Montag, 2. Dezember 2013

My Life Next Door

 Title: My Life Next Door
Author: Huntley Fitzpatrick

Description: The Garretts are everything the Reeds are not. Loud, numerous, messy, affectionate. And every day from her balcony perch, seventeen-year-old Samantha Reed wishes she was one of them . . . until one summer evening, Jase Garrett climbs her terrace and changes everything. As the two fall fiercely in love, Jase's family makes Samantha one of their own. Then in an instant, the bottom drops out of her world and she is suddenly faced with an impossible decision. Which perfect family will save her? Or is it time she saved herself?
My Opinion: "My Life Next Door" is a happy, rippling novel fpr youth, which is perfect for summer. Both main characters, Jase and Samantha, are sympathic teens with logical and natrual feelings. They aren't happy the whole time, but have phases of beeing sorry and phases of being happy like every other teen.They are 3-D characters, with common problems and the feeling of first/true love.
Not being just a lovestory the novel tells about typical problems, from the fight with the best frined to the disregard of the parents. After getting some time to understand the situation and knwoing the persons, the reader hears about a surprsing problem. Samantha has to lern to make her own decisions - the reader goes to be part of this development.
One of the reasons for my decision to read the novel a second time immediatly are the deep ideas, which are behind the actions. Nothing in the book just happens. Instead everything has a reason and has consequences for the happenings later. The sub-plots are goood integrated into the story and the sub-characters are lively and good shown. In this way they can include other themes like drugs and alcohol by youth. 
Extraordinary and another reason, why I liked the book that much are the Garrets. Jase's familiy. Funny, bracing, fascinating, extraordinary - there is a lot more. All the time I jsut wished Samantha would go back to them or to Jase. What she's doing - looking inside of there life - is the same thing the reader is doing. A lot of times I wished I would knwo the family in real life.
All in all: A wonderful book, that makes a good mood. It makes it possible for the reader to fall into another worl and to forget everything around you! 

Donnerstag, 7. November 2013

Legend


Title: Legend 
Author: Marie Lu

Description: A world of elemination. A feeling of revenge, that are feed by wrong accusations. And hate, that is oposite by a  boundless love!!! Thisis the story of Day and Jund. Seperated they are acrimionous oponents, but together they are a legend!
The big wish for revenge let June finds the lane of Day. She, trained to find and kill opponents of the government, finds a way to make him trust her.  But Day, the most wanted criminal of the republic, proves himself as loyal and selfless - provoke by a incredibly big sense of justice. June starts to see the world through his eyes. Is Day really the killer of June's brother? Is it true, what all people are telling her. Day is a poor guy, which the government wanted to bring in a murderous working place. He could run away and has to live on the streets scince then. Nobody knows where he lives. June, in contrast, is the wonder child of the republic, the only one that gets the whole 1500 points in the great test. Her brother Metias, who was the only one she had after the car accident of her parents. dies and she thinks Day's the murder.
Nearly to late June realices that she's a paw in a game of a perfidious and traitorisly plan.
My opinion: Legend is the first novel of the legend triology. The chapters are telled by June and Day by turns. I really liked this, because it makes it possible to understand both, June and Day. It also helps, to see both sides of the republic and shows the diffrences between both worlds.
The charcters are both really intersting and great! They are 3-D, lovely and sympathic. Both have a background story, so that they are interesting and not so simple, but one can understand their actions really good and it's intersting to watch their developments and their relationship.
The book isn't just a lovestory about a guy and a girl. It is a background part of the story, but the most important story line is about the republic and their bad intrigues. The book is about a government that isn't fair to the citicens and people who have to learn that the world isn't just how they see it.
The dystopy takes place in a world, where the USA doesn't excist anymore, but are divided by a big flood. Now, there is the republic America and the colonies, which fight against each other in a all destroing war. You understand how the social and political sytem works, btu aren't bored by the facts. They are implied into the happenings or memories of the persons. 
The whole book is really exciting and after finishing reading you can be happy that the second part has been released, because waiting to knwo what heppens next is really annoying. The spelling style is youthful, exciting and fluently. The book is fascinating and you can't stop reading.
All in all: Legend is a great book and a wonderful first part of a dytopic triology with great and incredibly lovely charcters.

