James
Cameroon's TITANIC :-
Average Rating : 5 out of 5
A reader from The
netherlands , 06/30/98 ( Ranked : 5 out of 5 )
Great, great great!!!
I never read such a beautiful book about a
movie. It really gives you a good look about how the movie was made. A movie like Titanic
is a lot of work and if you watch it in the cinema you don't immediately realize that. But
when you read this book,you can almost feel the effort people made on the set. The book is
also illustrated with beautiful pictures from the movie. There is just one word for this
book: GREAT! Every Titanic fan is supposed to have this book!
A reader from North
Carolina , 06/28/98 ( Ranked : 5 out of 5 )
I love this book because:
I love the movie and the
TITANIC itself. This book gives many of the details on the filming and creating of the
TITANIC. The pictures are beautiful. I love looking at them again and again. It's a truly
wonderful book.
Bren from St.Louis,
Missouri , 06/23/98( Ranked: 5 out of 5 )
A Must Have! Beautifully Designed!
Sure, it explains mostly about the making of
Titanic, etc., but you will never find any pictures more beautiful than these. I can't
even describe how stunning some of the pics are! They are huge, glossy, and magnificent! A
must have by any means.
Toni
Morrison's Paradise :-
Average Rating : 4 out of 5
A reader from Puerto
Rico , 06/01/98 ( Ranked : 5 out of 5 )
Recommend wholeheartedly
This is not to be read as a substitute for
pulp fiction, as a beach novel to pass the time, a substitute for TV. If that is your
intention, prepare to be dissapointed. This is to be read in silence, preferably without
any foreseeable interruption, because it will grab you and keep you sitting. The stories
weave in and out of each other, catching you at moments, as connections reveal themselves.
This is also a flipper. You will find yourself going back and rereading, trying to find
passages and commit them to memory. What seemed unimportant becomes important, what seemed
a focal point becomes a tangent. I read it like a sleuth, and recognized in it the same
kind of inspiration that one finds in a Garcia Marquez. How many times I have read a
Garcia Marquez short story ,ran back to find 100 Years of Solitude in my bookshelf and
found that, yes, effectively the main character in the story was a tangent in the novel.
Or been surprised that such an initially unimportant character emerges as the main
character after 50 pages. Or been amazed that what seemed so confused is clarified in one
sentence. Such is the way that Paradise constructs itself. Not an easy read, but well
worth it for the mini-epiphanies. Congratulations, this is a marvel!
[email protected] from Chicago IL , 06/06/98 (
Ranked : 4 out of 5 )
It was challenging, but it made me think.
It was challenging, especially the first part
of the book. I have found this difficulty with other books written by Morrison, which is
why I have only read one other book (Tar Baby) by her. However, since Morrison is so well
thought of in educational and literary circles, I decided it was important for me to give
her another try. This is not an entertaining piece of literature. It makes the reader
think about issues such as class, race, and gender. Morrison uses a lot of symbolism and
it takes some thought to understand what she writes and to create knowledge from what she
has written. This is the challenge. This is what makes it worth reading.
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