Overall Rating and Opinion of Splintered
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Re: Overall Rating and Opinion of Splintered
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But I suppose that I must give credit to the author, as her literary style was not bad.
Why the book did not hold much weight with me was because, as a child I didn't really enjoy Alice in Wonderland either. I found her adventures to be very confusing, jumping from one scene to another.
What we can see from this book is that from a child's eyes everything in the world is clear and has a happy ending, but they do not understand or see the deeper, darker undertones even if it may be facing them.
“there have been so many times
i have seen a man wanting to weep
but
instead
beat his heart until it was unconscious.
-masculine”
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Must say, I definitely enjoyed it more than you but I find it hard to imagine liking it if I didn't know/ like the original Alice stories.stoppoppingtheP wrote: Why the book did not hold much weight with me was because, as a child I didn't really enjoy Alice in Wonderland either. I found her adventures to be very confusing, jumping from one scene to another.
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I would not recommend this to a friend. But maybe I'm just a cynic.
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To begin with, the first time I saw this book at Barnes and Noble, I did a mini jig. How many times have I thought about Wonderland- all the what ifs and possibilities? Probably way more than your typical normal young adult, but hey, who wants to be normal anyway ? So needless to say, I immediately purchased the book and found myself engrossed in it. I'll be very honest and say I've been pretty averse to love triangles, Twilight killed it for me (sorry Twihards!), however, I actually enjoyed this book and the three main characters. Alyssa is intriguing, complex and just plain interesting. While it may seem that Morpheus and Jeb are the typical bad boy and guy-next-door, they hold their own in the story as well.
On a side note, all the characters kind of had a skater-y, goth-y vibe which isn't really my thing, but works pretty well as you read the book further. It was just a bit confusing at first. I think I tend to picture the cutesy blonde in a blue dress when I think "Wonderland". As for Wonderland, I absolutely love how dark Howard made this. The book really takes what you think you know about Wonderland and completely turns it topsy turvy. Overall, the book has quite a few "oh my gosh, what?!" moments and characters with actual depth. The imagery is quite wonderful; you'll be able to picture everything perfectly. Howard wasn't afraid to strip away all of the fluff that tends to happen with love triangles and show deeper love and sacrifice. As much as I enjoyed the book, I wouldn't say it's one of my all time favorites, but it is definitely worth a read.
In all honesty, even if I hated it, I'd have to finish the trilogy...I have a hard time leaving things unfinished, regardless.
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The books in the series are: #1 Splintered #1.5 The Moth in the Mirror #2 Unhinged #3 EnsnaredDavid Dawson wrote:The final book in the trilogy is called Ensnared, but I believe it isn't out yet(?)Tianarenee3 wrote:does anyone know the name of the sequel(s)?
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My idea of this book review is to ideally say that this book can't get any closer to an adaptation of Wonderland.
Except, this book fathom the mythology of psychiatry.
Similar to Edgar Allen Poe, the psychosis of mental disorders mildly explains what the paranoid sense.
Voices...
The theme maintains close to the original outline except we are in the modern era with the transcendent of Dear Alice.
Colorful metaphors explain a lot of the character and we see that her hobbies imply a mild form of suicide,as when she kills her bugs for collective art.
The idea of a rabbit going into a deep hole while suggests her mild manipulations of masturbation so she can sleep well.
Who can say that the original author didn't imply this method, but as a researcher of psychological problems, I know personally that mental illness does prelude to self gratification.
The story is simple and only the phrased dialogue gives the book a little intrigue.
If you're looking to doze off with a book, please buy this book.
Have a great read...
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What a character does to other organic matter or indigenous person(s) really emulates
their intentions of their psyche.
As a writer, I'm prone to watch carefully how I manipulate my supporting characters,
and make dooley sure that I don't give them any type of opinion; unless they are
speaking with the main character(s), at that precise moment.
As far as I can see, the main character has issues of growing up, but this doesn't
phase her, due to her overexaggerative state of her "mother."
This gets redundant of her part for reasons unknowning to her. Possibly the
writer failed to keep the concept of "our heroine" on a path of her situations.
This could be a sub-plot of some sort, but ideally, it really goes too far.
So far--from our hero's dilemma.
If one thinks about it, some other readers do pick up "our hero's path" deviatived adventure.
Perhaps, if the writer combined a thought process of "our hero" to be "reflective"
on her mother's condition and "tried to bring revelance to her condition."
Hence, keeping her from falling into the abyss of mental disorder.
Yeah, that would be the right path for this story.
The Hero's condition and her genuine ability to avoid her "mother's condition"
would make it more compelling
What about you?
Do you see any redundant ablities for this heroine?
Daniel Constancio Jr
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