This is the first play I actually finished, but its only like 1400 lines. I stumbled upon it in like the last shelf of my local library
and honestly maily took it as its just such an insanly small and thin book.
Nonetheless it's quite enticing and interesting if you consider its really ancient. Being a classical greek tragedy things like the weird ass liminal
chorus and the deus ex machina at the end where a bit weird but the themes shone through cleanly. In its 50 small pages the play covers suffering and
bitterness as well as tension between an individuals honor and the needs of the collective quite well. If you manage to overlook the two millennia
between us and Sophocles the characters are really lively. Recommendation for 2 slightly weird hours of reading :)
I'm currently still reading, but I already grasp why this book is such a big deal - back then and even now.
The themes are still really relevant (Maybe more than ever) and the exploration of humanity, creation and destruction is incredibly - though quite sad
The readability suffers because of more than 200 years between us and Mrs Shelly, but it's soo expressive. Maybe I have more to say when Im finished :)
I listened to the audio book version of the Sea-Wolf published by MDR-Kultur.
Even though, the book is quite old it really doesn't read (or listen) lika a heavy classic. It's a fast pased adventure novel,
almost exlusivly taking place on a single vessel. The main characters - van Weiden, and Wolf Larson - stand in stunning contrast and
make for an interesting combination. Especially Larsen is an incredibly character in itself, he really left an imprint...
I enjoyed the book quite a lot :)
Before reading this recent release of Stephen King, I only knew his contributions to the horror genre, and since I do like some
fantasy too, this seemed like the perfect match.
While reading you certainly feel, that this is the product of an extremly talented storyteller. The main caveat though was, that I couldn't see a
direction in it. It was so occupied deconstructing classical ideas of a fairy tale that it cut - willingly - cut out the magic a bit. In its totallity the
book is still quite good, I would just put it to my favourites. Maybe it's just quite difficult to fulfill such high expectations as a name like stephen King
brings whith him. No offense taken though :)