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December 23, 2005
Between Two Worlds, Elizabeth Marquardt
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This book is the first I've seen which approaches the subject of divorce from the perspective of the children involved. Too many books are written from the perspective of adults looking in on divorced families, and most of them focus on what parents should do. Instead, this book gathers information from actual surveys of children who have gone through divorced households, and compares them with children who have not gone through divorced households. There are some very unique insights coming from it, especially when told through the eyes of the children. I hope to learn a lot as this is a classic case of being able to put oneself in someone elses shoes. |
Posted by dshen at 07:52 PM
December 01, 2005
Dark Lord, James Luceno
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Okay, so what happened to Darth after he gives that ridiculous yell of despair at the end of Episode III? Despite the shortcomings of his fall to darkness in the movie, the book of post-Episode III happenings is not bad, and it shows how he learns to use his cyborg/android body to the maximum. Of course, it also tells the story of the few remaining Jedi who escaped Order 66 and how he is hunting them down. What was really interesting to me was the building of his relationship with Darth Sidious and how complex the Sith Lord/Dark Apprentice relationship really is. I look forward to the next book in the Post III/Pre IV era. |
Posted by dshen at 12:29 PM
