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Book Review: Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan by vampirekiki, literature

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Book Review: Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan

Book Review: Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan Pre-review: So far I've read into the first 140+ pages of this book, the writing is humorous and the author's references on social and cultural practices/customs and languages of the Chinese/South East Asian communities are mostly accurate. However, I can't wholeheartedly enjoy the book when the story and the characters are more on the over-the-top melodrama side. Plus, all of the description about the luxurious lifestyle and the comforts those rich people can enjoy are *really* getting into my nerves, especially when most of those people don't have to work to earn all those comforts and I just have to remember the grassroots people and the working class, who remain mostly unmentioned within this book, how those grassroots people must have been working so damn hard to create so damn much riches so all these self-important 'Crazy Rich Asians' can live in perfect luxury! The more I think about it, the more pissed off I feel. So when

Book Review: The Devil in the White City by vampirekiki, literature

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Book Review: The Devil in the White City

Book Review: The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America, by Erik Larson Premise took from Goodreads.com:Author Erik Larson imbues the incredible events surrounding the 1893 Chicago World's Fair with such drama that readers may find themselves checking the book's categorization to be sure that 'The Devil in the White City' is not, in fact, a highly imaginative novel. Larson tells the stories of two men: Daniel H. Burnham, the architect responsible for the fair's construction, and H.H. Holmes, a serial killer masquerading as a charming doctor. Burnham's challenge was immense. In a short period of

Book Review: Detective vs Detectives II by vampirekiki, literature

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Book Review: Detective vs Detectives II

Book Review: Detective v.s. Detectives II, by Keisuke Matsuoka Detective v.s. Detectives II turns out to be a chilling, delightful and oh-so-fucking-cool hard boiled thriller. Damn! So far this series feels like the Japanese answer to Girl with the Dragon Tattoo! Review for the prequel: Detective v.s. Detectives II https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2283888819?book_show_action=true&from_review_page=1 No wonder this series had been adapted into a TV series in Japan. (I just love the casting!) In this sequel, the heroine is still on a quest to find out the true identity of a shady private investigator, who had sold the personal informa

Book Review: Detective vs Detectives by vampirekiki, literature

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Book Review: Detective vs Detectives

Book Review: Detective v.s. Detectives, by Keisuke Matsuoka "Private investigators never solve any case." As a fan of crime fictions and detective novels, Detective V.S. Detectives (with its highly unusual setup and a gritty attitude) sends a delightful chill down my spine with its brutal honesty about the reality of the private investigators. In novels and movies, detectives and private eyes always seem like the friends of truth and justice, who can solve murder mysteries which not even the policemen can solve; but what and who these people can be in reality, you wonder? Novelist Keisuke Matsuoka offers us a few possible answers: gravedi

Review Dogra Magra/Braincell Hell by KyusakuYumemo by vampirekiki, literature

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Review Dogra Magra/Braincell Hell by KyusakuYumemo

Book Review: Dogra Magra (tran. Braincell Hell) by Kyusaku Yumemo If you had it in your mind to read Dogra Magra (Chinese translation: Encephalon Hell or Pericardium Hell, or more simply, Braincell Hell), please be careful, your brain is about to go through some really intensive and complete mind-fuck. The story begins with a young man waking up only to find himself in an asylum, he is then checked on by a doctor, who claims he is here to help the young man to recover his lost memory, from this point onward, things take a nightmarish turn for the worse, and things go from weird to...you guessed it, weirder. The late Kyusaku Yumemo (this pe

Book Review: Trouble Is My Business by vampirekiki, literature

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Book Review: Trouble Is My Business

Book Review: Trouble Is My Business, by Raymond Chandler Premise took from Goodreads.com: In the four long stories in this collection, Marlowe is hired to protect a rich old guy from a gold digger, runs afoul of crooked politicos, gets a line on some stolen jewels with a reward attached, and stumbles across a murder victim who may have been an extortionist. Raymond Chandler and I don't always have a happy relationship when his novels are put into consideration. I Did Not Finished more of his books than managed to finish them in the past. I have to admit Mr. Chandler had a terrific way with writing, his dialogues and his tone are always char

