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Fairest of All

A Tale of the Wicked Queen

Published: 1, August 2017
Book 1 of 8: Villains
Genres: Teen & Young Adult Media Tie-In, Teen & Young Adult Fairy Tale & Folklore Adaptations, Children's Folk Tales & Myths, Teen & Young Adult Myths & Legends

This book series is about Walt Disney’s villains and about the life they had and what caused them to be like what you saw them on the screen. I always wanted to know about the other side of the story when I saw a villain do something evil. And I think now is the time when we can see and read about that because I see movies and read books about antiheroes and even villain’s backgrounds. Our society is at last evolving and adopting the open-minded approach and that is why we are trying to learn the opposite side’s story also.

I loved the idea but got kind of disappointed by the way the story was stretched and basically, the book is one day read if you want. The font is large and it is kind of good for young kids and adults who are still fans of those classic stories and cartoon movies.

I think it is better to buy these books for your collection because the book covers and design are amazing. Young kids are going to love the stories and adults can like these also. The writing style is kind of simple and juvenile but don’t forget, it is written for young to adults who are fans of this kind of stuff. I actually love the books that are easy to read, because you can read more and fast and still understand and enjoy the story.

The reason this queen became evil was a good idea and I liked it. I mean that’s how you must tell a story about how someone changed from a good-hearted person to an evil person.


Synopsis:
“For anyone who’s seen Walt Disney’s Snow White, you’ll know that the Wicked Queen is one evil woman! After all, it’s not everyone who wants to cut out their teenage step-daughter’s heart and have it delivered back in a locked keepsake box. (And even if this sort of thing is a common urge, we don’t know many people who have acted upon it.)

Now, for the first time, we’ll examine the life of the Wicked Queen and find out just what it is that makes her so nasty. Here’s a hint: the creepy-looking man in the magic mirror is not just some random spooky visage―and he just might have something to do with the Queen’s wicked ways!”

The only reason I am not giving full points is the stretching that this story got to add more pages to the actual short story. Otherwise, it is a wonderful and amazing book for young readers.

I suggest buying the hardcover version if you are a true fan or want to give it as a gift to someone who is a fan.


Rating: 90/100
Recommended: 100/100 Yes.


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Damnation Spring


Published: 3, August 2021 (Hardcover)
Author: Ash Davidson
Genres: Small Town & Rural Fiction, Contemporary Literary Fiction, Family Life, Literary Fiction

I normally am not interested in books and movies about the environment because I know the reality of the situation in real life and it makes me uncomfortable reading about it. But I had to read this book because it was recommended to me by someone who reads a lot of books like me and I must say, I was not disappointed. A bit slow to start, not because it’s boring. It is slow because you are getting info about the logging and the industry involved in it plus the characters are being introduced to you and by the end, you’ll be invested in them. So don’t stop or get disappointed in the start, just read on and you’ll love this book.

It doesn’t feel like a debut novel because the author made sure that you are actually going to feel you are in that area near California’s rugged coast having a picnic and smelling the trees and grass. I am not a fan of that kind of detail but it feels good sometimes if it’s done properly like what Miss. Ash Davidson did.

This book is going to tell you the other side of the story of loggers because all the books that we read are always about the people who want to save the trees or tree huggers. So instead of tree huggers, we are reading from the viewpoint of tree loggers and how they lived and how hard it was becoming for them in the dwindling industry in the 1970s because this story takes us to that time and shows us what was happening to these loggers and what was the situation of the families they supported. The story of their wives and kids and neighbors.

It is kind of long because for the first twenty-plus percent of the story you don’t know what is actually going to happen but as soon as you realize what this story is all about, you get hooked and that first half is the only flaw it has; only if you are not into learning about the industry and what these people are doing. And that is why I am not able to give this book full points. I loved the book because it has a very powerful story with living breathing characters that I am sure you are going to miss when the book is finished. So don’t miss or skip the first part. I am only giving low points because of the people who want fast paced action from the first page.

This book is beautiful in a way that is going to make you realize we are our environment and a part of mother earth, what we do is coming back to us in the same way we treat her.


Synopsis:
“An epic, immersive debut, Damnation Spring is the deeply human story of a Pacific Northwest logging town wrenched in two by a mystery that threatens to derail its way of life.