Mittwoch, 25. September 2013

Finding Sky

Title : Finding Sky
Author: Joss Stirling

Description: "You have half our gifts, I have the other" ...... Sky has a secret past. Having buried the truth of her traumatic childhood deep inside, she's something of a mystery, even to herself. Sstarting a new school, she catches her first glipse of Zed. He stalks the corridors, a god-like creatue among mortals. Sky is dumbfounded when he seems drawn to her, but there's more to Zed - and to Sky - than she realizes.
My opinion: A fantasy novel about love, with a handsome, wonderful guy, a look in other worlds and a crime - what do you need more? "Finding Sky" needed around ten seconds to become one of my favourite books. Main charcters you love, you even wish to be, a great story and a spelling style, that makes it possible to read fluently and fast. Sure, its kind of a typical love-story - amazing boy, girl which thinks she would never be cool or pretty enough for such a guy. But then there's the supernatural-part of the story. Also it doesn't really matter, if the structure is not completly new. The Benedict family, the detailed description of Sky's thought and feelings create a wonderful, ful of mystiums but adorable and funny atmosphere. A lot of times you smile, you laugh with them or wish you could read faster, for knowing what happens next earlier. The idea of finding a soulmate - the one person who's there for you, ever, and that fits perfectly to you -  is incredable and a wish, most people have somewhere inside of them. "Finding Sky" is a brilliant book, really unique and -thanks a lot Joss Stirling- there are second and third book too. Hopefully there coming more, because after meeting these charcters, you want to spend more time with them.
All in all: One of the greatest books I've ever read full of paranomal romance. BUY IT!!!!

Montag, 23. September 2013

Sorry

Hey guys,

sorry for the long break. I didn't had much time the last month, but now there are coming some new post. Not that often like at the beginng, because I'm having other stuff -school....- I have to do, but I promise, there'll be some inspirations coming.

See you
Ruby

Die Jäger der Nacht/The Hunt

Die Jäger der Nacht
Titel: Die Jäger der Nacht
Autor: Andy Fukuda

Beschreibung: Gene hat ein Geheimnis: Er ist ein Mensch. Das könnte ihn das Leben kosten, denn die Gesellschaft, in der er aufwächst, hat sich genetisch verändert. Die Bürger sehen aus wie Menschen, aber sie schwitzen nicht, verspüren keine Kälte und schlafen nie. Und sie töten normale Menschen wie Gene. Doch dann wird ausgerechnet Gene die Ehre zuteil, an der legendären Jagd teilzunehmen. Verfolgt werden dabei die letzten überlebenden Menschen, die unter einer Glaskuppel in der Savanne leben. Er soll sie jagen und töten udn muss dafür Bündnisse schließen. Dabei sieht er Dinge, die er niemals für möglich gehalten hätte und verliebt sich in ein Mädchen, das ganz anders ist als es scheint. Jetztmuss er unbedingt überleben- aber ist es das wert, die Menschlichkeit aufzugeben?
Meine Meinung: „Die Jäger der Nacht“ verbindet Vampirromane mit dem Dystopie-Genre. Die grundlegende Idee, die zur Abwechslung die Vampire nicht unbedingt als Sonnenscheine darstellt, ist sehr schön. Die Charaktere sind keineswegs stereotyp. Allein schon durch die neue Skizzierung der vampirischen Rasse ensteht ein dreidimensionales Bild an Gefahrenpotential, das eine wirklich gute Grundlage für weitere Bände liefert, denn sie sind blutrünstig, wild und äußerst brutal.
Die menschlichen Charaktere beweisen ein authentisches Verhalten innerhalb dieser Welt, wo sie nahezu ausgestorben erscheinen. Ihr Kampf ums Überleben gestaltet sich daher realistisch und ohne den Verlust der Hoffnung. Gerade Gene ist sehr sympatisch und eine Hauptperson, mit der man mitfiebern kann. Ashley June allerdings war mir durch ein größtenteils sehr egoistisches Verhalten eher unsympathisch und ihre Wirkungen auf die übrigen erschien mir oft nicht verständlich.
Das Buch begann für mich etwas schleppend, entwickelt sich aber kurzer Zeit und wird spannend. Es ist sehr schnell durchgelesen. Der Schreibstil ist flüssig und angnehm zu lesen. Besonders gut gefielen mir kleine Queverweise auf die Twilight-Bücher, bzw. deren Bild von Vampiren. Die oft erwähnten Prallelen zu den Panem-Büchern fand ich nicht besonders groß, allerdings könnte sich das in den nächsten Bänden noch ändern.
Fazit: Alles in allem ist es ein gutes, aber nicht außergewöhnliches Buch, das sich ideal für Vampirfans eignet, die mal wieder Lust auf ein etwas anderes Buch haben.

