I must admit: I love 'artful disarray'. Even now I'm struggling with stacks of books which can collapse in any moment on my laptop. I've just found one that I had read during holidays - "Eragon". Everybody knows the title because it was a bestseller few years ago. Well, I've never been really obedient to the trends, so I was waiting for Eragon until book-sales in 2012 ;)
We all know the history, a poor farm boy finds a blue stone in the forest which is not a stone at all in fact. When time comes it brings a blue dragon - Saphira, and that fact changes dramatically Eragon's life. Because of his new friend, he has to leave home and he starts a great adventure.
I thought that it would be a great pleasure to read it, as for it was said to be a famous teenage bestseller, but actually I found it not so 'cool'. I had an impression that the author doesn't trust me. That he thinks I'm not able to imagine the whole story, so he bombards me with tiring, meticulous descriptions which make the narration unnatural and... boring.
In spite of all these minuses there was something that caught me - the plot was so gripping that I couldn't put it down. I remember my night-reading- that's another thing I do love, next to artistic muddle ;) So.. To sum up, the book is still.. really worth reading!
May your swords stay sharp!
I guess the phrase you need here is "artful disarray". It's new to me, too - good to learn something new with my students :) Thanks!
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