Allegiant
For me it was a bit of a let-down but not on the same level
as say the 2 and 3 of the Hunger Games trilogy. The main problem for me was the
sheer amount of change introduced in such a short time. To go from everything
we thought we knew to a whole new world was too much to put into the last book
of a trilogy.
Plus there was the change to Four’s personality, he went
from a badass to someone who second guessed himself over his choice of
toothpaste it was ridiculous. He doesn’t have to be perfect but it was too much
of a change. It was more a change in personality than we got with Tris having
killed her friend.
The Hunt For Red October
I was blown away by how good the book was to be honest I
thought it would be too dated to be able to relate to but it was an excellent
read. I have never seen the movie myself and this doesn’t make me want to just
because of the huge detail contained in the book which would have been left on
the cutting room floor in Hollywood.
The book delve into the full aspects of war and spares none
of the technical and political details which makes for interesting reading
especially for someone like me who was still a bit too young at the time to truly
understand the nature of the Cold War and the fear we in the West had of
Communism.
It is just a shame that it took the death of Tom Clancy to
make me seek out his body of work.
So as this is all about books let me take this time to
declare that I intend to read 80 books this year, you should be able to follow
my progress using my goodreads widget on the right hand side of the blog. Feel
free to comment with your own aims for the years bookwise.
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