【英文是用来啃的…】
Kiss Your Dentist Goodbye 豆瓣
作者: Phillips, Ellie 2010 - 3
This book shows readers that dental problems, including discoloured and unattractive teeth, can easily be controlled - without pain, flossing or big dental bills. Dr Ellie Phillips has developed a low-cost system to strengthen your teeth and keep them healthy and without big bills! Her simple, preventive program has just three steps: use Xylitol - a sweetener derived from a natural sugar found in plant and vegetable fibres - to eliminate bacteria; use well-tested mouth rinses to further eliminate bacteria and control the acidity in your mouth; and, avoid foods, drinks, and situations that weaken tooth enamel, and consume protective, healing foods to build it up. Traditional dentistry cannot prevent cavities or eliminate gum disease. But this do-it-yourself treatment plan can. Using the products Dr Phillips recommends, in the way she describes, reduces plaque build-up, strengthens tooth enamel, repairs small cavities, eliminates tooth sensitivity, and improves the way your teeth look. Who wouldn't love clean, whiter, healthier teeth?
2020年2月6日 已读
本来打算把知识点稍微汇总一下写书评的,但感觉只会拖下去- - 作者能把各种remineralisation的research写成可读性不错的书,感觉很厉害。工作之后会觉得厉害的practitioner一般是在充分了解evidence-based practice的情况下,也有选择的使用和gather practice-based evidence, 当然方向可能会走错,但只遵循evidence-based practice的结果就是会很保守。作者应该就是属于这种。目前自己主要是吃过东西之后及时吃xylitol gum,能明显发现牙垢和舌垢少很多。要不要floss这种帮派之争我倒是很无所谓,毕竟推了这么多年都没有evidence效果也不好233,想起来就用想不起来就算了~
【学】杂 【英文是用来啃的…】
Zen To Done 豆瓣
8.0 (8 个评分) 作者: Leo Babauta CreateSpace 2008 - 7
Zen To Done takes the best aspects of a few popular productivity systems (Getting Things Done, 7 Habits and others) and combines them with the mandate of simplicity. It makes things as simple as possible, and no more. Zen To Done is a simple system to get you more organized and productive, and keep your life saner and less stressed, with a set of habits. ZTD teaches you: * The key habits needed to be productive, organized, and simplified... and no more than that. * How to implement these key habits... tips on forming a habit. * How to organize these habits into a simple system that will keep everything in your life in its place. * How to simplify what you need to do. * Includes an even simpler version called Minimal ZTD. Dozens of readers have written to me with comments about how ZTD has changed their lives, made them more organized and less stressed, and has worked better than other productivity systems. It’s definitely worth a try.
2020年2月6日 已读
可能是因为没有读完/读过GTD和7 Habits的问题,本书并没有足够的rationale和描述让我有动力开始用这个系统- - Habit具体怎么实行也轻轻带过。一次一个habit也很莫名其妙,比如从第一个habit collect开始,连续尝试一个月,这期间也不process,结果就是打开list就会被overwhelm掉啊。建立新习惯本来也很难,作者也都是一副都靠你们自己啦,这都做不好我也没办法的感觉- - 如果之后有机会看完GTD和7 Habits可能会翻翻这本感受一下,但作为一个单独的系统真的感觉不太行。作为对比的话,同时在看的Simply Clean就写得很棒了~
【学】杂 【英文是用来啃的…】
His Dark Materials 豆瓣 Goodreads
9.2 (5 个评分) 作者: Philip Pullman Laurel Leaf Library 2003 - 9
Published in 40 countries, Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy – The Golden Compass , The Subtle Knife , and The Amber Spyglass – has graced the New York Times , Wall Street Journal , San Francisco Chronicle , Book Sense , and Publishers Weekly bestseller lists.

The Golden Compass forms the first part of a story in three volumes. The first volume is set in a world like ours, but different in many ways. The second volume is set partly in the world we know. The third moves between many worlds.

