Sunday 20 November 2016
Recent Read : the Girl in the Blue Coat by Monica Hesse | Thoughts
Hello globe dwellers :)
It's been a while since I posted a recent read.. not that i did not read any books but i have the bad habit of not finishing books :p I keep starting new books and then forget about them and then come back again much later and finish reading them :p Some I do not even finish because I truly believe if the beginning does not blow my mind then the end will probably be as rubbish.
So anyway, this one I finished in 3 - 4 sittings because it was that gripping ! It was really refreshing to read a story based in Amsterdam at the time of war. History is really something that makes me sleep unless my boyfriend is telling me about it or as i have just discovered is the backdrop of a fictional story. The fact that the author did not make the 'history' part up is mostly why this book will be added to my favourites. I got to learn about shitty situations in which Jews were living at the time, the power of Hitler and the cruelty that came with it, a lot about Amsterdam ( not that i was particularly interested but I would like to believe that I have few additional useful neurons added to my brain now XD) and about the pain of losing someone.
I bought this book purely because of the cover. Yes, the title does remind you of the girl on the train but the story, plot and genre are completely different. Also, this one is wayyy more interesting as i genuinely could not guess what was going to happen next. I was very much oblivious to many details just as the main character. The story is narrated by the latter and you kind of picture everything from her perspective. Monica smartly leaves a lot of cues which eventually contribute to the climax and ending of the story. I honestly was unable to pick all of them - i was blinded by what Hanneke describes, sees and feels. She is grieving her dead boyfriend and that somehow transcribes in all her actions and decisions. At one point I did get irritated by her lack of judgement but then what can you expect from someone who is in so much pain? She feels betrayed by her best friend and her overly worried parents do not make her task any easier.
The whole plot basically unfolds around Hanneke's search for that Jewish girl in the blue coat. Sounds boring yet it is the complete opposite. Bravery is a recurrent theme and so is grief. Not the depressing kind of grief; the motivating kind of grief, the inspiring kind - the kind which makes you get up in the morning and do things for people purely so that they do not have to go through the pain of losing someone.
The fact that Hanneke and her circle have to be camouflaging almost all the time and the fact that they always have to have a cover story kind of got to me. I understand how it feels when you have to hide a major chunk of your existence to :
1. your family
2. ennemies
3. strangers who behave like they are family
It was exciting to see the characters rebelling silently against the Nazis. I almost wanted to be a character in the book :p Almost.
Monica writes with such fluidity, it is an absolute pleasure to read. I would say it was easy to read but that would take away from the literary value of the language. It was also fun to know the meaning of words like : 'onderduikers'. I say words but onderduiker is the only one i remember right now XD
In a few words the books was: enriching, astonishing, inspiring and to the point !
Definitely recommend it !
Penning off,
A hungover Buslady ( hung over that book ! )
xoxo
Thursday 10 November 2016
Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
Nope, nothing that you have not seen in a Karan Johar movie before (except for an extremely sensual beautiful aishwarya :p)
THOUGH..watching the movie does transport you in a dark emotional sad place.. you can really feel that Karan Johar wrote this film from a very personal space. Kudos to him for trying to put a piece of himself out there..
Ranbir Kapoor was amazing but it is nothing that he has not done before. It is just a combination of everything he has done to be honest. The role suits him well and he does justice to the character but I was kind of expecting more novelty. That did not happen .
Anushka was WOW ! Refreshing..new new new and nothing I have seen before. Loved her performance. She should get best actress popular. Popular because she has done more demanding roles in the past :p
Aishwarya or should i say Saba was beautiful and graceful.. very up front about her desires :p that makes you somewhat uncomfortable in the cinema but otherwise great job !
The storyline is not new.. but the dialogues and the expensive clothes..great music.. SRK's cameo..alia bhatt's cameo.. all comine into a nice film. Not a 300 crore film..it is not that ground breaking beautiful but does deserve a 100 crore..
Anyway.. penning off
BusLady
Greys Anatomy Season 13 Episode 8 ~ the feels
Meredith Grey : my favourite character of all time ! Probably because I can always relate to her...especially the unfriendly rude aspect of her character :p
Anyway last night's episode was so damn well directed ! And after a while I feel like Shonda Rhimes has reminded every GA fan about the essence of the show..
Also got me thinking... people see what they want to see. It does not matter what you tell them or how you tell them..it does not matter if you lie or you tell the truth..they will always still see what their mind wants them to see.. You know how first impression is always the last impression? I think the brain already associates a certain energy to a person the first time you encounter them..the first few words that pop in your mind are actually what you will keep associating that person to..
Okay so I kind of drifted off from what I wanted to write about which is greys anatomy :p
DEREK !!!! THEY CUT A CLIP FROM A PREVIOUS EPISODE AND ADEPTLY EDITED IT INTO THIS EPISODE. It was so smooth and unexpected... it's nothing we had not seen before but it is just the way that the whole 39 minutes build up to those 15 seconds ! I almost thought i was there with meredith watching it happen ! Her imagination, her pain and what goes on in her mind was so well portrayed.. those last few minutes were like poetry in motion ! LIterature, art, all the fancy schmancy words that are supposed to transport you in some other dimenson..it was just that ! I'm always scared that ABC will stop the show at any point..but then episodes like these remind me why it made it to season 13 in the first place ! Truly appreciated the episode ! Actually I needed that episode because the couple of episodes before were just rubbish from a more global (12 seasons of greys watched more than twice !) perspective !
I am all praise for the actors as well.. their loss portrayed in such an elegant fashion. Meredith's had mre impact but Owen's and Richard's were eqaully well shot and displayed.
I just cannot get over the episode ! Fascinating.
Shonda also reminded me never to judge the light episodes..it is the silence before the storm xp
#neverdoubtshonda
Go watch it globe dwellers ! if not for the plot or story..do it for the creativity and the beauty of it !
xoxo
BusLady
Anyway last night's episode was so damn well directed ! And after a while I feel like Shonda Rhimes has reminded every GA fan about the essence of the show..
Also got me thinking... people see what they want to see. It does not matter what you tell them or how you tell them..it does not matter if you lie or you tell the truth..they will always still see what their mind wants them to see.. You know how first impression is always the last impression? I think the brain already associates a certain energy to a person the first time you encounter them..the first few words that pop in your mind are actually what you will keep associating that person to..
Okay so I kind of drifted off from what I wanted to write about which is greys anatomy :p
DEREK !!!! THEY CUT A CLIP FROM A PREVIOUS EPISODE AND ADEPTLY EDITED IT INTO THIS EPISODE. It was so smooth and unexpected... it's nothing we had not seen before but it is just the way that the whole 39 minutes build up to those 15 seconds ! I almost thought i was there with meredith watching it happen ! Her imagination, her pain and what goes on in her mind was so well portrayed.. those last few minutes were like poetry in motion ! LIterature, art, all the fancy schmancy words that are supposed to transport you in some other dimenson..it was just that ! I'm always scared that ABC will stop the show at any point..but then episodes like these remind me why it made it to season 13 in the first place ! Truly appreciated the episode ! Actually I needed that episode because the couple of episodes before were just rubbish from a more global (12 seasons of greys watched more than twice !) perspective !
I am all praise for the actors as well.. their loss portrayed in such an elegant fashion. Meredith's had mre impact but Owen's and Richard's were eqaully well shot and displayed.
I just cannot get over the episode ! Fascinating.
Shonda also reminded me never to judge the light episodes..it is the silence before the storm xp
#neverdoubtshonda
Go watch it globe dwellers ! if not for the plot or story..do it for the creativity and the beauty of it !
xoxo
BusLady
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