Borges, Hernandez, Arlt
From the beginning of “The Daisy Dolls” I felt it was pretty clear how crazy the story was going to be. The way things were laid out, though, I was expecting it to be one of those short stories where everything makes enough sense, initially, then at the end it’s revealed how completely insane the […]
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The Metamorphosis, The Yellow Wallpaper
I’ve never really liked “The Metamorphosis”, probably because he becomes a disgusting cockroach-beetle thing, but also because I could never figure out how I felt about Gregor. On the one hand, he’s an idiot and his family takes advantage of that, living off of him, siphoning off money, locking him in his room, throwing apples […]
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Frankenstein
This wasn’t my first time reading Frankenstein, and I still love it. I found that the exact era where this was written had the perfect language. It’s not of the modern world with our lack of elegance in diction, but it’s not so far back that I need a dictionary to understand it, like with […]
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Watchmen
This was the first novel I was actually completely stoked to read. Before I started reading Watchmen, I was expecting a relatively fast read, like a darker Archie comic. I soon realized how wrong I was. When I first began reading, from all the books and texts from arts one, I went into an automatic […]
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Foe
I really enjoyed reading Foe overall, but I can completely see why some people here may have not enjoyed it so much. It doesn’t lend itself to explaining certain aspects when it needs to – instead of clarifying certain back stories and messages at times, the text decides to include pointless details and troubling narrative […]
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Watchmen
I’ll get this off my chest first – why an alien, Veidt? I think the movie had it better (it is just an explosion – mind you not near as horrific as the comic book’s depiction). So Watchmen is at heart, a graphic novel, which seems to be an increasingly popular medium for literature […]
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Watchmen
After not really enjoying “Foe”, reading “Watchmen” was what I needed. A classic comic book tale to sweep me away and let me wander through this eerily similar yet vastly different world created by Alan Moore. I’d already read most … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Foe
Reading “Foe” took me directly back to when I was a child, and my parents forced me (didn’t let me read other books until I finished this one) to read “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”. While I look back on … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Watchmen
That was a very welcome and interesting change of pace. I’m not sure what I was expecting really, but I was surprized by how dark it was. I mean, I wasn’t expecting it to be any kind of classic superhero … Continue reading →
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Watchmen
SKDHFLASJHFLADJGF;LKAJSLFKJAS;LKFJASLKFJSDHFPOUAHTPOWUASFLKJAS;KJF;SDFs In other words………… Best. Book. Ever. (Okay, maybe not EVER, but you get my drift) Seriously, not joking, no kidding around, this book was fantastic. The best way to end off the ArtsOne reading list. I couldn’t believe how much emotional complexity there was in the characters. I couldn’t put this book down. I […] Continue reading →