Monday, 24 January 2011
Black Bazar, par Alain Mabanckou
Wednesday, 5 January 2011
The Well of Ascension - and - The Hero of Ages, by Brandon Sanderson
[Spoiler]
I really enjoyed Mistborn, the first volume of Brandon Sanderson's trilogy. I even read it three times, and managed to convince myself that it was ok for Kelsier to have died so early in the story. I liked Vin better anyways. Elend started to look bleh but whatever. So I eagerly ordered the next two volumes and read them just as eagerly.
The Well of Ascension was ok. Some level of pessimism, but then it's the middle volume of the trilogy, so hope in the fantasy world has to get low before it can get raised again in the last volume. We learn of cool things, and that compensates for the losses within the main characters.
Then comes the last book and we learn even more secrets. That's very enjoyable. The situation gets more and more bleak as we get closer to the end, with most of the world now dying. And then the mists get into Vin and she becomes their conscience. And all of the army dies. And Elend dies. And Vin dies (but so does the conscience of the dark side of the force). And then Sazed takes the power, becomes god and sets the earth right again. Perfect clear blue skies, beautiful green grass, healthy and Mistborn Spook. Really.
With such a crazy miracle end, did the main characters really have to die ???
I really enjoyed Mistborn, the first volume of Brandon Sanderson's trilogy. I even read it three times, and managed to convince myself that it was ok for Kelsier to have died so early in the story. I liked Vin better anyways. Elend started to look bleh but whatever. So I eagerly ordered the next two volumes and read them just as eagerly.
The Well of Ascension was ok. Some level of pessimism, but then it's the middle volume of the trilogy, so hope in the fantasy world has to get low before it can get raised again in the last volume. We learn of cool things, and that compensates for the losses within the main characters.
Then comes the last book and we learn even more secrets. That's very enjoyable. The situation gets more and more bleak as we get closer to the end, with most of the world now dying. And then the mists get into Vin and she becomes their conscience. And all of the army dies. And Elend dies. And Vin dies (but so does the conscience of the dark side of the force). And then Sazed takes the power, becomes god and sets the earth right again. Perfect clear blue skies, beautiful green grass, healthy and Mistborn Spook. Really.
With such a crazy miracle end, did the main characters really have to die ???
Friday, 17 December 2010
Concerto à la mémoire d'un ange, par Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
Sunday, 28 November 2010
Sexe, diamants et plus si affinités..., par Lauren Weisberger
Friday, 19 November 2010
Le rapport Gabriel, par Jean D'ormesson
J'ai trouvé la 1ere moitié vraiment ennuyante parce que je ne connaissais pas grand chose à ce qui était raconté et le fil directeur était inexistant. Je me demandais aussi ce que c'était que cette histoire d'un dieu qui est content de s'être fait vénérer par les humains pendant des millénaires sous tout un tas de formes et qui pique sa crise parce que les humains ne le respectent maintenant plus assez.
La deuxième moitié du livre, plus contemporaine (avec une partie de l'histoire du Figaro et de présidents de la France) m'a déjà plus intéressée. J'ai même commencé à prendre goût au ton du livre.
Au final, c'est un livre qui requiert beaucoup plus de culture générale que je n'ai (ok c'est pas difficile) pour être apprécié.
Wednesday, 20 October 2010
La Centrale, par Elisabeth Filhol
Eh bien non, l'histoire se passe en France, de nos jours, dans nos centrales nucléaires. On découvre à travers la vie d'un intérimaire le travail dans les centrales, à quel point il est dangereux et minant. J'ai trouvé le ton très sobre, et cela retranscrivait bien l'attitude de plus en plus détachée et/ou désespérée du narrateur.
Mais où va-t-on avec toutes ces centrales ?
Tuesday, 5 October 2010
Messieurs les enfants, par Daniel Pennac
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