Sentences with phrase «of a good novel»

Such brilliance is that it successfully with few words creates a narrative that serves the purpose of any good novel.

Not being able to predict the ending is a sign of a good novel to me.

The beauty of a good novel is all you have to do is flip the page (or the cover on your e-Reader) and you open the door to adventure!

By the same token there are a lot of good novels that should be considered dystopian but aren't.

Lucky Us By Amy Bloom Random House • $ 16 • ISBN 9780812978940 A bestseller in hardcover, Bloom's distinctly American story of two half - sisters on a riotous road trip to Hollywood was named one of the best novels of 2014 by the Washington Post.

Book and Brew provides regular reviews of literary fiction books, plus writing tips and general bookish love for those who spend most of their time in the company of a good novel.

The Man Booker Prize celebrates the author of the best novel written in English of the year, as determined by an esteemed panel of judges.

A World War Two classic by Michelle Magorian and widely recogignised as one of the best novels ever written.

Stieg Larsson's «The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo» is one of the best novels released in the recent years.

While tech / design elements are pro, none help «Septembers of Shiraz» become any less hectic or superficial a treatment of a good novel that should have made for a much more flavorful, thoughtful and moving film.

Full speed ahead Despite being non-fiction, its light, engrossing narrative provided many elements of a good novel: heroes, villains, tragedy, to name a few.

Ugh, this ended our sharing of good novels, because once he downloaded an eBook to his iPhone it was trapped in there forever.

Which is why many times you'll hear an agent say, even of a good novel, «It's good, but I can't sell it.»

The list of 12 books competing for the title of best novel written by a citizen of the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland and published in the United Kingdom contains a few surprises:

Now that I am writing my own books, I often read favorites again, but at a slower pace so that I can study the structure of a good novel or what the author has done to mesmerize me.

It's such a close knit community, and it feels like every attendee is there for the love of a good novel.

Io9 calls it one of my best novels yet; others have also been nicely positive.

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a man in possession of a good novel like Pride And Prejudice And Zombies, must be in want of a video game adaptation.

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Poorly marketed as either a techno - thriller, a nostalgic wallow or a history of videogames, You is easier than that to define: It's one of the best novels of the decade.

one of the best novels i've ever read.

Paul MacInnes: An adaptation of the Zola classic Thérèse Raquin that takes the original novel into strange new areas — not all of them good

This one has grown on me, and I realize it's one of the better novel - to - film works from the 1960s counterculture.

Jubilee: Heist to Erase Debt is one of the best novels I have read in a long time.

It may be one of the best novels I've ever read, and I'm so happy to have found it.

Michael Morris is the author of the award winning novel, A Place Called Wiregrass, and Slow Way Home, named one of the best novels of the year by the Atlanta Journal Constitution and the St. Louis Dispatch.

This book is one of the better novels I have read this year.

Virtual Death was a finalist for the Philip K. Dick Award and was named by the Science Fiction Chronicle as one of the best novels of the year.

The Last Painting of Sara de Vos is, quite simply, one of the best novels I have ever read, and as close to perfect as any book I'm likely to encounter in my reading life.

The stunning companion to Kate Atkinson's # 1 bestseller Life After Life, «one of the best novels I've read this century» (Gillian Flynn).

Here are 20 harsh reviews of some of the best novels of the 20th century.

Not only can this sequel stand alone, for many readers it will be one of the best novels they have ever read.»

Forget the diminutive label of debut; Lundgren writes like a veteran in his prime, and The Facades is simply one of the best novels I've read in years, period.»

A Map of Home was published in half a dozen languages & won a Hopwood Award, an Arab - American Book Award, and was named one of the best novels of 2008 by the Barnes and Noble Review.

This is probably one of the best novels I have read in a long time.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie burst onto the literary scene with her remarkable debut novel, Purple Hibiscus, which critics hailed as «one of the best novels to come out of Africa in years» (Baltimore Sun), with «prose as lush as the Nigerian landscape that it powerfully evokes» (The Boston Globe); The Washington Post called her «the twenty - first - century daughter of Chinua Achebe.»

This is one of his best novels.

One reviewer describes Aftershock as one of the best novels to read about the stimulus package because of its critical insight into the issue.

One of the best novels I have read in YEARS.

I believe that they have the power to tell compelling, engaging narratives that rival those of the best novels and films.