I love z for zachariah! I saw the trailer for the movie and decided not to watch it. Wasn’t that film about a love triangle or something?
Ready Player One was the worst film adaptation. One of my favourite books and I literally stopped watching the film halfway through. I have never done that before, but I was genuinely that angry over how much they changed.
I only reread stuff I want to read again. There is no push. If you’re not eager to read the same book again, then don’t.
I was never any good at reading at school, nor could I spell for toffee, much less understand punctuation. I hated school and education; it was a miserable place for me. I taught myself to read and write when I left and had full control over my own education. Nobody would guess this nowadays; I can read anything and absolutely love it. But, I have never impressed anyone when it came to reading.
I was never any good at reading at school, nor could I spell for toffee, much less understand punctuation. I hated school and education; it was a miserable place for me. I taught myself to read and write when I left and had full control over my own education. Nobody would guess this nowadays; I can read anything and absolutely love it. But, I have never impressed anyone when it came to reading.
The Primal Hunter by Zogarth.
It’s about an average office worker, who gets transported along with his work colleagues, into a new world/system. It claims to be a tutorial, as earth is undergoing changes by a new ‘system’. Basically, it’s RPG come to life. They all have to pick their classes and level up, by defeating beasts, dungeons and occasionally each other. The protagonist at the beginning, is a socially awkward loner unrecognised by everyone. But he thrives in this new world.
I loved it so much, that I’m currently on book 3.
I read it in my early 20s. I’m now in my 30s and considering reading it again. You are never too old for any book. I bought my daughter Roald Dahl books for Christmas and I can’t wait to read them myself!
As someone who was horrendously bullied for years; I’d suggest doing things for yourself, and start brushing off people’s comments. It starts by taking care of your body. It sounds like you’re taking care of your mind fairly well; books are an excellent escape. Go to the gym. Walk/jog in nature. Build yourself up. You deserve it, and you’re much better than people pin you as. The damage bullying has done will never go away, but you can become much stronger from it.
Honestly, I stopped buying books that were recommended by tiktok and most youtubers. A lot of the books are trash (sorry to say). I began choosing books off my own back and deciding from there. Trust your own tastes, not others. Read the bad reviews of books; you will know from there if the problems with the books will bother you or not.
It’s a completely made up person in my head. It only matches a celebrity if a film has been made on the book.
Z for Zachariah by Robert C O’brien.
Read this in school and absolutely loved it. It’s about an apocalypse from a nuclear fall out. Only one girl is left alive in a valley untouched by the radiation. She is surviving well, until a man finds his way to the valley. It is written like a diary by the protagonist. Such a good book. Quite an old story. Highly recommend.
That’s actually crazy. I don’t understand why they would change the story that significantly. I think the BBC did a series on Z for Zachariah. It’s very old; but from what I remember, they followed it exactly to the book. I think it’s on youtube to watch. It seems a lot of film adaptations want to make serious books into feel goods. I thought They did The Book Thief bad as well. They turned a very sad book into a feel good movie. It’s very frustrating.