In The Golden Compass, readers meet 11-year-old Lyra Belacqua, a precocious orphan growing up within the precincts of Jordan College in Oxford, England. It quickly becomes clear that Lyra's Oxford is not precisely like our own—nor is her world. In Lyra's world, everyone has a personal dæmon, a lifelong animal familiar. This is a world in which science, theology and magic are closely intertwined.

The Subtle Knife is the second part of the trilogy that began with The Golden Compass . That first book was set in a world like ours, but different. This book begins in our own world.

In The Subtle Knife, readers are introduced to Will Parry, a young boy living in modern-day Oxford, England. Will is only twelve years old, but he bears the responsibilities of an adult. Following the disappearance of his explorer-father, John Parry, during an expedition in the North, Will became parent, provider and protector to his frail, confused mother. And it's in protecting her that he becomes a murderer, too: he accidentally kills a man who breaks into their home to steal valuable letters written by John Parry. After placing his mother in the care of a kind friend, Will takes those letters and sets off to discover the truth about his father.

The Amber Spyglass brings the intrigue of The Golden Compass and The Subtle Knife to a heartstopping close, marking the third and final volume as the most powerful of the trilogy. Along with the return of Lyra, Will, Mrs. Coulter, Lord Asriel, Dr. Mary Malone, and Iorek Byrnison the armored bear, The Amber Spyglass introduces a host of new characters: the Mulefa, mysterious wheeled creatures with the power to see Dust; Gallivespian Lord Roke, a hand-high spy-master to Lord Asriel; and Metatron, a fierce and mighty angel. And this final volume brings startling revelations, too: the painful price Lyra must pay to walk through the land of the dead, the haunting power of Dr. Malone's amber spyglass, and the names of who will live—and who will die—for love. And all the while, war rages with the Kingdom of Heaven, a brutal battle that—in its shocking outcome—will reveal the secret of Dust.
2020年1月28日 已读
(2020.01) 看完原著感觉可能没法看下一季剧了- - 剧里感觉逻辑不顺的地方,果然还是过于rush了,书里还是很合理的。剧里相对比较好的可能是更早引入了另一个世界的故事。应该会先看第二季的书再决定要不要看剧。
【英文是用来啃的…】 【娱】科幻&奇幻
Gods of Risk 豆瓣
作者: James S.A. Corey Orbit 2012 - 9
As tension between Mars and Earth mounts, and terrorism plagues the Martian city of Londres Nova, sixteen-year-old David Draper is fighting his own lonely war. A gifted chemist vying for a place at the university, David leads a secret life as a manufacturer for a ruthless drug dealer. When his friend Leelee goes missing, leaving signs of the dealer's involvement, David takes it upon himself to save her. But first he must shake his aunt Bobbie Draper, an ex-marine who has been set adrift in her own life after a mysterious series of events nobody is talking about. Set in the hard-scrabble solar system of Leviathan Wakes and Caliban's War, Chemistry deepens James S. A. Corey's acclaimed Expanse series.
2019年12月31日 已读
(2019.16) 看过第四季回头再看这部就还勉强能看下去,但单独作为novella感觉比较无聊,也没有对mars做更深刻的刻画。谁要看小屁孩每天搞化学想妹子啊233
【英文是用来啃的…】 【娱】科幻&奇幻
Cibola Burn 豆瓣
7.0 (5 个评分) 作者: James S.A. Corey Orbit 2014 - 6
ENTER A NEW FRONTIER.
"An empty apartment, a missing family, that's creepy. But this is like finding a military base with no one on it. Fighters and tanks idling on the runway with no drivers. This is bad juju. Something wrong happened here. What you should do is tell everyone to leave."
The gates have opened the way to a thousand new worlds and the rush to colonize has begun. Settlers looking for a new life stream out from humanity's home planets. Ilus, the first human colony on this vast new frontier, is being born in blood and fire.
Independent settlers stand against the overwhelming power of a corporate colony ship with only their determination, courage, and the skills learned in the long wars of home. Innocent scientists are slaughtered as they try to survey a new and alien world. The struggle on Ilus threatens to spread all the way back to Earth.
