book review
Books reviews of the best science fiction stories, texts, educational texts, and journals.
The ACOTAR Curse
ACOTAR, or A Court of Thorns and Roses, by Sarah J Maas, is easily one of the more controversial books I have seen. I have never seen a series or author that has as many ardent fans or anti-stans. On one hand, you have people who will overlook every problem with the book. On the other, you have people who hate it with a passion and go out of their way to let people know they hate it. I mean, part of it is understandable--this is the series that spawned the 'soap dick' controversy, it is massive. But that's not what I want to talk about today.
By Melissa in the Blue5 years ago in Futurism
Cursed: An Anthology - Review
What’s It About? Cursed is a fantasy anthology edited by Marie O’Regan and Paul Kane and published in 2020 by fantasy publishers Titan Books. It contains twenty stories themed around the idea of being cursed, from reimaginings of Sleeping Beauty and Hansel and Gretel to stories about “screaming skulls” and vampire zombies. The authors range from fantasy icons such as Neil Gaiman and Jane Yolen to more overlooked writers. Seven of the stories in Cursed (‘Troll Bridge’, ‘The Black Fairy’s Curse’, ‘Wendy, Darling’, ‘Fairy Werewolf Vs. Vampire Zombie’, ‘Look Inside’, ‘Little Red’ and ‘Hated’) were originally written for older anthology series, but the rest were created especially for this collection.
By Fairy Tale Fanboy5 years ago in Futurism
The Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenseller
Themes: fairytale, fantasy, fiction, classism, caste system, kingdoms & conquest, murder mystery, scheming/plotting, antihero, usurping the throne, kings/courts, villains, female heroines, love story, women’s rights
By Kayleigh Harrier5 years ago in Futurism
Book Review: “Lonely Castle in the Mirror” by Mizuki Tsujimura
I have read many of these strange and twisted books in my time in which ideas of parallel universes and strange differences in worlds get tossed around now and again. I think that the best one of these and possibly one of my personal favourite books of all time was David Mitchell’s “Cloud Atlas” in which the theory of time is explored through a more modern investigation into the butterfly effect and into reincarnation theory. Past and present lives both have an impact on the future no matter how big or small the situation may be. Post-modernist literature lends its hand to so many different ways of telling said stories whether that is out of time order or out of order of worlds and universes. Shows such as “Dark” and “Sense 8” on Netflix have been known to explore the subject of many worlds as well, with the ideas of time mixed up so that the audience should figure it out before the climax and finale. When we explore these books and shows as the audience, we already know we are looking for something twisted and almost overly complex. I had no idea that this was going to be the case in this recent book I had finished entitled “Lonely Castle in the Mirror” by Mizuki Tsujimura.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Futurism
Novella Series 1 (Part 1)
For this review I will be splitting the novella series into three parts, since it somewhat naturally divides itself into Warhammer 40,000, Fantasy / Age of Sigmar and Others. This time I will be talking about the 40,000 books, which are The Bloodied Rose by Dannie Ware, Steel Daemon by Ian St. Martin and Auric Gods by Nick Kyme.
By David Heyman5 years ago in Futurism
5 Life Lessons from the book The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
So often do we see such kind of advertisements, where a suited-up man steps out of a Lamborghini and says, “Do you want to live the life of your dreams? I earned all the money from in last 5 years by trading bitcoins blah blah…..You can do it too. I will tell you 5 secrets to this achievement.” And the advertisement ends with him leaving in a private jet along with two beautiful ladies. He might even mention how he was a loser like yourself.
By Vaibhav Bhosle5 years ago in Futurism
The Beautiful One Has Come
My journey as a writer so far has been one riddled with mistakes. This video alone, I've submitted 4 times. Each time for a different reason. First, my text wasn't long enough. Then I didn't embed the video. Next, I changed the length. Lastly, I added music and actually edited the text. With each new submission came the same realization. I have no idea what I'm doing. That was even a title to one of my posts, "I Have No Idea What I'm Doing." But you know what? I'm learning things about myself that I never knew and learning new skill sets that I held no interest in in the past.
By Maize Scott5 years ago in Futurism
Homo Deus and My Head-Spinning Moments
I’m actually re-reading “Homo Deus” by Yuval Noah Harari. If you aren’t familiar with it or him, he’s the historian who wrote the best selling “Sapiens” a few years back which told the story of Homo Sapiens based on what we know from 70,000 years ago up until the present. “Homo Deus” is more of a futurist take on what humans (at least some of us) might become in 25–300 years or so.
By Steve B Howard5 years ago in Futurism
