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You will remember this bookWhether you are a fan of this genre, or have never even picked up a fictional work before - Read these books.
From the very start readers are launched into a web of lies, corruption and the amazing minds of Blomkvist; A crime detective come genius. And Salander; A computer hacker come genius. Together they are unstoppable. Or so it would appear...
I strongly recommend you purchase "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" and have a read. You will not be able to put the book down.
This, the final in the trilogy is just as wonderful, 700+ pages of wit and outsmarting major conspirators deep within the Sweedish government.
Steig Larsson had a beautiful mind and it is a great shame he will never truly witness the effects of his literature.
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Fabulous book!I finally succumbed and bought the trilogy of books... I thought, if everyone else is reading them, and loves them, then I probably will too...though I started reading the first one, The Girl with the Gragon Tattoo, and prepared myself not to expect much. How surprised I was when I was soon gripped into the story and could not put it down! Unusual for me as I can get bored easily....and I also have 'big-book-phobia' and am usually not keen on books with more than about 300 pages....and, I'm not normally in to thrillers and crime novels! The plot bounces along at a fast pace, and the characters are intriguing, especially Lisbeth Salander, who is the main and most interesting character, and who the title is based on! This first book introduces us to her, and her extraordinary 'spy' skills. The first 50 or so pages may be a bit slow, but do persevere....it really is un-put-downable! I was finding myself thinking, ''when can I get home and carry on reading my book?!'' Stieg Larsson obviously is an immensely talented author...such a shame his life came to such a sudden and unexpected end. I have finished this book and am now, without delay, reading the next book in the Millenium Trilogy! Great stuff!!! Buy it and read it, you'll love it!
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| What the...I'm... mind boggled. How the hell did this book managed to get published? Hell, how did it manage to get past first draft? It's probably one of the worst pieces of 'literature' (a term used loosely, I assure you) that I've ever had the misfortune of polluting my mind with. Featuring loosely disguised Mormon propaganda, absolutely no discernible plot and condoning of an abusive relationship, it really beggars belief that any adult would encourage and easily-influenced teenager to even touch this masterpiece of bad writing. Not to mention the lack of coherence and research prevalent and so characteristic of the entire series, I can only hope that people come to their senses before it has done much more damage on the young girls of my generation.
And for the record, I was 15 years old (and I'm female) when I first read this book and I can assure you that I have the same opinion now of it as I did back then. The only reason I cared to even finish it (arduous though that task was) was because I had wasted precious money of this thing.
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Black Maids Speak---and it's GOOD!
The Help
by Kathryn Stockett
Book Review by Jay Gilbertson
Though this novel has soared up every chart, what drew me in and kept me reading was author Stockett's risky writing technique. Using first person, (meaning the reader is seeing the world from one perspective) the novel is told through the eyes of three very different women. The tale opens in 1962 Jackson, Mississippi and if you haven't figured it out yet, the main theme concerns the domestic help--the maids.
Two out of the three characters saved this work from completely tanking; Aibileen and Minny. Though heavy on the caricature side, their voices and concerns and harsh realities were the thunder in this perfect storm of racial tension about to rip open. As the maids rub and scrub the homes of the privileged white women, they also care for their children. What's significant is the nature of these exploited maids in that they choose to love and care for them as if they were their own.
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"Mae Mobley was born on a early Sunday morning in August, 1960. A church baby we like to call it. Taking care a white babies, that's what I do, along with all the cooking and the cleaning. I done raised seventeen kids in my lifetime. I know how to get them babies to sleep, stop crying, and go in the toilet bowl before they mamas even get out a bed in the morning..."
The interaction of the `maid-network' and how they manage to find some crumbs of pride and wring a few drops of happiness out of a really rotten situation should have been the theme. Should have.
Enter Eugenia Phelan or Skeeter as everyone but her mother calls her. A college graduate with all the trimmings of a rich southern girl--minus one--no man in sight. Here is where The Help morphed into cliché-ville . Since Skeeter can't seem to attract the proper blood-line in accordance to her mother's long list of family- tie-must-haves, she realizes her only escape from the plantation is to land a book deal. She sets out to interview (steal) as many of the maid's tales of what really went on during their day. Some of the stories are brutal and filled me with shame, while a few others offered a big helping of my favorite dish; hope. That is the road this book should have taken.
In the end, Skeeter's book is a big success and off to New York, contract in hand, she goes. As for the other two women, it's not so clear. Then I learned exactly why the author was so intent on having Skeeter presented as a sugar-coated-helpful-white-lady. After the novel ends, the author had added: `Kathryn Stockett, in her own words.' Basically, Stockett limply confesses her guilt for never having asked her very own family maid this one question: What did it feel like to be black in Mississippi, working for her white family?
I would imagine she already knew...
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Simply WonderfulI couldnt wait for Nigellas book to be delivered and when it arrived I wasnt dissapointed. This is defffo her best book ever, I can understand why she is so proud of it.
I love her introduction where she tells us about her own kitchen and why we shouldnt worry if things dont match, or the workspace is overloaded with clutter that is essential to the kitchen, or not to worry if things are a little messy. Its all part of a working kitchen with new bits added all the time. I.E. fresh herbs, and new bowl of fruit, some new flavoured oil.
There are handy hints and tips on how to subsitute things that a recipe calls for but you dont have, buttermilk is one that comes to mind!! There are easy quick recipes, longer more involved recipes, recipes that I would never dream of trying but Nigella explains it all and makes me want to attempt it. Her personality really shines through in this book, when she tells us of the things she has bought and regretted (heaven knows I have done plenty of that, my ice cream maker springs to mind!!).
She sums it up pretty well by saying that cooking should not be a chore but an enjoyment even if you have had a hard day at work. One of her quick recipes will be on the table within half an hour (I know cos I have tried one!).
If you have never owned a Nigella book then I urge you to get this one, you wont be dissapointed.
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