Book Review - The Last Siege - Jonathan Stroud

Sorry about not posting for a long time. I was... ahem ahem... at my books again (Only a few people know otherwise)

Daft Definitions

Siege : Operations of armed forces who surround and blockade a town or fortress in order to capture it

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Meet Emily, Simon and Marcus.

They are normal kids (That actually depends on your definition of normal) living in a normal town (again, depends on your definition of normal) close to a normal castle.

They have normal families and live in normal houses, although that's not the main focus of this book. There is a normal castle near their town, looked after by an abnormal caretaker. (wow!)

So they decide to (genius!) sneak into the castle, claim it as their own, and improve it. Not to mention escaping their boring families (Apart from Marcus', but we'll find out later shall we?)

Talk about modesty eh?

But things start to go horribly wrong. Someone notices that they are in the castle and (boo! hiss!) decides to take matters into his own, and a lot of other, hands. The trio must use their wits and resources to prevent, I quote, their castle being taken from them. Their lives are intermixed (like lemon, water and sugar in lemonade) and they must survive nightmarish psychological games and other such dangers.

Whatever...

To be quite frank, (Trust me!) I wasn't too happy with this book. It's probably better if you go and read the Bartimaeus Trilogy (See below for my review on the 1st book). Stroud's other books were much better than The Last Siege, and I hope they remain so...

My Rating? (You're probably used to this)

I'd give it 6/10. I fair read, but not a must...

Yeah! It's time to party people!

Hi Everyone,

On the advice of an anonymous friend of mine, I have decided to branch out and touch various topics, and not stick to just plain boring book reviews.

I shall soon spread out my roots and brush the various topics available to mankind.

But not today. Why?

B'Coz even a trees roots take time to grow... HA HA HA!

Ho Hum...

See Ya All

Book Review - Just Crazy! - Andy Griffiths

Daft Definitions

Crazy : adj. Insane, mad, demented, deranged, maniacal, daft, unbalanced, unhinged, bizarre, weird, odd, absurd, foolish, imprudent, smitten, keen , rabid.



Ahem...

It's time for a rapid fire round. And the questions are -

Q - 1 Do you like rolling around in mud?

Q - 2 Do you like writing crazy stories about the most disgusting things possible?

Q - 3 Do you like doing other disgusting things?

Q - 4 Do you like annoying people while they're driving?

Q - 5 Do you like asking plain stupid questions?


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If -

1. You answered any of these questions as yes, you will love this book.

2. You answered all of these questions as yes, you will love this book

3. You answered none of these questions as yes, you will have to read this book.

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I admit, I was a little apprehensive when I started out with this author. I hadn't really heard much about him, but when I read the first story, I was appalled. When I finished the second story, I was quite affected (mentally that is). When I finished the book, I was having fits and spasms of laughter.

The author, in my opinion, has been researching on child behaviour, as every action of the narrator (who is a child , DUH) has been accompanied by a description, complaint or something like that, which indeed matches a child's behavioural patterns.

The author has also been great in creating other personalities related to the narrator, such as his parents, sister, teacher, friend, and other such beings. They are constantly encouraging the narrator to do disgusting things and crazy things and weird things and annoying things and the like.

So, you want to buy this book (Of course you do!) then, take my advice, GO BUY IT! It's an amazing buy and one can read the stories forever...

My Rating for this Book : 9/10 (Buy it or we'll shoot you dead)

PLUS, I almost forgot to mention, this book actually comes with FREE PAGE NUMBERS!!!!!!!!

*Faints*