For generations, Rich Gundersen’s family has chopped a livelihood out of the redwood forest along California’s rugged coast. Now Rich and his wife, Colleen, are raising their own young son near Damnation Grove, a swath of ancient redwoods on which Rich’s employer, Sanderson Timber Co., plans to make a killing. In 1977, with most of the forest cleared or protected, a grove like Damnation—and beyond it 24-7 Ridge—is a logger’s dream.

It’s dangerous work. Rich has already lived decades longer than his father, killed on the job. Rich wants better for his son, Chub, so when the opportunity arises to buy 24-7 Ridge—costing them all the savings they’ve squirreled away for their growing family—he grabs it, unbeknownst to Colleen. Because the reality is their family isn’t growing; Colleen has lost several pregnancies. And she isn’t alone. As a midwife, Colleen has seen it with her own eyes.

For decades, the herbicides the logging company uses were considered harmless. But Colleen is no longer so sure. What if these miscarriages aren’t isolated strokes of bad luck? As mudslides take out clear-cut hillsides and salmon vanish from creeks, her search for answers threatens to unravel not just Rich’s plans for the 24-7, but their marriage too, dividing a town that lives and dies on timber along the way.

Told from the perspectives of Rich, Colleen, and Chub, in prose as clear as a spring-fed creek, this intimate, compassionate portrait of a community clinging to a vanishing way of life amid the perils of environmental degradation makes Damnation Spring an essential novel for our time.”


Rating: 90/100
Recommended: 95/100 Yes.


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And Then There Were None

Published: 6 November 1939
Author: Agatha Christie
Genres: Dramas & Plays, Historical Mystery, Traditional Detective Mysteries, Classic Literature, fiction, Historical Thrillers, Crime, Classic British & Irish Fiction, Mystery, psychological thriller, horror

She is one of the most searched and read authors of all time with over a billion books sold in different languages even after her death.

And Then There Were None is a mystery novel written by late great Agatha Christie, which she has described as the most difficult of her works to write. Ten Little Niggers, after the children's counting rhyme and minstrel song that serves as a major plot element, was first published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club on November 6, 1939. In January 1940, a US edition was released under the title and Then There Were None, which is derived from the song's final five words. Except for the Pocket Books paperbacks published between 1964 and 1986, which were titled Ten Little Indians, all subsequent American reprints and adaptations use that title.

The book is the world's best-selling mystery and one of the best-selling books of all time, with over 100 million copies sold. The novel has been ranked as the sixth best-selling title in any language, including reference works.

If you never read her books before then you better start with this book because this book is going to show you what a genius she was in writing and in making plots.

For me, this story was one of her best works and shows her brilliance one very page. It is a masterpiece that is in words instead of a canvas, the ending is going to blow you away and that is the max I can tell you about this topic.

It has amazing character development, a top-notch plot, and a blow you out of your seat ending, in addition to the mystery. The novel's originality is nothing short of breathtaking! In terms of psychology, character development, and literary style, no other "mystery" novel comes close, in my opinion. Simply one of the best mysteries ever written by one of the greatest authors of all time. Only one book is better in terms of mystery, and that is "ABC Murders," but this one is still superior in terms of all other aspects of the plot and style.

As you can expect with this kind of book, you are going to be twisted and turned many times and this will make you turn page after page till you are at the end of the final page.

Warning: If you buy the “harpers kindle version.” BEWARE - They included a major plot spoiler by adding a page from Christie’s autobiography in the start of the book, so please be advised and don’t read it before you are done with the main book.


Synopsis:
“If you’re one of the few who haven’t experienced the genius of Agatha Christie, this novel is a stellar starting point." — DAVID BALDACCI, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author

An exclusive authorized edition of the most famous and beloved stories from the Queen of Mystery.

Ten people, each with something to hide and something to fear, are invited to an isolated mansion on Indian Island by a host who, surprisingly, fails to appear. On the island they are cut off from everything but each other and the inescapable shadows of their own past lives. One by one, the guests share the darkest secrets of their wicked pasts. And one by one, they die…

Which among them is the killer and will any of them survive?

"Agatha Christie is the gateway drug to crime fiction both for readers and for writers. . . . Just one book is never enough." — VAL MCDERMID, Internationally Bestselling Author.”


Rating: 100/100
Recommended: 100/100 Yes.


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