Thursday, October 02, 2003
The Promised Review
I don’t know if anyone is interested in reading these reviews, other than Riddhi, but I am going ahead with it anyways. I liked Erich Segal’s Acts of Faith and JRR Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings best of all till date.
Acts of Faith is one of the best love stories that I have read. This book describes the love between a Catholic priest-to-be and a Jewess, the daughter of a very prominent Rabbi. Erich Segal writes very well about human relationships and emotions. I feel that this is his best work. He not only delves into the feelings that the protagonists develop for each other, but also the moral and social dilemmas they face, and also how they finally find true love and God. The main reason I really liked the book for is that their love for one another is totally pure, no lust involved. I mean, one is a Catholic priest and the other goes onto become one of the few female Rabbis, and both wait for about half a century to finally realize their love. I don’t think I can give a proper review of the book….it’s one of those which one has to read to be able to completely appreciate it.
Lord Of The Rings is one of the classic fantasies that I have read. Tolkien’s imagination simply blows one away. He created a whole mythology, history and geography along with the story. I guess what someone has said is true: ‘There are two groups of people in this world: those who have read LOTR and those who haven’t!’ After reading LOTR, I couldn’t help but feel that Harry Potter is really for children, LOTR is serious fantasy. I know that the films haven’t helped much in boosting the image of the book, but isn’t that the case with all books? The trilogy details the journey of Frodo Baggins with The Ring of the Dark Lord, Souron. The eternal struggle between good and evil in this world has been shown very accurately, with good almost succumbing every time but prevailing finally. Even if one is not interested in heavy interpretations as these, LOTR is a really good read just for the verbal and creative fertility of that great mind of Tolkien, who has created a whole world, with all the addendums that make up the “culture” of that world.
Acts of Faith is one of the best love stories that I have read. This book describes the love between a Catholic priest-to-be and a Jewess, the daughter of a very prominent Rabbi. Erich Segal writes very well about human relationships and emotions. I feel that this is his best work. He not only delves into the feelings that the protagonists develop for each other, but also the moral and social dilemmas they face, and also how they finally find true love and God. The main reason I really liked the book for is that their love for one another is totally pure, no lust involved. I mean, one is a Catholic priest and the other goes onto become one of the few female Rabbis, and both wait for about half a century to finally realize their love. I don’t think I can give a proper review of the book….it’s one of those which one has to read to be able to completely appreciate it.
Lord Of The Rings is one of the classic fantasies that I have read. Tolkien’s imagination simply blows one away. He created a whole mythology, history and geography along with the story. I guess what someone has said is true: ‘There are two groups of people in this world: those who have read LOTR and those who haven’t!’ After reading LOTR, I couldn’t help but feel that Harry Potter is really for children, LOTR is serious fantasy. I know that the films haven’t helped much in boosting the image of the book, but isn’t that the case with all books? The trilogy details the journey of Frodo Baggins with The Ring of the Dark Lord, Souron. The eternal struggle between good and evil in this world has been shown very accurately, with good almost succumbing every time but prevailing finally. Even if one is not interested in heavy interpretations as these, LOTR is a really good read just for the verbal and creative fertility of that great mind of Tolkien, who has created a whole world, with all the addendums that make up the “culture” of that world.