Title: The Hunt
Author: Andy Fukuda

Description:  Gene is different from everyone else around him. He is a human, and he knows the rules.  Keep the truth a secret.  It’s the only way to stay alive in a world of night—a world where humans are considered a delicacy and hunted for their blood. His world is the world of creatures, which don't sewat, don't feel cold and never sleep, but kill people like Gene. When he’s chosen for a once in a lifetime opportunity to hunt the last remaining humans, Gene’s carefully constructed life begins to crumble around him.  He’s thrust into the path of a girl who makes him feel things he never thought possible—and into a ruthless pack of hunters whose suspicions about his true nature are growing. Now that Gene has finally found something worth fighting for, his need to survive is stronger than ever—but is it worth the cost of his humanity?
My opinion:  "The Hunt" is a mixture from vampirenovel and a book from the distopygenre. The basic idea, in which vampires aren't good -for a change- , is really good. The characters aren't stereotype. The very thought of Vampires as risk potential gives great possiblities for the following books, because they love blood, are wild and very cruel. The human character shows a autenthic action in this world, in which they nearly doen't excist. The fight to life is realistic and without losing hope. Especially Gene is sympathic and a main charcacter, one can understand. I didn't really like Ashley June, caused by her egoisitc behaviour and the way everybody look at her wasn't understandable for me. At the beginng The book take a while, but after a short time ist's going better and is exciting. The way of writing is fluently and nice. One is finished really fast. Especially the links to the Twilightbooks were nice, but it's not necessary to know them , for reading the book. The often described analogy to the Panem-books wasn't big, but that can change in the following parts.
All in all: A good, but not specail book, which is good for vampirefans, who want to read sth new.

Donnerstag, 13. Juni 2013

Percy Jackson

Titel: Percy Jackson Diebe im Olymp
Autor: Rick Riordian

Beschreibung: Irgendjemand hat etwas gegen ihn, da ist sich Percy sicher. Ständig fliegt er von der Schule, immer ist er an allem schuld und dann verwandelt sich sogar seine Mathelehrerin plötzlich in eine rachsüchtige Furie. Wenig später erfährt Percy das Unglaubliche: Er ist der Sohn des Meeresgottes Poseidon - und die fiesesten Gestalten der griechischen Mythologie haben ihn ins Visier genommen! Percys einzige Chance: er muss sich mit den anderen Halbgöttern verbünden.
Meine Meinung: Der junge Held Percy ist mit seiner Loyalität, Mut und sarkastischem Humor ein richtiger Sympathieträger. Sehr überzeugend wird die Eingliederung der mythischen Wesen in die moderne Welt dargestellt. Hier wirken sie nicht wie Fremdkörper aus einer anderen Welt, sondern passen sich dem Zeitgeist an. Schon die Überschriften der einzelnen Kapitel sind teils irrwitzig komisch und so bleibt es das ganze Buch über auch. Es ist eine Mischung aus Jugendfantasybuch und Abenteuerbuch und dabei jedoch so voller Humor und lustiger Begegnungen, das man beim Lesen aus dem Grinsen nicht herauskommt. Dabei ist Percy ein ganz normaler, moderner Teenager, so klaut er schon mal seinen Tom Sayer essay aus dem Internet . Es ist immer wieder interessant zu beobachten wie der Autor die lästigen Eltern aus der Geschichte entfernt, damit die jungen Helden ungestört auf ihre Abenteuer erleben können. Meist werden die Kinder einfach zu Waisen, wie in Harry Potter und vielen anderen Büchern, hier wird es anders und eleganter gelöst.Das Buch ist voller witziger, innovativer Ideen und liest sich gut und flüssig.
Fazit: Ein lesenswerter Fantasy-Jugendroman ... besonders empfehlenswert für diejenigen, die originelle und wahnwitzige Abenteuergeschichten mit mythologischem Touch mögen.

