Hi again,
This time the book which I will be talking about is Summerhouse with Swimming pool, a dutch book by Herman Koch. It is quite a large book, but not huge. Herman Koch is a famous Dutch literature writer, but not that that means anything. It was not very difficult to read it but it was sometimes a little bit confusing
This book is about a doctor called Marc Schlosser. He has a wife and two daughters, and he has a practice where famous people come. The story begins with a man who commits euthanasia. Marc had made a medical mistake, so badly that the patient can't be ill. The question in the beginning was if it was a mistake or on purpose. Relatively quick you find out it was not an accident to what happened. This patient is an actor and he invites Marc and his family to come over to their vacation house in the summer. Marc caught that patient looking at his wife, in a way he didn't like. Later in the book it becomes clear that Marc and the wife of the patient had an affaire (if there is not an affaire in Dutch literature it is not Dutch literature). At the summerhouse Marc sees the patient watch at his eldest daughter in the same way as he did at his wife. Marc lets this go, but he is not happy about it. A few days later they all go to the beach and the kids of both couples run of onto the beach. Marc's eldest daughter goes to another tent with the eldest son of the patient, because she wants to dance. The three men go to another bar where two of them try to seduce some young girls. The patient gets slapped in his face by one of the girls and a little while later another one almost dies but the heroic doctor saves her. Marc walks to the beach and there he finds his daughter lying unconsciously. Very quickly he sees what has happened to her; she was raped.
I didn't like this book very well, because the characters are a bit superficial and I can't wrap my head around why the doctor has an affaire with the wife of the patient. I think the main reason why I didn't like the book was because I didn't like his writing style. The whole book was about punishing the one who he thought had raped his daughter, but when he finds out who the real rapist is, he does nothing about it. That was just the strangest part of it all. I guess I will have to read this kind of books to graduate but it doesn't mean I like it.
This was it for today and I don't know what the next book is going to be, but I don't think it will be over a long time.
Ike
maandag 9 juni 2014
Good afternoon again,
The next I book I will write about is Revenge wears Prada. This book isn't as famous as its predecessor, but just as fun to read. There is no film about this book because the film of The Devil wears Prada has a closed end, and that end is not compatible with this book.
The book is about Andrea Sachs (surprise surprise) ten years after she quit het job at Runway. After a few years working at a wedding blog, where she could write all she wanted and when she wanted. But suddenly during a cooking class she walks Emily again. The become best friends and together the start a wedding magazine. Not about how to make a cheap wedding nice, but a high fashion magazine. When they look for investors Andrea finds love with Max. Max is the biggest investor of the magazine and together they succeed to make it very big within three years. Max and Andrea get married and she gets pregnant. But then she comes again. Miranda sees how successful the magazine is and wants to buy it. So there comes the trouble again,of scheduling an appointment with her and than she cancels. Andrea refuses to work under Miranda again, but Max and even worse Emily think it's a great opportunity. When they sell the magazine without Andrea's permission, she is furious and quits her job instantly.
Just like The Devil wears Prada, this book is very funny and you feel the dilemma's Andrea is in. But the difference is that this book is more about her private life and through the book you get flashbacks about what happened in the ten years in between the books. I didn't expect that this book would end so bitter. It is like your shirt gets an enormous rip in it and it gets sewed together; you can see the rip but the shirt is still nice and wearable. I expected that she would be happily married and Andrea did overreact a bit, but that was the way to get her back with her old boyfriend Alex, who fits way better with Andrea. The overall conclusion for me is that it is a fun book to read and just as easy as the first one and it has a very interesting end.
The next book will be Summerhouse withSwimming pool.
Ike
The next I book I will write about is Revenge wears Prada. This book isn't as famous as its predecessor, but just as fun to read. There is no film about this book because the film of The Devil wears Prada has a closed end, and that end is not compatible with this book.
The book is about Andrea Sachs (surprise surprise) ten years after she quit het job at Runway. After a few years working at a wedding blog, where she could write all she wanted and when she wanted. But suddenly during a cooking class she walks Emily again. The become best friends and together the start a wedding magazine. Not about how to make a cheap wedding nice, but a high fashion magazine. When they look for investors Andrea finds love with Max. Max is the biggest investor of the magazine and together they succeed to make it very big within three years. Max and Andrea get married and she gets pregnant. But then she comes again. Miranda sees how successful the magazine is and wants to buy it. So there comes the trouble again,of scheduling an appointment with her and than she cancels. Andrea refuses to work under Miranda again, but Max and even worse Emily think it's a great opportunity. When they sell the magazine without Andrea's permission, she is furious and quits her job instantly.
