01. The Great Brain by John D. Fitzgerald: Aaaahhh, the sweet stories of childhood. The innocent young boy tried desperately to help his friend commit suicide because he thought it would make him a great pal to help out his friend. The sweet days of learning to swim, learning to differentiate the fine difference between right and wrong, etc. It made me cry...
Jan, 2008

02. Animal Farm by George Orwell: I had a date with Mr. Orwell for one day and he told me a story of a farm in England where the animals learn to taste freedom and then back to slavery again for characters that led them to freedom. He made me laugh with this story because the animals' short memories made them silly and stupid. He also made me frown because his fictional tale isn't fictional at all, it's merely the reflection of a reality which I had the displeasure to participate.
Jan, 2008

03. The Handmaid's Tale by Maragret Atwood: This book left me completely unsatisfied like it wasn't complete. Maybe the author has a good idea for a book, but it wasn't fully developed. First of all, the setting of the book was very weak. I know it's somewhere in America, only it's called The Republic of Gilead, women are divided into roles, birth was declining, weird ritual of procreation, etc. But the time period is just way off. Supposedly, it happens after our time right now but they don't have the technology that we currently have. Example, they can't tell which of the men father a child. Seriously, the way the government (The Eye) was described, it was super controlling, but it had no way of knowing or didn't even bother to do some DNA testing to see if a child was sired by which man. There's nothing bad about the writing style, it's pretty intriguing, but come on, finish the story that you started. Oh, and by the way, it was a total rip-off of 1984...only not as good.
Jan, 2008

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