James Holden and the crew of his one small ship are sent to make peace in the midst of war and sense in the midst of chaos. But the more he looks at it, the more Holden thinks the mission was meant to fail.
And the whispers of a dead man remind him that the great galactic civilization that once stood on this land is gone. And that something killed it.
2019年12月28日 已读
(2019.15) 第一次读的时候读了几章觉得太过平淡,就放弃读书等剧了。结果这部剧本全崩,对比之下脑补着剧的画面,书反而变得好看了很多。宁愿剧是按这个方向发展的。剧对interlude的处理还不错,书真的是难看哭了233
【英文是用来啃的…】 【娱】科幻&奇幻
The Churn 豆瓣
作者: James S.A. Corey Orbit
Before his trip to the stars, before the Rocinante, Amos Burton was confined to a Baltimore where crime paid you or killed you. Unless the authorities got to you first.
Set in the hard-scrabble solar system of the Expanse, The Churn deepens James S. A. Corey's acclaimed series.
2019年12月28日 已读
补填。Amos的历史。Novella里可读性目前最高的一本了。感觉对Amos了解更多还蛮好,但仍然是POV下还要novella,感觉笔力很有问题,人物也没有留白。
【英文是用来啃的…】 【娱】科幻&奇幻
The Butcher of Anderson Station 豆瓣
作者: James S.A. Corey Orbit
A new story set in the world of The Expanse. One day, Colonel Fred Johnson will be hailed as a hero to the system. One day, he will meet a desperate man in possession of a stolen spaceship and a deadly secret and extend a hand of friendship. But long before he became the leader of the Outer Planets Alliance, Fred Johnson had a very different name. The Butcher of Anderson Station.
This is his story.
2019年12月28日 已读
去年读的novella,没有意识到有单独的条目,补填。虽然有单独的novella蛮萌的,但POV设定下还要用novella就显得作者笔力很弱了。剧的处理就棒很多。
【英文是用来啃的…】 【娱】科幻&奇幻
The Testaments 豆瓣
7.6 (26 个评分) 作者: [加拿大] 玛格丽特·阿特伍德 Chatto & Windus 2019 - 9
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE
Margaret Atwood's dystopian masterpiece, The Handmaid's Tale, has become a modern classic—and now she brings the iconic story to a dramatic conclusion in this riveting sequel.
More than fifteen years after the events of The Handmaid's Tale, the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power, but there are signs it is beginning to rot from within. At this crucial moment, the lives of three radically different women converge, with potentially explosive results.
Two have grown up as part of the first generation to come of age in the new order. The testimonies of these two young women are joined by a third voice: a woman who wields power through the ruthless accumulation and deployment of secrets.
As Atwood unfolds The Testaments, she opens up the innermost workings of Gilead as each woman is forced to come to terms with who she is, and how far she will go for what she believes.
2019年11月14日 已读
(2019.14) 跟上一部相比显得有点fanfiction了。虽然作者一定程度地参与了剧本,但续集和剧联系这么密切还是挺让人吃惊的。对比剧目前的鸡肋,书看得过瘾多了,就是感觉没有THT那么震撼,整体的确有点YA。但还是很感激Atwood写了续集,如果有更多书就更好了~
【娱】外国现代 【英文是用来啃的…】 【娱】科幻&奇幻
From the Mixed-up File of Mrs. Basil E. Frankenweiler Puzzle Pack 豆瓣
Each Puzzle Pack contains a variety of puzzles, worksheets, and games to reinforce important content like characters' names, places, symbols, and important details as well as vocabulary words within the text. Includes: Crosswords - Word Searches - Matching - Fill In The Blanks - Juggle Letters - Magic Squares - Bingo Cards - Answer Keys. Puzzle Packs are also useful as fun, quick assessments, activities for students who finish work early, things to fill in odd amounts of time left in class, extra credit assignments, emergency plans for substitute teachers, and additional study aids. All materials are reproducible for use in your classroom. Puzzle Packs are available for 160 different works of literature.
