March is almost over and we haven't reviewed any books so far. How could that happen? However, the book's name is Ruby Red and it's written by Kerstin Gier. It's actually a German book but it takes place in London and there is an english translation available so here we go: Gwendolyn Shepherd is 16 (? - correct me if I'm wrong -- you're right--) years old and besides the fact that she can see - and talk to - ghosts (and demons), Gwendolyn is an ordinary girl. At least that's what she was thinking until she realised that she - instead of her cousin - inherited a gene for time travelling. From one day to another she becomes a member of a (very) secret circle of twelve time travellers of whom ten are living in the past. The only one in the present is the extremely good looking Gideon de Villiers. Together, they have to travel the time by order of an (also very secret) secret organisation to save the world (well, at least that's what they're telling her). It is a little bit cheesy, but it is also very thrilling at some points and it is just really, really nice. Time travelling always confuses me, so to me it was that kind of book that you read once and you just don't get everything (I mean, you get the main story and it's not boring or something, but at some points you are a little mazed) and then you read it again and you have a lot of aha-experiences. Of course there is a love story, and because the book deals only three days you will have to read the next one (Sapphire Blue) and the last one (Emerald Green) as well. They are not worse than the first one, maybe they are even better, there are some new characters in the second book that I really like. If you decide to read this book, read it now, because people usually keep growing up and the younger you are the better it is (it's still amazing with seventeen, but with twelve it was unbeatable). Finally, there is one bad point about Ruby Red: someone made a film out of it. I never liked movie adaptions of books, but this was definetely the worst I've ever seen. It has nothing to do with the story (people are just randomly dying and reviving in non existing places, the secret organisation works with high-tc and Gwendolyn gets a non-limited creditcard). Who made up this crap? I don't even feel bad for spoilering. Kerstin Gier, if you ever read this: You made a huge mistake. Money is not everything. Rubinrot - Liebe geht durch alle Zeiten Nicole will das auch auf Deutsch also hier die Kurzvariante. Falls es nicht reicht, Google ist dein Freund. "Rubinrot - Lieber geht durch alle Zeiten" von Kerstin Gier: Gwendolyn ist sechzehn Jahre alt als sie erfährt, dass sie das Zeitreise-Gen geerbt hat, das eigentlich ihrer Cousine zugedacht war. Sie muss sich zusammen mit den unausstehlichen und doch unglaublich gutaussehenden Gideon in die Vergangenheit begeben, um dort im Auftrag einer äußerst geheimen Geheimloge die Welt zu retten (das sagt ihr zumidest die Loge). Wie zu erwarten ist sie damit ziemlich überfordert und verliebt sich zudem noch in Gideon. Spannend, ein bisschen kitschig, auf jeden Fall empfehlenswert. Die Charaktere sind einfach nur liebenswert, und der Film ist einfach nur scheiße. Ich hasse es wenn man ein Buch bei Google sucht und es kommt nur die Wikipediaseite des Films. Ohne das Buch gäbe es den Film gar nicht, ihr Sackpfeifen! Es gibt einen zweiten und dritten Teil. - Julia Hier der Trailer. So scheiße ist der Film gar nicht. Also so mittel. Die Szene, die spannend sein sollen sind witzig. Und der zweite Teil ist besser. Aber Jannis Niewöhner (richitg geschrieben?) aka Gideon macht vieles wett :) ERST DAS BUCH LESEN DANN DEN FILM GUCKEN!!!!!!!!!! -Nicole Suchst du Stress?! Und da ist jetzt auch irgendwas Trailerähnliches zum zweiten Teil. Ich weiß nicht, hab ich zu hohe Ansprüche oder sind die Schauspieler irgendwie ... schlecht? Ich glaube als Stummfilm würde er mir besser gefallen. -Julia
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I know the title sounds cheesy but the book is totally not!! The book is written by Cecelia Ahern. It is the story of Christine Rose, who saves a stranger, Adam, from jumping of the Ha'penny Bridge in Dublin. He tried to kill himself and while talking him out of it, she made the deal that she has two weeks to prove him that life is worth living. Christine realises that this might be a little more complicated than she thought it would be when she finds out about Adam's problems. Christine has to figure out her own life (she just told his husband that she wants to divorce) and now she has to deal with Adam's family issues and love life in order to make him find life worth living again. I don't want to spoil, so I'll stop here and keep it brief. I liked this book and I am planning on reading more from Ahern soon. I can recommend it to everyone who liked The Beginning of Everything, An Abundance of Katherines, and just in general good novels that involve a love story. It is a well-written book and it has some deep parts, it has some funny parts and it has great characters (Christine's (ex)husband is the perfect characterisation of a jealous ex, it is hilarious what he does to annoy Christine). -Nicole Written by Robyn Schneider, published in 2013. It's a love story, but it's also about friendship and about life. Most of it is really funny, some parts are hilarious, and some are quite profound. It's the story of Ezra Faulkner, the popular kid, after his personal tragedy (a car accident), when his whole