Week 5
Tom Clancy's #1 Power Plays - Wild Card
by Jerome Preisler
Rating: :) :) :)
I find this book, for the lack of a better word - proficient. Blinded by the big bold letters that spelled 'Tom Clancy' made me turn the pages in anticipation, even caring to take a few glimpses of the commentaries enlisted on the first few pages of the book. /sweat
But I was quite dismayed - though adequately satisfied -to have eventually figured out the flow or outline of the story. The connections were very loose and the introductions were a bit messy at every chapter that I had to reboot my mindset so that my poor nerves would not complain of a new and entirely different setting/group of characters that come into place. This is one downside that I could dare pinpoint. As for the rest, read the book thoroughly so you'd know what I mean. LOL :D
Mainly, the story's about a huge underground scheme of smuggling and thickets of greed sourced from oil and many other things - all these were covered with the grandest of all exquisiteness: a luxury resort that is home to the richest and most influential people of the world who often would like to just sit back, relax and enjoy what they commonly call as 'vacation' for the blue bloods.
An agent was sent to go undercover to find out whether their anonymous informant was telling the truth or not. And as our character, Nimec, stumbles upon a mind-boggling operation on his first night-out as a spy, things that would happen afterwards would be the result of his honest discovery.
The novelette still has a stir of action, suspense and a bit of humor that I was able to enjoy for that matter. However, I still find the whole thing a bit disappointing, in my honest opinion. Everyone has his/her own vantage point. But I'd still recommend this one, it's not really that upsetting. /nobigdeal
Week 4
The Girl Who Played With Fire
by Stieg Larsson
Rating: :) :) :) :) :)
This sequel is the next best thing! And I'm not kidding! I'm even more excited should Hollywood wish to pursue the rest of the Millennium Trilogy on film. I'm not biased, I am just overwhelmed by Larsson's work. It is indeed something not to be missed in your lifetime! Okay, okay...on with the synopsis! :D
The story continues with Lisbeth Salander splurging away what she had somewhat "acquired," from the ending of the previous book. But problem arises again as her new guardian, Neil Bjurman, wanted revenge for the humiliation and trauma that she had done to him previously. As he tried to devise diabolical plans to get back at Salander - and maybe even considering the fact that killing her would instantly solve his problems - Bjurman eventually hired someone to do the dirty job. Turns out, he uncovered way too much information from Salander's past that eventually led to his fate.
Like Bjurman, Salander was also on her heels on finding the whereabouts of her past, especially her father. But having been tangled up in this new web of deception, deep dark secrets and government espionage, Salander found herself the victim of a deadly accusation claiming that she had murdered two of Blomkvist's colleagues in the news field.
Meanwhile, our other protagonist (Blomkvist) does not believe the stories and accusations that's all over the news. He had been Salander's friend, and knew that although Salander is one ass-kicking girl, she is not that type to kill an innocent person, let alone a couple of journalists who were on the path of seeking the truth. Albeit, it may seem coincidental that these two journalists were on the verge of discovering a dark secret that has something to do with Salander's past, all the fuss about the hunt for her life still did not convince Blomkvist that she was the killer.
Get ready to uncover a new pandemonium that our protagonists have gotten themselves involved in, and have your mind ready to be blown away by Larsson's fantastic depiction of his second masterpiece: The Girl Who Played With Fire.
After a year (yeah, almost exactly a year), I have come back from the living world and returned with a fiercer pen...or netbook for that matter.
To explain my absence for the rest of 2011...well, I have really been away from the internet most of the time (except for facebook) because I decided to do some voluntary services as a nurse here in our province. I have spent a few good months at a clinic and then at a primary hospital that's two hours away from home. And oh yeeees, I haven't stopped reading while I was away on my short ventures and have come back with more books books boooooks at hand!
That's why I decided to continue this blog a year later, so as not to disrupt the chronological order of things. I have been quite busy at the tip of 2011 since I had to be one of the primary caregivers for my grandmother or lola in our own dialect.
Let's stop all the fussing now and on with my quest!
ciao! >:D