2019年10月23日 已读
Mr Robot里angela小时候非常喜欢的书。青少年读物。Claudia非常relatable了,离家出走后生活在博物馆里的两个小学生的这个主题听着就很有趣,倒是觉得故事突然转向angel了有点小莫名奇妙,但整体还是趣味性挺高的,感觉也更理解angela了。
【娱】外国现代 【英文是用来啃的…】
THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS 豆瓣
作者: Dav Pilkey Scholastic Paperbacks 1997 - 9
The series, by Dav Pilkey, is a series of American children's books about two 4th graders, George Beard and Harold Hutchins, and the aptly-named superhero they accidentally created, who is their principal, Mr. Benny Krupp.
Harold and George are two mischievous fourth graders who have created their own comic book hero, Captain Underpants. Prone to playing pranks, the boys hypnotize their school principal into becoming their crime-fighting creation and, naturally, things get out of hand — the principal escapes and begins roaming the streets in his underwear. Will the boys be able to get things back under control?
Grade 2-5-Pilkey packs an amazing amount of humor into what could have been a one-gag novel. Besides turning their principal into a silly superhero, George and Harold play tricks on just about everyone. They pepper pom-poms, put bubble bath in tubas, and fill a football with helium. Pilkey's illustrations are half the fun, and that magical moment when the hypnotized Principal Krupp dons his Captain Underpants uniform and sings "Tra-La-Laaaaaaaa" is priceless. Krupp is a worthy successor to Lamar J. Spurgle, the nemesis of "the Cut-Ups" in James Marshall's great picture books. The "kneel here" sign in front of his desk says it all. Kid Appeal Award: Superheroes are always fascinating to kids. And children of a certain age will laugh at anything that has to do with underpants. Combining the two was a stroke of comic genius.
Gr. 2^-4. The title and the cover art, which depicts a toothy, egg-shaped fellow in a red cape and jockey shorts, are designed to keep this chapter book in constant circulation. The story is a superhero spoof: two misbehaving fourth-grade boys, Harold and George, hypnotize their school principal and turn him into their comic book creation, Captain Underpants. The boys have their hands full when the captain escapes and starts chasing bad guys in his underwear. The extra leading and slightly enlarged typeface make for easier reading, but the silliness goes overboard (picture villainous Dr. Diaper staring at a pile of rubber doggy doo), and the many action-packed illustrations rob the plot of some of its zip by commanding more than their share of attention. (The flip book pages seem clever, but they're really just a tease). Still, the humor is on target for some kids in this age group, who will undoubtedly look forward to a planned second adventure
In the fine old tradition of James Marshall's Cut-Ups, Pilkey (God Bless the Gargoyles, 1996, etc.) introduces George Beard and Harold Hutchins, two usually responsible fourth-graders, as in ``whenever anything bad happened, George and Harold were usually responsible.'' Pranksters of the first order, George and Harold are finally nabbed by Mr. Krupp, the principal, whom they then hypnotize into believing he's Captain Underpants, a superhero of their own creation. Before they can stop him, he's out the window in cape and briefs, off to fight crime with Wedgie Power, taking on bank robbers, robot thieves--`` `You know,' said George, `up until now this story was almost believable!' ''--and ultimately the evil Dr. Diaper. Distracting Dr. Diaper with some ``fake doggy doo- doo,'' the boys save the planet, then hustle Krupp back into his clothes, just in time for--their next adventure, The Attack of the Talking Toilets, coming soon. Pilkey's stubby black-and-white cartoon figures appear on every page but can be animated in one chapter, thanks to ``Flip-O-Rama,'' where readers flip pages back and forth for the ``latest in cheesy animation technology.'' There'll be no silence in the library once readers get hold of this somewhat classier alternative to Barf-o-Rama books and their crude ilk. (Fiction. 9-11)

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The Barefoot Investor 豆瓣
作者: Scott Pape John Wiley & Sons Australia Ltd 2017 - 8
This is the only money guide you’ll ever need.
That’s a bold claim, given there are already thousands of finance books on the shelves.
So what makes this one different?
