Novel

War and Peace - Critique
Humans’ search for meaning, All is futile, One can’t fight history, Napoleonic wars, Chronicling two decades, Pierre’s profound quest,
By Grz Colm2 years ago in Critique
A Defense of New Moon
New Moon is a harrowing depiction of an insecure girl suffering from depression. Whether or not we agree with why Bella is depressed, Meyer captures her internal turmoil perfectly. The book is lacking as a romance and it's definitely not a feminist masterpiece, but it is a fascinating psychological study.
By C.M. Vazquez2 years ago in Critique
A Christmas Carol (Critique)
Iconic, picturesque and spooky. A nauseatingly sentimental promotion of crass consumerism. Scrooge has no arc; he's just moved by terror from one extreme view to the opposite. His motivation is corrupt. Still a terrible person, but now buys love with generosity.
By L.C. Schäfer2 years ago in Critique
Oliver Twist is a sham. Runner-Up in Critique Challenge.
Characters are wooden and two dimensional. The book imbued with Victorian hypocrisy. Oliver Twist, far from shining a light on inner city poverty and crime, is voyeuristic and nauseatingly sentimental. In the end, Oliver is plucked from London's 'wickedness' only to join his benefactor in a life of rural privilege.
By Raymond G. Taylor2 years ago in Critique
The Stand by Stephen King - a critique
Great place to start with the master of horror. Captain Tripps' viral madness rips world to weaken and fracture. The battle begins for souls of survivors.
By Rachel Deeming2 years ago in Critique
Twilight
The Twilight movie; what a disappointing film adaptation of a good book. As a fan of the saga, I was not pleased with the shabby graphics and mediocre acting. Main characters were far from portrayed as described in the books making the entire first film an opening for bad jokes.
By Julia Alfred2 years ago in Critique
A Wrinkle in Time
Meg and Charles Murry’s father goes missing and they bring their friend Calvin O’Keefe to another world to fight a monster called the thing. It was nominated and won several well deserved awards. It is a great book, well written and I recommend that you read it. A great work!
By Alex H Mittelman 2 years ago in Critique
Picture of Dorian Gray
He's a work of art, but only on the surface. Deep down, where nobody can see, he's horrid and rotten. His portrait knows and reflects his sins back to him. What would our portraits look like? Dorian's story certainly makes us wonder. But blissful ignorance helps us sleep at night.
By B2 years ago in Critique
Harry Potter - Critique
It is a magical world of acceptance and love, with as many flaws as the mind that created it. The books have spawned movies, music, and roller coasters, inspired lovers and haters. It is a hydra with too many heads; cut one off, and three will grow in its place.
By Stephanie Hoogstad2 years ago in Critique
Lord of the Rings (Critique). Top Story - August 2023.
Movies: decent adaptation, wonderfully cast. A lot of detail cut to make these books fit to the screen, and yet characters gaze meaningfully for minutes on end. At least I finished them.
By L.C. Schäfer2 years ago in Critique
Cloud Cuckoo Land- an ode to storytelling
Teenagers don’t read stories anymore; we all know that. How can the printed page compete against the bright lights and never-ending noises of screens?
By Joe O’Connor2 years ago in Critique
The Master and Margarita - Critique
Bulgakov’s novel is arguably the world’s best-known work by a modern Russian writer. However, Bulgakov would have been horrified that his “novel of temptation by evil” became a mass culture commodity. He wrote it for one reader - Stalin - pleading to set free dissident writers kept in lunatic asylums.
By Lana V Lynx2 years ago in Critique