So, here I am stealing an idea for a blog post. Ashley had a post where she commented about the books she read in the last month. I thought it was a great idea so I'm stealing it.
Unfortunately I only read two books this month. Not only did the trip to Sioux Falls crimp my reading schedule (no complaints), but while I was gone I received two editions of the Sporting News. I had a lot of catching up to do.
While I was gone I finished reading Watchmen. Holy cow. That book fulfilled everything I wanted it to. If you're looking for some superhero story with a happy ending this is not the book for you. I really loved that the good guys didn't win in the end. And frankly, it never seemed like they would. It was a downer story on par with 1984. I loved it. I'm sick of reading stories where the main character always win. I'm sure there are many novels out there that have the main character losing in the end, I just don't know what they are. 5/5
On a side note: I believe The Dark Knight would have been a much better movie if both of the ferries had been blown up. I don't care who does it, I just wanted to see them both explode. It would have pushed Batman to the absolute extreme edge. The Joker would have won and it would have set up the third movie so well. I also think that if the main character is plunged to the brink it makes his/her ascension that much more meaningful.
The other book I read this month was called The Age of the Gladiators. It was a bit boring. It is a nonfiction history book about Rome during the time of the gladiators. Typically I'm extremely interested in this subject. This book just had too many things wrong with it. The author often repeated himself, sometimes many times in the same chapter. I felt like he must have thought the people reading it were extremely stupid. Also, I felt like there were about 125 missing commas (no hyperbole). It was a bit difficult to read. That's the only reason I wouldn't recommend it. It was definitely full of some pretty interesting information, though. 3/5
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yes.... both ferries should have blown up. that would have been awesome.
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