Recently, I have seen a lot of critiques for books claiming that they felt “too Young Adult”. And this has made me ask what they might mean. Mainly because a lot of the critiqued books don’t have young adults as the main characters. And it does not feel like they are following tropes that are more prominent in Young-Adult books.
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According to Stephen King, “an opening line should invite the reader to begin the story. It should say: Listen. Come in here. You want to know about this.”
And you have to admit that this man knows how to get the ball rolling. I think that is one of the main reasons why he has been one of my favorite writers since I was a kid. I would always get hooked from the first line and I did not care whether I had to stay up all night to finish the book.
So without much ado, here are, what I think, are the best opening lines from King:
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Y’all it’s October again. And you know what that means! That it was January two days ago and time is moving too fast. What am I even doing with my life? But also Halloween! If you want to get your scare on, here is a list of lesser-known horror book recommendations. But if you are more into the witchy vibes rather than a straight-up spook, we recommend the following books to you:-
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A Song of Ice and Fire (ASOIAF) has a reputation for being brutal and dark, and you won’t find me disagreeing with that. Without going into a lot of details, there’s quite a bit of fucked up shit there.
But I’ve also seen people call the series realistic, and hearing that does NOT tickle my pickle, so to speak. Now, we all know that the series has ice demons and dragons, but that’s not what we’re talking about when we say “realism.”
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The news has come out that Netflix has begun production of the third Season of the Witcher Series. On one hand, Netflix has been notorious for cancelling shows around Season 3 in the past. On the other hand, fans have been complaining about Season 2 not being up to mark. So will this be the last season? And if it is, will it be a satisfactory ending?
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People love a good anti-hero. A large part of this might be the fact that no one we know in real life is as good and bad a character. Another reason might be that we go around hiding our darker impulses every day. And a good anti-hero character shows us that we can all be liked and even loved despite them.
Unlike a villain, an anti-hero still evokes sympathy and affection from the readers. Being a hero and having a conventional heroic character is hard. We can’t and don’t always come out in our life are idealistic, brave, and moral.
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It’s fall in most parts of the world. I am spending a year on a tropical island 50km away from the equator. In a land where it’s always summer, I find myself missing the whole fall a-e-s-t-h-e-t-i-c-s. I am beyond happy spending my days on a beach drinking coconut water. But sometimes, I do yearn for a warm fire and a hot drink keeping me warm from the cold sinister autumn air. So I’m turning to books to quench that need. So here is a list of all the spooky but not necessarily horror books that bring fall around me.
[Originally posted in Nepali Sansar]
Seto Dharti, one of the most important books in modern literature, turns 10 this year. The book follows the story of a child widow as she goes through many hardships in her life. Tara was born on the date of the 1934 earthquake. This was one of the worst earthquakes in the country’s history. Gandhi claimed it was providential retribution for India’s failure to eradicate untouchability. Continue reading “Colorful Desires and Colorless Culture – Seto Dharti 10 Years Later”
The New Adult is a new-ish literary category that has been in the vocabulary for roughly a decade. It is considered to be a level up from the Young Adult genre and includes themes that are usually too mature for that genre. It also features protagonists who are past high-school age and is usually based in colleges and universities though that’s not required.
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Rodion Raskolnikov, Crime and Punishment
Talking about Dostoyevsky’s characters, David Foster Wallace said that the best characters “live inside us, forever, once we’ve met them.” And Rodion Raskolnikov is one of the most complex and unique characters that he has ever created.
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