Pride and Prejudice

This is now one of my favorite books! It was actually surprisingly entertaining. I think my favorite part in the entire book was when Elizabeth runs into Mr. Darcy in Pemberley. I like this part the most of all because it puts forth the possibility that a person and/or people's opinions can change. Another key idea that was really unique throughout the book was the idea that knowledge and wittiness makes one more beautiful than anything else. But probably the most important themes in the book were pride and prejudice; it's a little bit obvious because it is the title. The thing is the two are connected a lot of the time. For example, if Darcy wasn't so proud about his class and family connections, he wouldn't have made all those prejudices against Elizabeth for being less rich than him. But the ironic thing is that throughout the whole book Elizabeth complains about Mr. Darcy's pride, yet she lets her own pride create all these prejudices against Darcy. This shows that she isn't much better than Darcy is in the pride department. But I still like Darcy and Elizabeth as characters. I cannot say the same for Lydia and Mrs. Bingley. That's why the most annoying part of the book was probably when Lydia ran away. I do realize though that Jane Austen tried to make them that way, though. But I do feel bad for the father because he is stuck with Mrs. Bingley. I think that Mrs. Bingley's pettiness was necessary to demonstrate that one just can't be pretty and shallow but interesting and smart to actually make a relationship work. But even with those irritating parts, I enjoyed this book the most out of all the classics I have read.

Handle with Care

Another one of the books I liked, that I read during the summer, was Handle with Careby Jodi Picoult. I have read a lot of Jodi Picoult books so far and I can definitely see a pattern in most of them. I'm not saying that her books are boring, I love her books. But for some reason a lot include the same things.For example, most have to do with relationships strained by one colossal event. There is usually an issue presented with one character that affects the other characters badly. All these conflicts go on inside and in between different characters. Finally at the end, a court case is presented. I think Picoult usually uses court cases because it forces the reader to judge the issues going on in the book. The issues are very controversal and usually has more than two sides. Eventually, the reader could come to the conclusion that different perspcetives are needed to judge a person or group. This book was no different. The reader sees the life of a girl with a disablity and her struggles. We also see the struggles of the different family members affected though. The books goes through moral questions about abortion and parenting children with disablities. The book ends with a case about malpractice. In a nutshell, if the mother, with the disabled child, would have not given birth if she knew of the complications? It caused me to think, and I hope it will do the same for others.

Death on the Nile

Over the summer, I read a few books but I enjoyed reading Death on the Nile , by Agatha Christie, the most. I think what I liked most about reading this book was trying to guess who the killer was. I find that a lot of Agatha Christies' books have many characters, quite a few have meaningful motives, so that it makes it more fun to try to guess. This probably also pulls attention away from the real killer so that when the reader finally finds out, they are extremely surprised. The book wasn't only about the murderer though. It touched on some themes about revenge versus forgiveness or letting things go. Another little theme was how far one should go for love. My favorite part of the book was when Hercule Poirot explains how the murderer killed the victim, when the murderer supposedly had a wounded leg. The explanation made so much sense when it was said, yet someone would have to think way out of the book to be able to come up with it. I hope to read more books like this one.