Title:  Percy Jackson The Lightning Thief
Author: Rick Riordian

Description: After getting expelled from yet another school for yet another clash with mythological monsters only he can see, twelve-year-old Percy Jackson is taken to Camp Half-Blood, where he finally learns the truth about his unique abilities: He is a demigod, half human, half immortal. Even more stunning: His father is the Greek god Poseidon, ruler of the sea, making Percy one of the most powerful demigods alive. There's little time to process this news. All too soon, a cryptic prophecy from the Oracle sends Percy on his first quest, a mission to the Underworld to prevent a war among the gods of Olympus.
My Opinion: The young hero Percy is with his loyalitiy, sarcasm and courage a really sympathic person. Really conclusive is the idea the mysthical perosns would live in the real worl. Here there aren't foreigners, instead they are in the same time feeling. The heading of each chapter is incredible funy and that'a also true for the whole book. It's a mixture of a youth-fantasy book ans an adventure story, but has so much humor and fuuny meetings that you can't stop smiling while you're reading. Percy is a normal modern teenager , fpor example he copies his tom sawyer essay form the internet. It is really interesting to look what an athor do wiht the anoying adults. Normaly thechidlren just loose their parnets, but here it is done much better and diffrent. The book is full of innovativa nf funny ideas and is simple and fast to read.
All in all: A fantastic Fantasy-novel.... sepecially great for people who like inventiv and funny adventure stories with a mythological touch!

Mittwoch, 12. Juni 2013

Die Tudor-Verschwörung/The Tudor Secret

Titel: Die Tudor-Verschwörung
Autor: Christoph W. Gortner

Beschreibung: England 1553. Der Waisenjunge Brendan Prescott wird an den Londoner Hof geschickt, um einem der Söhne der mächtigen Adelsfamilie Dudley zu dienen. Bald muss er begreifen, dass man ihn als Werkzeug in einem Komplott gegen das Königshaus benutzen will. Doch als Brendan der brillanten, majestätischen Elizabeth begegnet, weiß er, wem seine Treue gehört. Fortan riskiert er sein Leben als ihr Doppelagent und bringt so Licht in das Dunkel seiner eigenen mysteriösen Vergangenheit. Denn Brendan trägt das Zeichen der Rose ...
Meine Meinung: "Die Tudor-Verschwörung" folgt dem bewährten Konzept mit einem fiktiven Helden nah an den großen Ereignissen, vielen echten und ein paar erdachten Personen in einer Geschichte, die neben einigen Anpassungen um der Dramatik willen der Historie einigermaßen folgt. Der Roman besticht durch seine rasante Erzählweise: Tatsächlich werden auf den etwas über 400 Seiten "nur" die zwölf Tage beschrieben, in denen sich alles entscheidet. Christopher W. Gortner lässt die Umstände der damaligen Zeit durch seine leichte und eingängige Schreibweise wieder lebendig werden. Die Tudor-Verschwörung ist so spannend, dass ich das Buch kaum aus der Hand legen konnte.
Fazit: Eine stürmische Epoche englischer Geschichte und ein spannendes Lesevergnügen!!


Title: The Tudor Secret
Author: Christoph W. Gortner


Description:Summer 1553: A time of danger and deceit. Brendan Prescott, an orphan, is reared in the household of the powerful Dudley family. Brought to court, Prescott finds himself sent on an illicit mission to the king’s brilliant but enigmatic sister, Princess Elizabeth. But Brendan is soon compelled to work as a double agent by Elizabeth’s protector, William Cecil, who promises in exchange to help him unravel the secret of his own mysterious past....
My Opinion: "The Tudor Secret" follows the old concept oft a fictiv hero who is close to the big event, many real and some fiktiv persons in a story, which is near to the hitory, btu have some adaptions for ther dramatic parts. The whole story happens really fast, which is really awesome: Actually the whole 400 pages "just" tell something about the twelve days, where everxthing decide. Christopher W.Gortner makes the time around 1550 livinig again, caused by his simple and wonderful spelling style. The Tudor Secret is so excitng, that there weren't many times I could stopp reading
All in all:  A blustery part of english history and an exciting book to read!!