Holes review

[alobear]

Kindly donated to the Alobear Reading Frenzy by lareinemisere, Holes was devoured in ninety minutes. lareinemisere has already reviewed it and I concur with all her points, so I won't repeat them here. It's well-written and nicely structured - but I have to admit I thought the explanation behind the detention camp was a little mundane. I think I've been watching too much Lost!

Comments

[prunesquallormd.livejournal.com]

I loved the film, and several people have told me the book's well worth a look.
When I clear some of my seemingly endless unread book pile (I'm always very jealous of people who can finish a book in a few hours - it takes me *ages*) I shall be sure to check it out.

[alobear.livejournal.com]

I've always been a fast reader, but my reading seems to have stepped up a gear this year for some reason. I'm not sure it's always a good thing - I read books so quickly that they don't stick in my mind very well, so I don't tend to remember them for long.

At least that means I can read the really good ones again, though, and still be surprised!

[quintus-marcius.livejournal.com]

But how do you know which are the really good ones?

[alobear.livejournal.com]

Because they're the ones I keep. :o)

[alobear.livejournal.com]

I do have a very bad habit of speeding up towards the end of a book, so that I end up missing things and not giving the conclusion the time it deserves. And I try very hard not to give in to that. Generally, I'm not deliberately reading fast - it's just that currently I'm spending more time reading on a daily basis than I was before.

But yes, absorbing lots of different things does help nudge my brain into a creative direction.

[prunesquallormd.livejournal.com]

I suppose that's one good thing about taking a couple of weeks or more over a book - they do tend to lodge themselves in your brain...