Well, you won’t be overwhelmed with a bunch of ‘tips’ … or a strict budget (that you won’t follow).
You’ll get a step-by-step formula: open this account, then do this; call this person, and say this; invest money here, and not there. All with a glass of wine in your hand.
This book will show you how to create an entire financial plan that is so simple you can sketch it on the back of a serviette … and you’ll be able to manage your money in 10 minutes a week.
2019年5月8日 已读
飞机读物,意外的还不错,尤其是对我这种零基础的人来说。用来做personal finance management或者做financial counselling都挺简单好上手的。优点和缺点都是只适合澳洲的context啦,整体也会有些避重就轻,最难的减少支出增加收入都是嘴炮轻轻带过233。但整体风格和date night的设定比较喜欢。最近可以慢慢实践起来~
【学】杂 【英文是用来啃的…】 【学】心理学
The Story of the Lost Child 豆瓣 Goodreads Goodreads
Storia della bambina perduta
8.9 (31 个评分) 作者: Elena Ferrante 译者: Ann Goldstein Europa Editions 2015 - 9
Soon to be an HBO series, book four in the New York Times bestselling Neapolitan quartet about two friends in post-war Italy is a rich, intense, and generous-hearted epic by one of today's most beloved and acclaimed writers, Elena Ferrante, “one of the great novelists of our time.” (Roxana Robinson, The New York Times)
Here is the dazzling saga of two women, the brilliant, bookish Elena and the fiery uncontainable Lila. In this book, life’s great discoveries have been made, its vagaries and losses have been suffered. Through it all, the women’s friendship, examined in its every detail over the course of four books, remains the gravitational center of their lives. Both women once fought to escape the neighborhood in which they grew up. Elena married, moved to Florence, started a family, and published several well-received books. But now, she has returned to Naples to be with the man she has always loved. Lila, on the other hand, never succeeded in freeing herself from Naples. She has become a successful entrepreneur, but her success draws her into closer proximity with the nepotism, chauvinism, and criminal violence that infect her neighborhood. Yet somehow this proximity to a world she has always rejected only brings her role as unacknowledged leader of that world into relief.
Ferrante is one of the world’s great storytellers. With the Neapolitan quartet she has given her readers an abundant, generous, and masterfully plotted page-turner that is also a stylish work of literary fiction destined to delight readers for many generations to come.
2019年3月2日 已读
没有大块的时间根本不敢读,昨晚读到三点半又要痛苦地重新调整睡眠了。每一部读完都很厌世= = 中老年阶段读下来最大的感觉仍然是悲观的人生不值得,Elena昏昏噩噩地接下了母亲、妻子/情人、作家的角色,也不可避免地有着女儿、姐姐、朋友的角色,过着所谓正常的人生,但最终究竟做好了哪个角色呢。Lila最终delete everything的决绝大概才是对没有真正选择的人生最大的掌控,只可惜现实中的人都不可能是Lila,人生本就没有delete键。只能像Elena和其他的角色那样,无法选择地出生,被时代和世界裹挟而做出当时能想到的最好的“选择”,在一个个的deadline中安排着自己的生活,度过这毫无意义或长或短的人生罢了。
【娱】外国现代 【英文是用来啃的…】
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle 豆瓣
作者: Stuart Turton Raven Books 2018 - 2
How do you stop a murder that’s already happened?
At a gala party thrown by her parents, Evelyn Hardcastle will be killed--again. She's been murdered hundreds of times, and each day, Aiden Bishop is too late to save her. Doomed to repeat the same day over and over, Aiden's only escape is to solve Evelyn Hardcastle's murder and conquer the shadows of an enemy he struggles to even comprehend--but nothing and no one are quite what they seem.
Deeply atmospheric and ingeniously plotted, The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle is a highly original debut that will appeal to fans of Kate Atkinson and Agatha Christie.
