Review : Unwind by Neal Shusterman

Unwind by Neal Shusterman
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

When children can be 'unwound' after they turn a certain age, the lines of what is right and wrong are blurred. A war changed everything and human life was offered as a token for survival, that we never really die if we're unwound. For those who have been healed with those who have been unwound, they live on within us. Millions of lives are saved but at what cost?

The story caught me from the very being to be honest. There's not too many male characters that I cheer for very often but the first character Conner caught me from the very beginning. Risa was the second. Lev not so much but I still felt for the poor kid. Their stories entwined so drastically I never knew what was actually going to happen next.

The plot line kept me guessing and I love stories like that. It also got me thinking and part of me was a little freaked out at the unwinding. I was curious when I read about it but when the time finally came, I was disturbed and thought at how horrible it actually was. Sure it saves lives but at that cost? And what of the memories of the unwound? I couldn't have it.

All in all, I'd definitely read this story again and any after that!

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More reviews! Yay! Now all I need to do is just get my ass in gear to do things other than a random review here and there.

Review : The Last Dragon by Jane Yolen

The Last Dragon by Jane Yolen
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I've read some of Jane Yolen's works and I was quite interested in reading this graphic novel. And the artwork only added to the want as well!

The story line was wonderfully created. Tansy was a character I fell in love with because she was such a dreamer but such a loving character. Her mother may not have had the patience with her but her father felt she could become the next healer of their town. Everything was going well until a beast came to their town and people and animals began disappearing. She was one character that seemed to keep their cool the best when it came to defeating the Dragon that came to feed.

Personally I loved the simple story behind this work. It flowed beautifully and when paired with the art work it left me wanting to look at pages forever. It has such a flowy, art nouveau type style to me that I almost fell in love instantly. I don't think this story would have worked as well with another's art work. Stand alone as a short story and I would have read it reguardless because of the author but the art just did it for me.

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So horrible at writing reviews any more. I finished this ages ago and yet her I am posting this now. Blah.

A ranty little post......

because I can. So, a little background first off. My partner worked with this family who was looking for a child care giver to help with their child's english, it was their third language. She worked with him for 2-ish year before handing him off to me because she gained a full time job and couldn't take the extra hours. Now, it's been almost fours years since we've worked with him and that's really not what I'm ranting about. What I'm ranting about is today when I worked with him we had a small battle of wills about what work his mother sat out for him. The work was to read one chapter of a really easy chapter book.

The Missing Mummy by Ron Roy
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

A cute little mystery book. It held a good bit of suspense for a small book. I'd read it again with another child or read another of the series without hesitation.

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Now, he only had to read one chapter. It was six pages and he fought tooth and nail not to read. That bothered me the most. I love reading. I would read over most anything else in all honesty and here is a child that is trying to refuse to read! What in the world is going on with children today? I know things are going digital but that shouldn't mean you don't want to read. Reading helped me escape a lot of the time because I know I didn't have a lot of toys and what not sometimes to play with when I was eight or whatever. I always had books though. But anymore children don't even seem to be on their grade level with reading. I know english isn't his first or even second language but he's been working with us enough to have a firm hold on it and should want to read if only just because.

I'm really sad that children have become like this though. Parents are getting their children into reading (his are trying really really hard to) and schools seem to not be pushing to try to get kids interested in reading like we used to be.

So, that's my little rant. I hate that children don't have the drive to read and there are some really fantastically good books out there to read too!

Book Review : Inheritance by Christopher Paolini

Inheritance by Christopher Paolini
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I received this book as a Christmas and had been anticipating it since I finished the last book. I cracked it open and realized, I had totally forgotten what was in the last book! Bad me. I dove right in anyway.

The first thing I thought was that there was war. I get war, they are in the middle of it. The battles were well executed. I enjoyed the character change as well, but some times it was irksome when in the middle of the battle when the character changed point of view.

But the final battle was brilliant. I never expected it at all. It was a fantastic end to a most hated man. A very fitting end as well. But leading up to it, the trial Eragon faced, was kinda meh. It was just thrown in there kinda randomly to me and I was not very impressed.

And the end seemed quite drawn out to me. Though I am quite happy that it did not just end with a happily ever after. The path to 'what next' after a war was brilliant. The problems, the pressures and the final decisions. Wonderfully done and the very last chapter left so much open for people to wonder.

Now halfway through the story I looked at it and wondered when it was going to end. That probably was the reason why I rated it so low. It was just never ending and I actually found myself slightly bored till the end.

I'd read this again, but only after I've read the rest of the series again. Maybe then I'd be a bit more excited about it.

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