9. Author: Patrick Rothfuss. Series: The King Killer Chronicles. Number of books: total (1) Status: Ongoing. Rating: 10/10. Simply put… his book is the perfect fantasy novel, and deserves a ten out of ten, ten times. He has managed to shoot straight to the top with his very first novel, quite a stunt to pull…
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“The Taming of the Shrew” is by far the most enjoyable plays written by William Shakespeare. The characters are real and fascinating – the sweetly stupid Bianca and her hoard of suitors; Baptista, who is more engaged in selling his daughters to rich men than making them happy; the masterful and sly Petruchio; and, Katherine,…
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The Client is one of John Grisham’s great legal thrillers and definitely a page turner. Although the book drags in places and the use of some lawyer jargons can get annoying, the plot and characterization are somewhat extraordinary. The novel provides good action and character portrayals. What makes the book so good is the complex…
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As with all Charles Dickens’ major works, it is the characters that actually make the book “Great Expectations.” Dickens preferred to have the story progress through the characters, instead of having the characters become just pieces of an overriding story. What great characters they are: the constantly incongruous but essentially human Pip; the mysterious but…
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“Much Ado About Nothing” is one of William Shakespeare’s finest comedies, basically because it often hangs off his clever wordplay and zinger-filled dialogue (such as, “I see, lady, the gentleman is not in your books.” “No; and he were, I would burn my study.”) There are some hilarious scenes where Benedick distresses over the difficulty…
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