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Joysiam
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I had heard a mix of reviews about this story. Actually enjoyed it more than anticipated. Not gruesome horror but thought provoking.

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JuliaTheBookNerd
Paradise Lost | John Milton
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Pulled out one of my old college books from my British Literature class for this prompt ☺️📚 I even had an old makeshift bookmark left in it 🤪

#BeginsWith 🥳📚 #Lost 😇 😈 #ParadiseLost

#BookNerd 🤓💙📚

Eggs Good call 📚🥰👍🏼 3y
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Argon
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Mehso-so

Finally finished reading my #BookSpin read for October! 👊

This book was okay. A lot of the connections in the plot were incredibly tenuous and I felt more confused than scared while reading it. Still a little confused after finishing it. I‘m a big fan of Paradise Lost so I liked how that was tied into the story, but there just wasn‘t enough in the plot or characters to really capture me.
4/10

TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 4y
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Argon
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Pickpick

I found this a really valuable little book. It really increased both my understand and appreciation of Milton‘s Paradise Lost. Lewis explains things very well (with the exception of occasional use of Latin verses), and makes frequent reference to the works of Milton scholars/critics to guide further debate and reflection.
I definitely would recommend this book to anyone who has read Paradise Lost! 8.5/10

Mistermandolin I have and I loved it. I often read Lewis just for the beauty of the prose. A magnificent writer. 4y
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Argon

“These expressions do not represent real connexions of thought, any more than the prologued syllables in Handel represent real pronunciation.” (p. 47)

I love this comparison between poetry and music. I never really thought about it before, but now I can see it!

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GingerAntics
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Very excited to read this. I‘m told it‘s a good October read, so I‘m going to try to finish it this month. I‘ve really got to get my reading time figured out with my crazy work schedule.
#PhilipPullman #TheGoldenCompass #HisDarkMaterials #JohnMilton #ParadiseLost

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Lcsmcat
Major Works | John Milton
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TheSpineView 💕 6y
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toofondofbooks
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Panpan

Boring, not scary, confusing plot. Skip it.

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candority
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Panpan

The Demonologist has an intriguing premise – David Ullman, a professor of demonic literature specializing in Milton‘s Paradise Lost, is sent on a whirlwind adventure to save his own daughter from demons. However, the novel is riddled with highly improbable and unbelievable plot points, as well as emotionally flat characters and a rushed ending, leaving me unimpressed. This is my third Andrew Pyper novel, and it may be my last. #LitsyAtoZ #LetterD

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BookishTrish
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We talk a lot about our Best Of Lists. I‘d love to hear which books fell short for you this year.

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rather_be_reading hmmmm...ill come back to this 6y
RaimeyGallant Good question. This book has much literary merit but is so flawed in protagonist worldview, which said world now knows is shared by the author. 6y
CarolynM It's an unpopular opinion, but as @Cinfhen knows the book I enjoyed least this year was 6y
Lola Great question! I had a few disappointments this year. One that really didn‘t work for me was 6y
MrsGagnonreads2024 American Gods just could not get into it I am going to try the Audiobook in 2019. 6y
Cinfhen Oh, I LOVE this idea!!!! I‘m such a hater....I‘d love to see @shawnmooney list😂😂😘😘😘 and yes I did not love but did not hate the King like @CarolynM but I agree 💯with @Lola about the KH!!! I need to look over my reads... 6y
Lola @Cinfhen My reading soul sister 😘 6y
Cinfhen Ha!!! @Lola 👯‍♀️ 6y
CoverToCoverGirl American Gods and Circe.. DNF either of them. 6y
Beachesnbooks I ended up hating House of Leaves, which was a huge disappointment 😕 6y
ShookBelf For me, it would be Slaughterhouse-Five (Finished it but 'meh' ... so it goes) and Lolita (my first bail of 2018). 6y
shadowspeak17 My lowest rated of the year are Just in Case, Binti: The Night Masquerade, and Seveneves. Seveneves had to be the most disappointing. I expected more from it and jeez that book is thiiiick. At least the other two were short. 🙃 6y
merelybookish So far no major hate read in 2018 but I did bail on 6y
ephemeralwaltz Love this post. @RaimeyGallant I bailed so hard on that one! One of my worst this year was this second-in-a-series thriller, what a waste of time, UGH. 6y
JPeterson Ah, I was so disappointed by Frankenstein in Baghdad. I ended up giving it a higher rating then it deserved, because I wanted to like it more then I did. @merelybookish 6y
merelybookish @JPeterson I wanted to like it but it just didn't work for me at all. 6y
RaimeyGallant @ephemeralwaltz It's such a difficult one to critique. She knows how to hide hate in beautiful prose. Fun trick. 6y
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