Just like The Devil wears Prada, this book is very funny and you feel the dilemma's Andrea is in. But the difference is that this book is more about her private life and through the book you get flashbacks about what happened in the ten years in between the books. I didn't expect that this book would end so bitter. It is like your shirt gets an enormous rip in it and it gets sewed together; you can see the rip but the shirt is still nice and wearable. I expected that she would be happily married and Andrea did overreact a bit, but that was the way to get her back with her old boyfriend Alex, who fits way better with Andrea. The overall conclusion for me is that it is a fun book to read and just as easy as the first one and it has a very interesting end.
The next book will be Summerhouse withSwimming pool.
Ike
For the second time today: hello!
This time it is The Devil wears Prada. If you haven't heard of the book or the film, you are living under a rock. This book has been immensely popular, not to mention the success of the film.
Nonetheless I will explain where the book is about.
Andrea Sachs just graduated from Brown college, and wants to be a writer. She just has to find the job that will be her gateway to the publisher world. And so she roles into the job where 'A million girls would die for'. She is the second assistant of the famous Miranda Priestly, the head editor of the fashion magazine Runway and the devil herself. And then there is Andrea's coworker, the first assistant Emily. Andrea has to do all kind of stupid chores, like getting her laundry from the dry cleaner and make reservations for restaurants with other people, to cancel them ten minutes later. She hadn't got any time left for her boyfriend, best friend, sister or parents. How long will she keep coping with this insane woman, that you have to find out yourself.
It was a very funny book to read, and easy too. This is such a book you can't stop reading until you finished it. You feel how stressed out and pissed of Andrea gets and she tries to stand up against Miranda, by spending as much as she possibly can on account of the company. It is sad to see her lose a lot and see her finally make the right choice. Before I read this book, I had watched the film several times. I always like it to make the comparison between the book and the film, but most of the time the book is way better than the film. I also think that the film has to be made as much likely as possible to the book. The film of The Devil wears Prada isn't better nor worse than the book; its just different. There are a few character traits of Miranda that are different from the book. And that is why I think the book is slightly better.
The next book Is going to be Revenge wears Prada
Ike
This time it is The Devil wears Prada. If you haven't heard of the book or the film, you are living under a rock. This book has been immensely popular, not to mention the success of the film.
Nonetheless I will explain where the book is about.
Andrea Sachs just graduated from Brown college, and wants to be a writer. She just has to find the job that will be her gateway to the publisher world. And so she roles into the job where 'A million girls would die for'. She is the second assistant of the famous Miranda Priestly, the head editor of the fashion magazine Runway and the devil herself. And then there is Andrea's coworker, the first assistant Emily. Andrea has to do all kind of stupid chores, like getting her laundry from the dry cleaner and make reservations for restaurants with other people, to cancel them ten minutes later. She hadn't got any time left for her boyfriend, best friend, sister or parents. How long will she keep coping with this insane woman, that you have to find out yourself.
It was a very funny book to read, and easy too. This is such a book you can't stop reading until you finished it. You feel how stressed out and pissed of Andrea gets and she tries to stand up against Miranda, by spending as much as she possibly can on account of the company. It is sad to see her lose a lot and see her finally make the right choice. Before I read this book, I had watched the film several times. I always like it to make the comparison between the book and the film, but most of the time the book is way better than the film. I also think that the film has to be made as much likely as possible to the book. The film of The Devil wears Prada isn't better nor worse than the book; its just different. There are a few character traits of Miranda that are different from the book. And that is why I think the book is slightly better.
The next book Is going to be Revenge wears Prada
Ike
Hi again,
I've read a few books in the pas two months, but I couldn't find the time to write about them. So I will speake about the books one by one, and in this post it is going to be ... The mythologie Guide.
Just al little note for everyone who reads my book blog execpt my teacher (not that there are so many) : I will try to continue to write about the books I've read. The summer vacation is not very far away and I will try to read as much as possible in any language I can read.
