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Darri's Grove

Darrisgrove@bookwyrm.social

Joined 1 year, 3 months ago

Hello all! Welcome to my grove! I am Darri, a wood elf that loves to read. My usual book taste is fantasy, middle readers, young adult, religious fiction, or characters that are animals. My favorite books are the "Guardians of Ga'hoole" series, the "Wolves of Beyond" series, the "Wings of Fire" series, and "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho. If you could not already tell, Kathryn Lasky is my favorite author. My second favorite is Paulo Coelho. I am 23. Some of the books I read and review may have adult content.

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Paulo Coelho: The fifth mountain (1999, HarperPerennial)

A Struggle of the Spirit and a Search for the Truth Written with the same …

Review of 'The fifth mountain' on 'Goodreads'

Despite being pagan myself and having had religious trauma growing up, I still find a lot of Paulo Coelho’s works to be well worth the read. This was the second books of his that I finished, the first being The Alchemist, and I still enjoyed it.

I know this review is not very helpful, but I read this book years ago and I just signed up for this app and I’m filling in my read list.

Give the book a try, it’s not terrible.

reviewed Interview With the Vampire by Anne Rice (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)

Anne Rice: Interview With the Vampire (2004, Ballantine Books)

This is the story of Louis, as told in his own words, of his journey …

Review of 'Interview With the Vampire' on 'Goodreads'

Despite Anne Rice’s wonderful way of story telling, how she practically can fluidly place you in the interview room and then take you straight into the history that Louis lived, I found that there was so much downright pedo moment towards the end of Part 1 that I decided I wasn’t going to finish the book. I read through part one just to satisfy my needs to at least TRY to finish a book.

Now, I’ve come across some people mentioning that Louis and Claudia’s relationship was passing, that it was “allowed” because Claudia is a vampire now. I get that, but Claudia was a CHILD when she was first turned. He had a lust for her blood before the relationship grew over the years, which in turn became romantic. Some of the ways Louis described how much he loved Claudia made me very uncomfortable. Had that been the only …