robert Jordan

4 1/2 stars

-I haven't finished these yet, but what I've read are amazing. As the books progress, he adds too many characters, and the story slows down quite a bit, but still well worth the read so far.

3. Sword of Truth Series by Terry Godkind

4 stars

-Excellent series with underlying philisophical viewpoints on capitalism and such. The plot is good and keeps you interested, though there are a few things taken straight out of Robert Jordan books. There are a couple books towards the middle that are pretty tedious reads, but the series as a whole is great.

4. A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin

5 stars

-in my opinion, this rivals Tolkien, though it is an extremely different type of fantasy. There are so many twists in the plot; main characters getting killed to name one. The book focuses on the fight among six factions to gain the recently vacated throne. Factions get knocked out, and new ones form almost in the blink of an eye. If you like political intrigue mixed in with magic and battles, this book is highly recommended.

5. The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells.

5 stars

-H.G. Wells was a freaking genius. His use of the english language is astounding, and his descroptions of things such as the martian fighting machines, and even the martians themselves make it easy to picture them in you mind. Besides that, he is writing about giant robots and the like in 1896. Genius. It's said that he wrote the book as a sort of protest against the Black War that had happened in Tasmania in which the Europeans killed off an entire race of aborigine. He put the Europeans under similar conditions from the Martians that the tasmanians experienced under the europeans.

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[Wurlon]

Angels & Demons - Dan Brown

5 stars

This book uses the same characters as in The Da Vinci Code, but for a much different plot. It tells of how an underground anti-catholic church group, the Illuminati, steal antimatter and plant it in the Vatican. The rest you'll have to read, but I found it to be an intriging book with a lot of cool ideas in it. I would recommend it for people who like historical-fiction.


Watership Down - Richard Adams

3 stars

I was actually forced to read this book for English class, and I feel it is actuallly worth mentioning! It is a story of a rabbit and his brother, who see a premonition that their warren will be destroyed and flee to find a new home. They follow a dangerous trek to what they would call a new home. THe book is actually okay, you have to like rabbits a lot and like slower moving plots, but it does have a little kick to it. Maybe the girls in here could read it... and also, it is a very easy to read book. But I'm not stupid, my English teacher is retarded where she wants to jam as many classics into our head before the year is up, which she has not done.

This post has been edited by Wurlon: Feb 26 2006, 03:35 PM