Hunted by PC Cast and Kristin Cast
Saturday, December 19, 2009
With power comes more responsibility and this is truly displayed by Zoey Redbird in the book. In this 5th book Hunted, fear sets in when the supposed High Priestess of House of Night have turned from their Goddess, towards Kalona who represents evil. Zoey Redbird being gifted with the ability to control all 5 elements (earth, fire, water, wind and spirit), is now entrusted with the task to get rid of this evil. At least to send it away since Kalona is immortal and it’s impossible to kill it. Yet Zoey Redbird is subjected to temptation of Kalona and the problems of relationships which make it more difficult for her to focus on her task. But nonetheless, Zoey Redbird completes and saves the House of Night temporarily.
This is an intriguing story that captures your attention once you’ve started. Though it talks in the context of vampires, but it relates to what we teenagers are going through: temptation, relationship problems, leadership as well as trust.
;Daphne
This is an intriguing story that captures your attention once you’ve started. Though it talks in the context of vampires, but it relates to what we teenagers are going through: temptation, relationship problems, leadership as well as trust.
;Daphne
Needful Things by Stephen King
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Needful Things is set in the town of Castle Rock (a fictitious town that has been the setting for a number of Stephen King's previous novels) where a new shop - Needful Things, has just opened. At first glance, the shop seems like any other trinket shop but as the citizens of Castle Rock enter the shop out of curiosity, they soon realize that the shop holds an item that they want more than anything else.
The sign hanging at the shop window - "Caveat emptor" ("Let the buyer beware"), gives a subtle hint about the events that are about to unfold as each buyer purchases an item that the old shopkeeper has in stock, most of the time paying surprisingly low prices in addition to performing small 'favors' at the shopkeeper's request. As the plot develops, the number of townspeople that fall prey to the shopkeeper's influence increases and it becomes clear that these 'favors' worsen existing grudges between the townspeople, causing them to turn against each other. The story has somewhat of a happy ending - that is if you like at least 80% of the main and supporting characters wiped out.
The narrative constantly shifts between one character's point of view to another, allowing the reader to understand multiple character's actions, background and paranoia. And as always, Stephen King's details regarding the numerous acts of violence in the book are all too grisly. Truly a Stephen classic, the book shows the selfish side of people as well as the things that one will do when driven to desperation. It might be a bit too exaggerated but the book still leaves an uncomfortable notion that such things are possible. Really, if you've never read a Stephen King novel (where have you been), Needful Things would be a great starter. x)
Yihao
The sign hanging at the shop window - "Caveat emptor" ("Let the buyer beware"), gives a subtle hint about the events that are about to unfold as each buyer purchases an item that the old shopkeeper has in stock, most of the time paying surprisingly low prices in addition to performing small 'favors' at the shopkeeper's request. As the plot develops, the number of townspeople that fall prey to the shopkeeper's influence increases and it becomes clear that these 'favors' worsen existing grudges between the townspeople, causing them to turn against each other. The story has somewhat of a happy ending - that is if you like at least 80% of the main and supporting characters wiped out.
The narrative constantly shifts between one character's point of view to another, allowing the reader to understand multiple character's actions, background and paranoia. And as always, Stephen King's details regarding the numerous acts of violence in the book are all too grisly. Truly a Stephen classic, the book shows the selfish side of people as well as the things that one will do when driven to desperation. It might be a bit too exaggerated but the book still leaves an uncomfortable notion that such things are possible. Really, if you've never read a Stephen King novel (where have you been), Needful Things would be a great starter. x)
Yihao