Well back to The mythology Guide. Since I was little I've loved mythology of all kinds of cultures and religions. At first it was just the Romans, later the Greeks and now all of them. I was at the libary and I saw this little book, and it looked very compact.
I loved to read this little book. It gave a good overview over all the different cultures. Of course there are the most famous cultures in that book like of course the Romans, Greeks and Egypians but also less known mythologie like those of the Japanse, Aztecs and even some African tribes. The book has two parts, the mythologie of different parts in the world and themes in the mythologie, and each part is divided into several chapters. The parts of the world are of course obvious, but the themes not so much. Different themes are love stories, death and the underworld and monsters.
From the different parts of the world I liked Asia the best because it was totally new for me, the pictures look very nice and I liked the names of the gods. Although I must say,that the buddism is very complicated and when you want to get how it works you have to get a very expanded encyclopedia. About the classic area I knew almost everything already so that part wasn't so revaeling for me. Mesopotamia was amazing because that culture is from thousends of years ago and they had very good stories. The only part in didn't like so much, was tribal Africa. I don't know why I don't like that part, I guess that I just don't like those cultures very much.
Of the themes I liked the love theme the most (I'm girl, you know) and espcially the Celtic story about Etain and Midir. Midir was the son of the upper god and he fell in love with the beautiful Etain. Midirs wife was jealous and Etain became born as a human and rememberd nothing of her marriage with Midir. The king of Ireland was seeking for a wife and decided to merry Etain, but the kings brother fell in love with her. Midir came to get her, and took het to the world of the gods, but the king wanted his bride back. So the king and Midir came to an understanding: Etain would live her mortal live out with the king and after that she would live with Midir.
All the other themes were very good as well, but I liked the love stories the best.
This book is a very nice book, but it is meant to give you an insight in all different kinds of mythologie, so if you want to learn more about the mythologie of a specific culture, you have to find a book for that.
The next book will be the debil wears prada.
Ike
I've read a few books in the pas two months, but I couldn't find the time to write about them. So I will speake about the books one by one, and in this post it is going to be ... The mythologie Guide.
Just al little note for everyone who reads my book blog execpt my teacher (not that there are so many) : I will try to continue to write about the books I've read. The summer vacation is not very far away and I will try to read as much as possible in any language I can read.
Well back to The mythology Guide. Since I was little I've loved mythology of all kinds of cultures and religions. At first it was just the Romans, later the Greeks and now all of them. I was at the libary and I saw this little book, and it looked very compact.
I loved to read this little book. It gave a good overview over all the different cultures. Of course there are the most famous cultures in that book like of course the Romans, Greeks and Egypians but also less known mythologie like those of the Japanse, Aztecs and even some African tribes. The book has two parts, the mythologie of different parts in the world and themes in the mythologie, and each part is divided into several chapters. The parts of the world are of course obvious, but the themes not so much. Different themes are love stories, death and the underworld and monsters.
From the different parts of the world I liked Asia the best because it was totally new for me, the pictures look very nice and I liked the names of the gods. Although I must say,that the buddism is very complicated and when you want to get how it works you have to get a very expanded encyclopedia. About the classic area I knew almost everything already so that part wasn't so revaeling for me. Mesopotamia was amazing because that culture is from thousends of years ago and they had very good stories. The only part in didn't like so much, was tribal Africa. I don't know why I don't like that part, I guess that I just don't like those cultures very much.
Of the themes I liked the love theme the most (I'm girl, you know) and espcially the Celtic story about Etain and Midir. Midir was the son of the upper god and he fell in love with the beautiful Etain. Midirs wife was jealous and Etain became born as a human and rememberd nothing of her marriage with Midir. The king of Ireland was seeking for a wife and decided to merry Etain, but the kings brother fell in love with her. Midir came to get her, and took het to the world of the gods, but the king wanted his bride back. So the king and Midir came to an understanding: Etain would live her mortal live out with the king and after that she would live with Midir.
All the other themes were very good as well, but I liked the love stories the best.
This book is a very nice book, but it is meant to give you an insight in all different kinds of mythologie, so if you want to learn more about the mythologie of a specific culture, you have to find a book for that.
The next book will be the debil wears prada.
Ike
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