2019年2月10日 已读
网文水平吧。作者如果正常写一本whodunit应该水平还算普通,但为了写这个自作聪明的结构只能写出狗屁不通的设定了。Goodreads的评分真是毫无参考性啊,简直要怀疑这本书是不是买了水军- -
【英文是用来啃的…】 【娱】推理&悬疑&探险
The Survival Guide for Kids with Add or ADHD 豆瓣
作者: Taylor, John F. 2009 - 7
Do you have a hard time paying attention or staying still? Do you sometimes get yelled at for talking in class or moving around? Do you often zone out? Lose assignments? Fall behind in school? Have trouble controlling your behavior? Maybe you have ADD or ADHD. These are labels grown-ups use to understand and help kids with these types of challenges. If you've been labeled ADD or ADHD, this book is for you. Look inside to find: What ADD and ADHD mean - and don't mean. Ways to make each day go better at home, at school, and with friends. How to deal with strong feelings like anger, worry, and sadness. The lowdown on medicine many kids take for ADD or ADHD. The dish on foods that can help you manage your ADD or ADHD. Fun quizzes that will help you remember what you're learning. And much more This book was written especially for you. But you might want to share it with a parent or another caring adult. Talk it over together and try some of the activities. Meanwhile, know you're not alone. Lots of kids have ADD or ADHD. With a little effort, they have learned to succeed. So can you!...John F. Taylor, Ph.D., has created many materials for young people with ADD and ADHD and their families. He is the founder and president of ADD Plus and the father of three children with ADD.
2019年2月9日 已读
一直觉得给小孩子和青少年的self help book都无比枯燥,尤其是有ADHD的未成年真的能看下去吗…… 书本身的内容其实还可以,额外的资源看上去蛮有趣的,有时间要查一下,但基本还是属于道理我都懂,做不到还是做不到。而且武装自己当然很重要,毕竟改变自己比改变别人容易,但对于有ADHD的青少年来说,果然还是家长老师大环境应该改变比较有意义吧。同样的内容写给家长和老师感觉更有效一点,毕竟偏学术更长一点的书大概家长和老师也会太长不看- -
【英文是用来啃的…】 【学】心理学
Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay 豆瓣
9.2 (21 个评分) 作者: Elena Ferrante 译者: Ann Goldstein Europa Editions 2014 - 9
Soon to be an HBO series, book three in the New York Times bestselling Neapolitan quartet about two friends in post-war Italy is a rich, intense, and generous-hearted epic by one of today's most beloved and acclaimed writers, Elena Ferrante, “one of the great novelists of our time.” (Roxana Robinson, The New York Times)
In the third book in the Neapolitan quartet, Elena and Lila, the two girls whom readers first met in My Brilliant Friend, have become women. Lila married at sixteen and has a young son; she has left her husband and the comforts her marriage brought and now works as a common laborer. Elena has left the neighborhood, earned her college degree, and published a successful novel, all of which has opened the doors to a world of learned interlocutors and richly furnished salons. Both women are pushing against the walls of a prison that would have seen them living a life of misery, ignorance and submission. They are afloat on the great sea of opportunities that opened up during the nineteen-seventies. Yet they are still very much bound to each other by a strong, unbreakable bond.
Ferrante is one of the world’s great storytellers. With the Neapolitan quartet she has given her readers an abundant, generous, and masterfully plotted page-turner that is also a stylish work of literary fiction destined to delight readers for many generations to come.
The Story of a New Name 豆瓣
Storia del nuovo cognome
9.2 (27 个评分) 作者: Elena Ferrante 译者: Ann Goldstein Europa Editions 2013 - 9
The second book, following 2012’s acclaimed My Brilliant Friend, featuring the two friends Lila and Elena. The two protagonists are now in their twenties. Marriage appears to have imprisoned Lila. Meanwhile, Elena continues her journey of self-discovery. The two young women share a complex and evolving bond that brings them close at times, and drives them apart at others. Each vacillates between hurtful disregard and profound love for the other. With this complicated and meticulously portrayed friendship at the center of their emotional lives, the two girls mature into women, paying the sometimes cruel price that this passage exacts.