life suddenly changes. He meets Cassidy Thrope and discovers that life is more than the school tennis team and becoming prom king. There is something strange about Cassidy, who wears boy's cloth and who has once been very popular as a debater but then stopped competing for some reason, but still Ezra falls in love with her. So of course the book is not only about dicovering life but also about finding out about Cassidy Thrope and about the secret she keeps. If you liked this one, you might also like An Abundance of Katherines, Paper Towns or Looking for Alaska, although we have only reviewed the first one yet. - Julia This book was written by John Green... and that means it has to be good. After I read The Fault in Our Stars at school, I decided that John Green has to be a good author and my mum got me An Abundance of Katherines for my birthday. It is about Colin, a pretty smart guy who has dated 19 girls called Katherine, and his best friend Hassan who go on a road trip in order to help Colin to get over the last Katherine. She dumped him and so did all the other Katherines. They end up in a little village called Gutshot in the middle of nowhere, and meet Lindsey. Her mom offers them a job and Hassan and Collin stay there over summer. Colin tries to work out a theorem for love, that predicts the way a relationship goes, assuming that there are two types of people in this world: Dumpers and dumpees. Apart from that they get to meet Lindeys friends, amongst them TOC (the other Colin) and it is a really funny encounter. Well I could go on talking about the book but I'd probably tell you the whole story. I really like the book. John Green writes funny and especially the footnotes are entertaining as Collin speaks 11 langauges fluently and him and Hassan love to insult each other in either Arabic or German (my mother tounge - I especially love how he says Sitzpinkler). And even if you hate maths, the book is good. His theorem is explained and most of the book is not even about it so don't worry. Definetly a must read! - Nicole
In terms of studying science-fiction I just read "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins for the third time. (The first time was when nobody knew it because it wasn't filmed then. Then I watched the movie after it came out. Then I read it in school as part of my english class. Then I watched the movie several more times.) I have to admit that it's a very good book. I mean, I usually am a little skeptical about bestselling books and movies that all the girls totally freak out about ... but this one is just amazing. It is really thrilling, the fact that you can read it several times without getting bored (and it's not that I forgot about the story) can prove that. I just couldn't put it down. But I don't want to put the cart before the horse. "The Hunger Games" takes place in Panem, a state devided into twelve districts and the capitol. Every year, every district has to send two children, a boy and a girl, as a tribute to take part in the hunger games. The hunger games is a kind of TV show, celebrated as a sporting event by the people of the capitol, in which the tributes have to fight till death. The sixteen-year-old Katniss volunteers to take part in the hunger games to save her originally chosen sister Prims life. Once in the arena, Katniss tries everything to win the games and return to her home district. As I already mentioned, the book is very, very thrilling. Whenever you think "now everything is going to be fine", the story takes an unexpected turn and Katniss finds herself in another hopeless situation. Then there is just the right amount of love story in it. And as it is narrated in the first person, the reader can easily identify with Katniss and does not know more about what is going on than her. I would rank it somewhere between Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings as some real classic and must-read and recommend you not to listen to the groupies. -Julia For the few people who haven't watched the film yet, here is the trailer. Read the book first, though.
Written by James Dashner and published in 2010, The Maze Runner is the first science-fiction story I read that is told from a boy's view. Thomas can't remember anything of his life when he wakes up in a metal cabin moving upwards. Finally the lift stops and releases him into the glade, a place surrounded by a huge maze. There he is captured with many other boys. None of them knows why they're there and every day they try to find a way out. The interesting thing about The Maze Runner is that during the whole story, in contrast to other science-fiction novels, neither the main character nor the reader knows what is going on. That's what makes the book that exciting and fascinating. Dashner shows some more aspects of the good old science-fiction than we know from The Hunger Games as he includes almost fantastic elements and does not directly base the story on any kind of apocalypse or war (which is why I almost spoil by telling you that it's science-fiction). Of course, there is always a bad point about everything, so here is the bad point about The Maze Runner: I really missed the love story. Don't get me wrong, there is one, but it's like - let's say five percent of the whole story. Which might make it even more interesting for boys. Here is some outlook:
- Julia
The "The Maze Runner" book trailer and the movie trailer :)
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