Last book you read that made you go WOW!
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The Handmaid's Tale. It's absolutely amazing to see how a book from the Eighties draws so many parallels to what is happening in the world today. It's so much of a WOW factor that it's actually quite frightening.
Most recent would definitely be A Game of Thrones, I have read the first two books and will start the third this weekend. While I liked A Clash of Kings I think the first book is more shocking because I didn't expect all the twists that occurred in the first book. Looking forward to a storm of sword though.
That would be the second to last book that made me go 'WOW!'Frostbite3789 said:
The Freys at the wedding. Enough said
Last book to make me go 'WOW!'? Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. It takes a while to get going, but when it gets going you will be gripped right until the end. I recommend this to anyone who likes their violence brutal and their characters flawed. Really is a masterpiece.
Anything written by Brandon Sanderson. I started off reading The Way of Kings in his new Stormlight Archives series and now im going through the Mistborn series while I wait for him to finish the other one. The really cool thing is that all the series he's written are linked together rather subtly even though every series is set in a different world. Really though I just like the way that he can not only be rather witty but never fails to surprise you just when you think you've figured everything out.
The last book I read was Hunger Games and I did really enjoy it.
I made the mistake of then going to see the movie (Which was perfectly alright by its own merits) but a failure as an adaptation.
I don't understand why people adapt things if they're just going to change all the important stuff. I mean: Kids brutally kill each other in a reality show setting. Is a broad enough idea that you can make your own movie out of it with out using the framework of another story. Especially if you're going to change all the important character beats.
Oh wait money.
Was this thread supposed to be about books? Hunger Games then!
I read it over the course of like 18 hours, so it held my attention really well.
I don't usually go for the whole first person narration thing, but I enjoyed it here.
And this is one of the few books I've heard of, that's in first person and doesn't break POV. So I appreciated that.
The thing I really liked about it was that it uses the (Disclaimer: I'm about to use movie words, because I don't know the book word equivalencies, So I'm still talking about the book here) It uses the scripting instead of the acting to get character personalities and motivation across. Most books will have a pretty standard line and use "She said, she yelled, she hissed etc" to let you know how the character's feeling. But in Hunger Games you can tell a lot about the characters by the words they say. It makes for a far more interesting read than relying on implied inflection on the part of the author.
I made the mistake of then going to see the movie (Which was perfectly alright by its own merits) but a failure as an adaptation.
I don't understand why people adapt things if they're just going to change all the important stuff. I mean: Kids brutally kill each other in a reality show setting. Is a broad enough idea that you can make your own movie out of it with out using the framework of another story. Especially if you're going to change all the important character beats.
Oh wait money.
Was this thread supposed to be about books? Hunger Games then!
I read it over the course of like 18 hours, so it held my attention really well.
I don't usually go for the whole first person narration thing, but I enjoyed it here.
And this is one of the few books I've heard of, that's in first person and doesn't break POV. So I appreciated that.
The thing I really liked about it was that it uses the (Disclaimer: I'm about to use movie words, because I don't know the book word equivalencies, So I'm still talking about the book here) It uses the scripting instead of the acting to get character personalities and motivation across. Most books will have a pretty standard line and use "She said, she yelled, she hissed etc" to let you know how the character's feeling. But in Hunger Games you can tell a lot about the characters by the words they say. It makes for a far more interesting read than relying on implied inflection on the part of the author.
Finished Name of the Wind and Wise Man's Fear about a month ago, both were pretty impressive. Currently re-reading Snow Crash. I'd forgotten how friggin awesome that book is. It's like someone took everything cool in the entire world and then turned it into a book.
I started reading the A Song of Ice and Fire (Game of Thrones) books about a a month and a half ago, and I just finished A Dance With Dragons, and WOW pretty much sums up the entire series so far.
Also someone on the thread said that George hates happiness and I lol'd. It is very true.
Also someone on the thread said that George hates happiness and I lol'd. It is very true.
A Game of Thrones, particularly A Storm of Swords, kept me reading. Other than that, the third graphic novel of the Unwritten series was fantastic. And the Hunger Games, of course. Can't forget those.
It wasn't a book, it was an essay titled "Driving off the Map" by James Clinton Howell. It's awesome.
But for books: What's the Matter with Kansas by Thomas Frank.
But for books: What's the Matter with Kansas by Thomas Frank.
I would say that the last book that made me say wow was the original Malazan series by Steven Erikson - I just really liked the epic scope of the books and the awesome universe that he co-created. I also read one of the Dragon Age books recently, which i found surprisingly good (its the one set immediately before Origins, but I can't remember its name).
You should definitely go out and buy the rest of the original trilogy and then buy the fourth book about Agincourt as well (which they are also making into a movie)- you won't regret it.geK0 said:
Mogworld.
You can't insult it here or Yahtzee will personally burn your house down (pretty sure he said that at some point)
You can't insult it here or Yahtzee will personally burn your house down (pretty sure he said that at some point)