2019年2月9日 已读
一开始对Nino很失望(这个锅HBO要背,选角比书中帅太多了好吗233), 但正因如此才没有落入俗套吧,现实的人们本来也都是这样不完美。“For your whole life you love people and you never really know who they are." 感觉不止是因为大多数人自己都不了解自己, 大概relationship本来也会激发一个人的不同面。Nino对Elena的嫉妒,对Lila的崇拜,对其他女孩的喜欢却又无情,都无比现实。感觉想要在一段关系里双方是完全对等的关系大概是不可能的吧。想到第一部里Lila和Elena都那么想要相信子辈和父辈是不同的,但更多的时候,大概还是the apple doesn't fall far from the tree
【娱】外国现代 【英文是用来啃的…】
My Brilliant Friend 豆瓣
L'amica geniale
8.7 (30 个评分) 作者: Elena Ferrante 译者: Ann Goldstein Europa Editions 2012 - 9
My Brilliant Friend is a rich, intense, and generous-hearted story about two friends, Elena and Lila. Ferrante’s inimitable style lends itself perfectly to a meticulous portrait of these two women that is also the story of a nation and a touching meditation on the nature of friendship. The story begins in the 1950s, in a poor but vibrant neighborhood on the outskirts of Naples. Growing up on these tough streets the two girls learn to rely on each other ahead of anyone or anything else. As they grow, as their paths repeatedly diverge and converge, Elena and Lila remain best friends whose respective destinies are reflected and refracted in the other. They are likewise the embodiments of a nation undergoing momentous change. Through the lives of these two women, Ferrante tells the story of a neighborhood, a city, and a country as it is transformed in ways that, in turn, also transform the relationship between her protagonists, the unforgettable Elena and Lila. Ferrante is the author of three previous works of critically acclaimed fiction: The Days of Abandonment, Troubling Love, and The Lost Daughter. With this novel, the first in a quartet, she proves herself to be one of Italy’s great storytellers. She has given her readers a masterfully plotted page-turner, abundant and generous in its narrative details and characterizations, that is also a stylish work of literary fiction destined to delight her many fans and win new readers to her fiction.
2019年2月9日 已读
本来想等四本读完一起标,但第四本还不知道什么时候能读完。目前最喜欢第一部,似乎拥有无限可能的童年总是更有吸引力,看到的世界也更小更简单。先入为主的原因总是更喜欢剧一些,当然剧会显得更第三人称视角,书的第一人称则更方便理解Elena的内心活动。看剧的时候感觉没有那么喜欢Elena,书的角度对Elena反而觉得非常能relate。整部书的描写感觉都很现实,女性友情的矛盾和复杂,人性本身的丑陋和脆弱,一读就很难停下,读完又会挺长时间处在有点厌世的感觉。读到第四本开始的部分就回到社畜生活了,导致都不太敢再读- -
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The Amber Project 豆瓣
作者: J N Chaney CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform 2015 - 4
2019年1月11日 已读
(2019.01) 整体还是过于cliche了,没什么亮点:几百年前Variant病毒导致地球表面全灭,只有少数活在地下的人类幸存。为了重新claim地球,疯狂科学家基因改造了胚胎。以为会像安德的游戏一样表现一下这群孩子们的成长,结果也没写出什么来。结局的“超展开”更是很蠢了。无论是人设剧情节奏都非常平庸,下一本还是这样的话就弃。
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The Fated Sky 豆瓣
作者: Kowal, Mary Robinette Tor Books 2018 - 8
2018年12月28日 已读
(2018.39) 这个系列只有两本书有点遗憾,一开始还以为是会像the expanse一样继续发展下去的,但以作者目前的笔力来看在移民到火星这里结尾刚刚好。作者的致谢里提到了很多专业人士帮她添加书中的细节,所以全书都是在spaceship里也没有觉得枯燥。毕竟还是作者的早期作,小的缺陷还是有很多,尤其是在整体世界观构建方向,当然第一人称的叙事角度多少缩小了这种缺陷;Parker的人设最后虽然更加丰满,但其实不是很能自圆其说,不过总体也还算可以接受。比较期待作者之后的作品。
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