Sunday, September 26, 2010
Book Review!!!!!!!!!!: David Benioff, City of Thieves
During a hard time in a country torn by war under strict military law, people are thankful to live through the night. Some have dreams of heroes winning the war in some heroic victory in a battle. No one would expect to have to go on a strange mission to save their own life, especially a simple task that turns into bizarre journey. Two young men have to risk their own lives to find a dozen eggs.
The odd journey begins with misfortune and ends as a tale of destiny. The two young men Lev and Kolya are sent to jail. Lev is caught stealing and Kolya is arrested for deserting. During the harsh war men sent to jailed would normally be killed, Lev and Kolya had no hope of surviving to the next morning. The two hopeless criminals find themselves confronting a powerful Russian colonel who makes a proposition to free them from jail in exchange for a favor. The colonels daughter was getting married and need o a dozen eggs to make a wedding cake. The two set off on their journey in a hope to set themselves free. The two young men overcame many atrocities and eventually ending in a standoff with a notorious opposing general. After experiencing many frightening encounters the two turned out two be changed men after the journey with a new unique friendship.
David Benioff the writer of City of Thieves managed to write an entertaining story around a setting that can easily be turned into a depressing drama. The writing style of the book was very unique. The book had a great balance of being able to disrupt the decrepit and frightening environments with character interactions. Several portions of the book take place in the dark, or at night, a dynamic that normally adds fear but here it is not noticed by the fact that the commentary from the two protagonists keeps a comical spin at many times. The overall feeling of the book is a feeling of desperation. Everything that happens feels like the outcome could easily spin to the death of the characters. The dark recurring theme of death around every corner was disrupted by the writing style that never allowed the story to take itself to seriously. The story felt a little too rushed to me and also I found several situations to be unnecessary to be included. The opening chapter of the book starts off as a story of how the author, David Benioff was writing the book around a story from his father after Benioff spent time asking his father to tell him stories of his time in the war. This chapter may have been unnecessary and to me is completely disposable, because this element is forgotten and should have been worked into the story more, but this does add a clever touch to the book if not a little strange and mysterious in my opinion.
The book was an interesting if not down right strange tale that left the reader feeling entertained about a war story rather than frightened. The absurdity of the situation in this story and the way it all happens is what can be a little off-putting and makes the story a little awkward. The ending felt kind of rushed and felt like thing still didn't add up leaving a mysterious feel. This book would definitely be a good read for adventure fans, however more sensitive readers may not appreciate the situations and language used, but looking past that the story is clever and very stylized and can appeal to a wide audience.
The odd journey begins with misfortune and ends as a tale of destiny. The two young men Lev and Kolya are sent to jail. Lev is caught stealing and Kolya is arrested for deserting. During the harsh war men sent to jailed would normally be killed, Lev and Kolya had no hope of surviving to the next morning. The two hopeless criminals find themselves confronting a powerful Russian colonel who makes a proposition to free them from jail in exchange for a favor. The colonels daughter was getting married and need o a dozen eggs to make a wedding cake. The two set off on their journey in a hope to set themselves free. The two young men overcame many atrocities and eventually ending in a standoff with a notorious opposing general. After experiencing many frightening encounters the two turned out two be changed men after the journey with a new unique friendship.
David Benioff the writer of City of Thieves managed to write an entertaining story around a setting that can easily be turned into a depressing drama. The writing style of the book was very unique. The book had a great balance of being able to disrupt the decrepit and frightening environments with character interactions. Several portions of the book take place in the dark, or at night, a dynamic that normally adds fear but here it is not noticed by the fact that the commentary from the two protagonists keeps a comical spin at many times. The overall feeling of the book is a feeling of desperation. Everything that happens feels like the outcome could easily spin to the death of the characters. The dark recurring theme of death around every corner was disrupted by the writing style that never allowed the story to take itself to seriously. The story felt a little too rushed to me and also I found several situations to be unnecessary to be included. The opening chapter of the book starts off as a story of how the author, David Benioff was writing the book around a story from his father after Benioff spent time asking his father to tell him stories of his time in the war. This chapter may have been unnecessary and to me is completely disposable, because this element is forgotten and should have been worked into the story more, but this does add a clever touch to the book if not a little strange and mysterious in my opinion.
The book was an interesting if not down right strange tale that left the reader feeling entertained about a war story rather than frightened. The absurdity of the situation in this story and the way it all happens is what can be a little off-putting and makes the story a little awkward. The ending felt kind of rushed and felt like thing still didn't add up leaving a mysterious feel. This book would definitely be a good read for adventure fans, however more sensitive readers may not appreciate the situations and language used, but looking past that the story is clever and very stylized and can appeal to a wide audience.
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