Book Review: Thousand Cranes, by Yasunari Kawabata by vampirekiki, literature

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Book Review: Thousand Cranes, by Yasunari Kawabata

Book Review: Thousand Cranes, by Yasunari Kawabata Thoughts before reading: I have a burning question to ask after reading two Yasunari Kawabata's novels and on my way to read the third: Is that just this Kawabata guy, or is it common for men in general to keep thinking about this perfect but unreal phantom of a beautiful woman (whom they can't be with for one reason or another), even when they already had a solid but flawed wife or girlfriend (they are flawed because all humans are flawed) by their sides? Any menfolk bothers to answer me? Thoughts after reading: I think it's fitting to share with you one of the messages I think Mr. Kawa

Book review: Sleeping Beauties, by Yasunari Kawaba by vampirekiki, literature

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Book review: Sleeping Beauties, by Yasunari Kawaba

Book Review: Sleeping Beauties, by Yasunari Kawabata My review for The Old Capital by the same author: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1905382755?book_show_action=false&from_review_page=1 Sleeping Beauties or House of the Sleeping Beauties by Yasunari Kawabata is not a pleasant book to read. The story itself is simple enough, with only a handful of characters occupied the story: An old man was invited to a very private inn to spend a night with the 'sleeping beauties': young beautiful naked girls who had been drugged into heavy sleep. Old men were allowed to spend nights sleeping beside these girls in separate scarlet chambers within

Book Review: Fever (Chemical Garden book 2) by vampirekiki, literature

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Book Review: Fever (Chemical Garden book 2)

Book Review: Fever (Chemical Garden book 2), by Lauren Destefano Book Description from amazon.com:The second book in The Chemical Garden Trilogy reveals a world as captivating—and as dangerous—as the one Rhine left behind in Wither. Rhine and Gabriel have escaped the mansion, but they're still in danger. Outside, they find a world even more disquieting than the one they left behind. Determined to get to Manhattan and find Rhine's twin brother, Rowan, the two press forward, amid threats of being captured again…or worse. The road they are on is long and perilous—and in a world where young women only live to

Book Review: End of Days, by Susan Ee by vampirekiki, literature

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Book Review: End of Days, by Susan Ee

Book Review: End of Days, book 3 of Penryn & the End of Days series, by Susan Ee Premise took from Goodreads: End of Days is the explosive conclusion to Susan Ee’s bestselling Penryn & the End of Days trilogy. After a daring escape from the angels, Penryn and Raffe are on the run. They’re both desperate to find a doctor who can reverse the twisted changes inflicted by the angels on Raffe and Penryn’s sister. As they set off in search of answers, a startling revelation about Raffe’s past unleashes dark forces that threaten them all. When the angels release an apocalyptic nightmare onto humans, both sides are set on a

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Maggie-Wolff

Apr 17, 2022

Besides written book reviews, I also have book review videos. Would it be possible to submit those to the group as a DA picture with a link?

SarahMyriaCarter

Sep 29, 2014

Hello I am the Author of the book Seekers Tribulation and was wondering if you would review my book
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I hope you consider reviewing my book, examples of my work can be found here
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If you have any questions feel free to ask

JasemineDenise

Jul 9, 2014

Really quick question before I click "join!" Is there any place for authors to request their book be reviewed? I'm a contemporary romance writer and my book is on sale for the next week for $2 in hopes to get more readers and a few reviews, so I wanted to see!

p-soldiers

Jul 26, 2014

Not right now, no. In the future I could always add it if there's some demand. I'm a writer as well.

vampirekiki

Jul 8, 2014

thanks for the request.

p-soldiers

Jul 26, 2014

Thank you for accepting!

vampirekiki

Jul 27, 2014

thanks for adding!